THIS ISSUE
Stephanie Wickenden raises questions about gender & diversity at the Bar
Adverse possession is a menace but landowners can take steps to protect themselves, says Alec Samuels
Family Rules, OK!
Geoffrey Bindman QC warns against attempts to alter longstanding constitutional arrangements & undermining the role & independence of the judiciary
Gender equality demands flexibility & discretion, not blunt instruments says Graeme Fraser
A cathedral close: heavenly or very worldly, asks Veronica Cowan
Richard Scorer & Kim Harrison provide an update on the work of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sex Abuse & consider its future role
Jamie Sutherland & Imogen Dodds consider electronic signatures & formality requirements
David Burrows marks Lady Hale’s involvement in the development & introduction of the Children Act
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Gibson Dunn—Richard Surtees
Gibson Dunn adds employee benefits and executive compensation practice in London with partner Richard Surtees
Laytons ETL—Alec Cameron
Laytons ETL appoints new partner and head of intellectual property disputes
Muckle LLP—Roland Fairlamb
Specialist associate solicitor rejoins Muckle’s leading employment team
NEWS
The Supreme Court has clarified the scope of a director’s duty, in a case where a chairman’s good intentions went awry due to the pandemic
Digital fraud is ‘baffling policymakers, investigators, prosecutors and enforcers’, leaving ‘a massive justice gap’, the author of a government-commissioned independent review has warned
Richard Lloyd’s independent review of the Legal Services Board (LSB) has delivered a devastating verdict, accusing the super-regulator of having ‘lost its way in recent years’
The House of Commons has passed the Hillsborough Law, in a historic achievement for campaigners, survivors and families of those who died in the 1989 stadium collapse
Judicial statistics show a steady rise in the number of female judges and Asian and mixed ethnicity judges in the past ten years—however, progress in terms of representation has stalled for both Black lawyers and for solicitors
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