THIS ISSUE
Profession remains resilient in the face of COVID-19
Chief Master Marsh retired as Chief Master of the High Court, Chancery Division on 1 May after a distinguished career.
Lawyers with judicial aspirations should keep an eye out for the 2021/22 High Court Judicial Assistant Scheme.
Numerical nightmares & conjured-up counterclaims: Dominic Regan counts the costs of some headline headaches
Have expenses under a freezing injunction become a further means to dissipate? Natalie Todd & Richard Swan investigate
Part 36 settlement offers: Helen Armstrong & William Rowell outline how to avoid the pitfalls
Michael Zander concludes his account of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill
Alexandra Felix QC & Ruth Broadbent examine the complexities of modern slavery within the UK’s criminal justice system
Amid the proliferation of COVID-related powers around the country, what of the long-standing common law right to silence? Nicholas Dobson reports
In this month’s brief, Ian Smith serves up some insight into items which are always on the employment law menu
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Weightmans—Jason Slatcher
Weightmans appoint new Chief Technology Officer
Mishcon de Reya—trainees
Mishcon de Reya announces trainee retention rate of 86%
Sackers—Charlotte Adams & Fraser Sutton
Sackers welcomes two new Graduate Solicitor Apprentices
NEWS
LexisNexis is delighted to announce the launch of the LexisNexis Legal Awards 2027, celebrating outstanding achievement, innovation and impact across the legal profession
The Legal Services Board (LSB) is to take further enforcement action against the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA), setting additional performance targets and ‘intensifying’ its oversight, it has said
Regulators missed several opportunities to intervene in PM Law Group before it collapsed, an independent review by City firm Jenner & Block has found
An employer’s vicarious liability for the alleged torts of an employee cannot be transferred by TUPE, the Court of Appeal has confirmed
Tiered fees of up to £1,500 for Legal Ombudsman (LeO) cases could leave firms with little option but to pay out, lawyers have warned
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