THIS ISSUE
Gareth Peirce, senior partner at Birnberg Peirce, received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Inspirational Women in Law Awards run by The Next 100 Years
Families of 39 people who died in a refrigerated lorry after being illegally smuggled to the UK via Belgium can be awarded damages, a Paris court has ruled
The Arbitration Bill took a step forward last week after being included in the King’s Speech, making it likely to pass into law in the next 12 months
Lawyers and others who may have questions or issues they would like to raise about the way the legal profession is regulated are invited to submit these to the Justice Committee
Poor decision-making in the magistrates’ courts is causing people to be remanded in custody unnecessarily, a report by JUSTICE suggests
MOVERS & SHAKERS
NLJ Career Profile: Nikki Bowker, Devonshires
Nikki Bowker, head of dispute resolution at Devonshires, on career resilience, diversity in law and channelling Elle Woods when the pressure is on
Ellisons—Sarah Osborne
Leasehold enfranchisement specialist joins residential property team
DWF—Chris Air
Firm strengthens commercial team in Manchester with partner appointment
NEWS
The government will aim to pass legislation banning leasehold for new flats and capping ground rent, introducing non-compulsory digital ID and creating a ‘duty of candour’ for public servants (also known as the Hillsborough law) in the next Parliament
An Italian financier has lost his bid to block his Australian wife from filing divorce papers in England on the basis it was no longer her domicile of choice
Reforms to the disclosure regime in the business and property courts have not achieved their objectives, lawyers have warned
The Law Society has urged ministers to hold a public consultation on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the justice system as a whole
Ministers have proposed bringing inquest work under a single fee scheme for legal help and advocacy legal aid work
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