Election 2024: The Lib Dem lawyers vying for your vote
A university law lecturer and an in-houser formerly of Ince look like the best bets for more Liberal Democrat lawyers in the House of Commons.
Election 2024: The Labour lawyers vying for your vote
A DAC Beachcroft associate, a Hausfeld partner and a Matrix barrister are among those lawyers hoping to be newly elected for Labour in the election on 4 July.
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Travers Smith under fire for role in Farage account scandal
Travers Smith has been hit by a data subject access request (DSAR) from former UKIP leader Nigel Farage following the firm’s review into the controversial closure of the politician’s bank accounts at Coutts. In July last year, NatWest brought Travers in to investigate Coutts’ accounts closure policies after Farage’s accounts with the bank’s wealth management arm […]
Pop star lawyer and Simmons purpose chief to stand for Labour
Two more figures from the world of law have been selected to fight for Labour in the forthcoming general election. Dave Rowntree will stand to become an MP in the seat of Mid Sussex, where the current Conservative incumbent holds a commanding majority of more than 18,000. Rowntree is best known as the drummer from […]
Election 2024: Ampa CEO Sarah Walker-Smith’s manifesto for business
Sarah Walker-Smith proposes a manifesto for business the next government of the United Kingdom should adopt.
Scale up and speed up: what we need to do about environmental governance
In the UK, as elsewhere, the environment is in a parlous state. Deeply concerning adverse environmental trends continue. Urgent action is needed to tackle the climate and biodiversity crises. Businesses often want to do the right thing and NGOs are active in the sector. Even so, the environment often lacks a ‘voice’, with few economic […]
Election 24: The Tory MPs likely to be hunting for law firm jobs this year
Unless Prime Minister Rishi Sunak pushes his term right to the last possible date, 2024 is likely to be a General Election year in the UK, and with the Conservative Party currently trailing badly in the polls, seat losses seem inevitable, even if an outright Labour victory is still far from certain. With this in […]
Why law firm leaders should speak out on politics
The world has changed significantly; Brexit, the pandemic and cost-of-living crisis have challenged businesses leaders and the people they employ in ways we’ve not experienced since the Second World War; which means for most of us this context is entirely new. Given the scale of the challenges we’re facing whether around society, the economy or […]
Why the UK should weaponise the English rule of law
A question posed at CMS’s excellent Paris Arbitration Week event Riding the Wave of Nationalism: Risks and Opportunities in a World Turned Insular was: if the rest of the world are weaponising their economic resources, can the UK weaponise English law?
Legal aid champion made Justice Secretary as Raab resigns
Alex Chalk KC called for early legal aid to be restored in 2018.
Former Lord Chancellor joins Payne Hicks Beach
Payne Hicks Beach has appointed a serving Member of Parliament and former Lord Chancellor as a part-time consultant. Sir Robert Buckland KC, who has been the MP for South Swindon in 2010, has joined the firm as head of policy and senior counsel. He currently has a majority in his constituency of 6,625. Buckland previously […]