THIS ISSUE
A post-Brexit agreement to smooth the path for UK lawyers hoping to practise in Belgium has been reached by the respective professional bodies
Sir James Dingemans has been sworn in as Senior President of Tribunals, succeeding Sir Keith Lindblom
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Bloomsbury Square Employment Law—Donna Clancy
Employment law team strengthened with partner appointment
mfg Solicitors—Matt Smith
Corporate solicitor joins as partner in Birmingham
Freeths—Joe Lythgoe
Corporate director with expertise in creative industries joins mergers and acquisitions team
NEWS
The High Court’s decision in Mazur v Charles Russell Speechlys has thrown the careers of experienced CILEX litigators into jeopardy, warns Fred Philpott of Gough Square Chambers in NLJ this week
Sir Brian Leveson’s claim that
there is ‘no right to jury trial’
erects a constitutional straw
man, argues Professor Graham
Zellick KC in NLJ this week. He argues that Leveson dismantles a position almost no-one truly holds, and thereby obscures the deeper issue: the jury’s place within the UK’s constitutional tradition
Why have private prosecutions surged despite limited data? Niall Hearty of Rahman Ravelli explores their rise in this week's NLJ
The public law team at Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer surveys significant recent human rights and judicial review rulings in this week's NLJ
In this week's NLJ, Mary Young of Kingsley Napley examines how debarring orders, while attractive to claimants seeking swift resolution, can complicate trials—most notably in fraud cases requiring ‘particularly cogent’ proof
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