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13 February 2019
Issue: 7828 / Categories: Legal News , Profession
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Supreme opportunities

Job adverts have been posted for three justices and a president as the process of recruiting for the UK’s most senior court gets underway.

Replacements are sought for Lady Hale, president of the Supreme Court, Lord Carnwath and Lord Wilson, due to retire next year in January, March and May, respectively.

Prospective candidates have until midday on 1 March to apply. The names of those appointed will be announced in October and the successors will take up office as vacancies arise.

Applications are welcomed from all eligible to apply, including those who are not currently full-time judges, and particularly those who will increase the diversity of the Court. Currently, only two of the 11 justices are female—Lady Hale and Lady Black—and none are minority ethnic.

Familiarisation visits are available to the candidates. More information on eligibility and the selection process can be found on the Supreme Court website.

Issue: 7828 / Categories: Legal News , Profession
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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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