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
Clyde & Co—Suriya Ashok
Clyde Co strengthens energy transition and construction offering with hire of Suriya Ashok
Jurit—Nicole Gallop Mildon
Jurit appoints rare dual-qualified lawyer to expand Anglo-French private wealth expertise
Twenty Essex—Thomas Hibbs, Jack Hollingworth & Sam Pearce
Three new tenants join Twenty Essex
NEWS
The Financial Reporting Council’s revised Audit Enforcement Procedure will alter the balance of power in corporate investigations
A telecoms operator may be able to hold over under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, yet still be unable to secure a renewal: an outcome described as a legal ‘paradox’
Safety fears do not automatically justify shutting an interested person out of a statutory will application
Consumer credit law is heading for its biggest shake-up in 50 years, with the Consumer Credit Act 1974 set to yield much of its detailed statutory machinery to FCA rules
The Supreme Court has settled a long-running dispute over part-time workers: unfavourable treatment need be a significant or effective cause, not the sole cause
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