Lord Falconer has returned to the shadow front bench as shadow justice secretary, replacing Sadiq Khan who has been elected the Labour Party’s candidate for London Mayor. Falconer, famously once Tony Blair’s flatmate, was previously lord chancellor and justice secretary under Blair’s government in 1997. There, he was responsible for overseeing the creation of the Supreme Court and Ministry of Justice, and the passing into law of the Human Rights Act. Catherine McKinnell, MP for Newcastle upon Tyne North, has been appointed shadow attorney general. She was appointed shadow solicitor general in 2010 by Ed Miliband.
17 September 2015
Shadow justice secretary appointed
MOVERS & SHAKERS
DWF—David Abbott & Claire Keat
Senior appointments in insurance services and commercial services announced
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Clyde & Co—Nick Roberts
Aviation disputes practice strengthened by London partner hire
Ellisons—Marion Knocker
Residential property lawyer promoted to partnership
NEWS
Prosecutors will speed up preparations for charging hate crimes, under Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) guidance issued in response to the surge in antisemitic incidents
Improvements to courts, tribunals and the wider justice system in the north are being held back by a lack of national and local collaboration, according to thinktank JUSTICE North
A family judge has criticised the prison authorities for mistakenly freeing a father who abducted his own son
The Law Society has renewed its calls for compensation for legal aid firms affected by the cyber-attack on the Legal Aid Agency (LAA)
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has secured a £10m penalty plus £4.8m in costs from manufacturer Ultra Electronics Holdings, under the terms of a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) for failure to prevent bribery
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