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Issue: Vol 172, Issue 7967

18 February 2022

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Is it murder on the statute book this week or a reprieve for certain property owners, in former District Judge Stephen Gold’s Civil way column?

ESG (environmental, social and governance) has steadily risen in prominence and is now a hot topic for businesses and law firms, Clare Hughes-Williams and Sarah Crowther, both partners at DAC Beachcroft, write in this week’s NLJ

From 1 March, first hearings in family cases at the Royal Courts of Justice are to be attended in person, the President of the Family Division, Sir Andrew McFarlane has said

Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) inspectors have highlighted the impact of ‘rising caseloads and considerable backlogs’ on work at CPS London South, with particular problems found in disclosure and pre-charge reviews

District Judge Paul Clarke has been appointed to the Civil Procedure Rule Committee, which makes rules of court for the Court of Appeal, High Court and County Court

The hunt is on for the next two Justices of the Supreme Court, following the retirement of Lord Lloyd-Jones and Lady Arden

The Law Society has raised objections to an HMRC consultation on draft regulations for mandatory disclosure rules

Former health secretary Matt Hancock acted unlawfully when he appointed former Talk Talk chief executive Dido Harding as chair of the National Institute for Health Protection and retail executive Mike Coupe as director of testing, the High Court has held

Lawyers aim to ensure client’s reputation doesn’t precede them

Low fees & high stress causing shortage of criminal duty solicitors

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Clyde & Co—Suriya Ashok

Clyde Co strengthens energy transition and construction offering with hire of Suriya Ashok

Jurit—Nicole Gallop Mildon

Jurit appoints rare dual-qualified lawyer to expand Anglo-French private wealth expertise

Twenty Essex—Thomas Hibbs, Jack Hollingworth & Sam Pearce

Three new tenants join Twenty Essex

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Children have a say in Hague Convention cases, rules Supreme Court

A child’s views can be taken into account during international child abduction proceedings, the Supreme Court has held

Compliance headache for smaller firms

Small and medium-sized law firms have urged regulators to pause plans to exclude owner-managers from compliance officer roles

Employers & workers in limbo as backlog mounts

Lawyers have raised the alarm on employment tribunal delays and backlogs, with some cases facing a three-year wait for a hearing

MPs put an end to assisted dying Bill

The controversial assisted dying Bill has drawn to a halt after MPs defeated it by 286 votes to 270

Urgent action needed on artificial intelligence risks

MPs have called for legislation to protect against the human rights risks of artificial intelligence (AI)

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Issue: Vol 172, Issue 7967

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Clyde & Co—Suriya Ashok

Jurit—Nicole Gallop Mildon

Twenty Essex—Thomas Hibbs, Jack Hollingworth & Sam Pearce