My legal life: Simon Beccle, Payne Hicks Beach
Partner, London.
Lawyer in the news: Jeremy Hertzog, Mishcon de Reya
Firm represented Thom Browne, who successfully defended Court of Appeal proceedings brought by adidas in relation to the validity of its ‘three-stripe’ trade marks.
My legal life: Rebekah Woods, Mackenzie Jones Solicitors
Trainee solicitor, St Asaph and Chester.
Lawyer in the news: Sofie Edwards, Hausfeld
Successfully represented class representative Dr Rachael Kent in collective proceedings against Apple in relation to the tech giant’s App Store.
My legal life: Chun Wong, Hodge Jones & Allen
Partner, London.
Lawyer in the news: Zainab Zaeem, Summerfield Browne
Appeared in Channel 4 Dispatches programme Will AI Take My Job?
Hyrwyddwr cymuned
Mae Mark Evans yn dod ag agwedd ‘gallu gwneud’ nodweddiadol Gymreig a dosbarth gweithiol i lywyddiaeth Cymdeithas y Cyfreithwyr, ysgrifenna Paul Rogerson. Mae’n dal record byd hefyd.
Community spirit: An interview with Law Society president Mark Evans
Mark Evans brings a distinctively Welsh and working-class can-do attitude to the Law Society presidency, writes Paul Rogerson. He’s a world record-holder too.
My legal life: Elizabeth Duan, DR Solicitors
Director of legal services, Guildford.
Lawyer in the news: Jess Steele, Freshfields
Freshfields secured a landmark victory for London & Southeastern Railway and Govia Thameslink Railway, following a long-running class action before the Competition Appeal Tribunal.
Lawyer in the news: Alicia Alinia, Pogust Goodhead
Firm represents thousands of drivers in the Pan NOx ‘dieselgate’ trial.
My legal life: Helen Bunker, Blake Morgan
Chair of Blake Morgan, London.
Darragh Mackin, Phoenix Law
Darragh Mackin, partner and head of public law, Phoenix Law
My legal life: Cathryn Butler, Ashfords
Associate, Bristol.
Lawyer in the news: Andrew Ford, Holborn Adams
Represented influencer Andrew Tate, who will not face criminal charges over abuse allegations made by four women suing him in a civil case in the UK.
My legal life: Jing Wang, Shakespeare Martineau
Corporate solicitor in Bristol.
Lawyer in the news: Carolin Ott, Leigh Day
Carolin Ott, senior associate at Leigh Day, London.
My legal life: Hayley Anderson, Square One Law
Head of dispute resolution at Square One Law, Newcastle.
Lawyer in the news: Annalisa Moscardini, TBI Scanlans
Represented Justin Plummer, whose murder conviction was quashed by the Court of Appeal after he spent 28 years in prison.
My legal life: Eleanor Brickell, Express Solicitors
Associate solicitor, Manchester.
Lawyer in the news: Frances Hughes, Hughes Fowler Carruthers
Successfully represented Natalia Potanina in the Court of Appeal, where she was granted leave to pursue a financial claim against her ex-husband, Russian oligarch Vladimir Potanin, in England.
Lawyer in the news: Gaelyn Fuhrmann, Wiggin
Successfully represented the Guardian in a libel challenge brought by actor Noel Clarke concerning allegations of sexual misconduct published by the newspaper.
From start to finish - Interview with Patrick Allen
It took beer and a bank loan to set up Hodge Jones & Allen. As he retires from the doughty campaigning firm that bears his name, Patrick Allen looks back with Catherine Baksi on a long and occasionally turbulent journey in the law.
My legal life: Andy Lee, Reeds Solicitors
Partner at Reeds Solicitors LLP, Bristol.
My legal life: Nicola Welchman, Bloomsbury Square Employment Law
Founding partner of Bloomsbury Square Employment Law in London.
Lawyer in the news: Richard Lewis, Hogan Lovells
Acted for Ukrainian bank Privatbank in its successful action in the English courts to recover $1.9bn misappropriated by its former owners.
Lawyer in the news: Shazia Yamin, Mishcon de Reya
Acted pro bono for Mums for Lungs and ClientEarth, which successfully applied for legal documents in the ongoing ‘dieselgate’ collective action to be unredacted.
My Legal Life: Shabnam Ali-Khan, Russell-Cooke
Switched on to law
My legal life: Richard Tinkler, Wolsey Probate
Head of probate at Wolsey Probate, Anglia Research’s in-house legal team, Ipswich.
Lawyer in the news: John Gould, Russell Cooke LLP
Gould is the lead solicitor representing the Save Wimbledon Park group, which opposes the extension of the Wimbledon tennis site.