THIS ISSUE
A LexisNexis employee has won $50,000 funding for his idea for a mobile property rights advice unit in South Africa
Insurance firm Keoghs will run one of the first graduate programmes for aspiring solicitors, in partnership with the University of Law.
Conveyancers and other property professionals are struggling due to increasing work volumes, research into the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on property professionals has found.
Lawyers have expressed cautious optimism on M&A and other deal activity in the year ahead.
Lawyers have criticised the Housing Secretary’s £3.5bn plan to tackle unsafe cladding and extra tax to fund help for unsafe tower blocks
Lawyers and regulators need to consult more with consumers about LawTech, the Association of Consumer Support Associations (ACSO) has urged
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Gilson Gray—Linda Pope
Partner joins family law team inLondon
Jackson Lees Group—five promotions
Private client division announces five new partners
Taylor Wessing—Max Millington
Banking and finance team welcomes partner in London
NEWS
The landmark Supreme Court’s decision in Johnson v FirstRand Bank Ltd—along with Rukhadze v Recovery Partners—redefine fiduciary duties in commercial fraud. Writing in NLJ this week, Mary Young of Kingsley Napley analyses the implications of the rulings
Barristers Ben Keith of 5 St Andrew’s Hill and Rhys Davies of Temple Garden Chambers use the arrest of Simon Leviev—the so-called Tinder Swindler—to explore the realities of Interpol red notices, in this week's NLJ
Mazur v Charles Russell Speechlys [2025] has upended assumptions about who may conduct litigation, warn Kevin Latham and Fraser Barnstaple of Kings Chambers in this week's NLJ. But is it as catastrophic as first feared?
Lord Sales has been appointed to become the Deputy President of the Supreme Court after Lord Hodge retires at the end of the year
Limited liability partnerships (LLPs) are reportedly in the firing line in Chancellor Rachel Reeves upcoming Autumn budget
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