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24 July 2024
Categories: Legal News , Profession , Education , Training & education
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Supreme Court calling students, pupils & trainees

The Supreme Court has launched an essay competition to mark its 15th anniversary

Registered university students, aspiring lawyers, pupils and trainees with UK-based firms or chambers are invited to submit essays of no longer than 1,500 words on: ‘As the Supreme Court approaches its 15th anniversary, what reflections would you offer on its role and achievements?’

Lady Simler, Justice of the Supreme Court, will select the winning entry. First prize will win a meeting with Lady Simler, a tour of the court, and a UK Supreme Court coffee table book.

To enter, email your essay to enquiries@supremecourt.uk, citing 'Essay Competition' in the subject line. The closing date is 30 September 2024.

Essays will be judged anonymously. Before hitting send, please read the entry criteria to give your entry its best chance.

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Slater Heelis—Charlotte Beck

Slater Heelis—Charlotte Beck

Partner and Manchester office lead appointed head of family

Civil Justice Council—Nigel Teasdale

Civil Justice Council—Nigel Teasdale

DWF insurance services director appointed to Civil Justice Council

R3—Jodie Wildridge

R3—Jodie Wildridge

Kings Chambers barrister appointed chair of R3 Yorkshire

NEWS

The abolition of assured shorthold tenancies and section 21 evictions marks the beginning of a ‘brave new world’ for England’s rental sector, writes Daniel Bacon of Seddons GSC

Stephen Gold’s latest Civil Way column rounds up a flurry of procedural and regulatory changes reshaping housing, alternative dispute resolution (ADR) and personal injury litigation
Patients are being systematically failed by an NHS complaints regime that is opaque, poorly enforced and often stacked against them, argues Charles Davey of The Barrister Group
A wealthy Russian divorce battle has produced a sharp warning about trying to challenge foreign nuptial agreements in the wrong English court. Writing in NLJ this week, Vanessa Friend and Robert Jackson of Hodge Jones & Allen examine Timokhin v Timokhina, where the High Court enforced Russian judgments arising from a prenuptial agreement despite arguments based on the landmark Radmacher decision
An obscure Victorian tort may be heading for an unexpected revival after a significant Privy Council ruling that could reshape liability for dangerous escapes, according to Richard Buckley, barrister and emeritus professor of law at the University of Reading
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