THIS ISSUE
Simon Blandy discusses the role of the regulator in increasing diversity & inclusion in the legal profession
In UK law, artistic parodies remain in a grey area between freedom of expression & protecting commercial reputations, as David Langwallner explains
Criminal law barristers have voted to suspend their strike action, following a revised offer from the justice secretary, but warned the dispute would not be resolved until the offer was implemented.
A ‘one lawyer, two clients’ model for family law cases has been launched by family law organisation, Resolution, with the backing of the president of the Family Division, Sir Andrew McFarlane.
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has opened its consultation on a post-SIF indemnity scheme.
Young people (aged 18-25) in England and Wales are coming under ‘intense pressure’ to plead guilty to crimes without fully understanding the consequences, a report by criminal justice watchdog Fair Trials has found.
Lawyers feeling stressed, burnt out or depressed are encouraged to contact the charity, LawCare this week, as the profession marks World Mental Health Day (10 October).
City solicitor Raymond McKeeve has been given a £25,000 fine and ordered to pay £610,000 costs but escaped prison after allegedly telling a client to ‘burn’ evidence.
The past two years of growth in the legal market could be a bubble, which is about to pop, according to the latest LexisNexis Gross Legal Product (GLP) Index.
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan—Andrew Savage
Firm expands London disputes practice with senior partner hire
Druces—Lisa Cardy
Senior associate promotion strengthens real estate offering
Charles Russell Speechlys—Robert Lundie Smith
Leading patent litigator joins intellectual property team
NEWS
The government’s plan to introduce a Single Professional Services Supervisor could erode vital legal-sector expertise, warns Mark Evans, president of the Law Society of England and Wales, in NLJ this week
Writing in NLJ this week, Jonathan Fisher KC of Red Lion Chambers argues that the ‘failure to prevent’ model of corporate criminal responsibility—covering bribery, tax evasion, and fraud—should be embraced, not resisted
Professor Graham Zellick KC argues in NLJ this week that, despite Buckingham Palace’s statement stripping Andrew Mountbatten Windsor of his styles, titles and honours, he remains legally a duke
Writing in NLJ this week, Sophie Ashcroft and Miranda Joseph of Stevens & Bolton dissect the Privy Council’s landmark ruling in Jardine Strategic Ltd v Oasis Investments II Master Fund Ltd (No 2), which abolishes the long-standing 'shareholder rule'
In NLJ this week, Sailesh Mehta and Theo Burges of Red Lion Chambers examine the government’s first-ever 'Afghan leak' super-injunction—used to block reporting of data exposing Afghans who aided UK forces and over 100 British officials. Unlike celebrity privacy cases, this injunction centred on national security. Its use, the authors argue, signals the rise of a vast new body of national security law spanning civil, criminal, and media domains
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