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.
Lawyer in the news: Claire Gordon, Farrer & Co
The firm, representing the wife in the third-largest divorce settlement in English legal history, secured a landmark family court ruling on coercive influence in marital agreements.
My legal life: Shivani Mistry, Alfred H Knight
Solicitor at Alfred H Knight, Liverpool.
Obituary: Gareth Rhys Edwards
A 'mad, infuriating, kind, wise, generous and consummately professional Welshman' who hated injustice, unfairness or prejudice.
Lawyer in the news: James Cockburn, Harcus Parker
Firm acted for class representatives in the Court of Appeal, which ruled that litigation funding agreements amended in light of the Supreme Court’s ruling in PACCAR are legally enforceable.
My legal life: Nabila Zulfiqar, King’s Trust volunteer
Interview with Monidipa Fouzder
My legal life: Susanna McGibbon KC, Treasury Solicitor
This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Government Legal Department.
Lawyer in the news: Lucy Stewart-Gould, Stewarts
Firm represented Clive Standish in a landmark case concerning non-matrimonial property.
Sarah Sackman KC MP: 'Access to justice is a form of empowerment'
With Sir Brian Leveson’s review of the Crown courts imminent, justice minister Sarah Sackman proposes a ‘bold modernisation initiative’ to reduce the backlog in cases. And in the civil sphere, she tells Michael Cross that technology can ‘democratise access to justice’.
My legal life: Zoe Mortimer and Alexandra Geelan, Hemisphere Consultants
Commercial law specialists providing legal services to female- and minority-led businesses.
Lawyer in the news: Francis McEntegart, MC Legal
Represents Ben McDonald, from Bootle, who set up pet products company Boss Pets earlier this year.
My legal life: Young Legal Aid Lawyers
This year marks the 20th anniversary of Young Legal Aid Lawyers.
Lawyer in the news: Michael Phillips, Andrew Storch Solicitors
Represented a group of claimants comprising faith schools, parents and children in a legal challenge against the government over its decision to impose VAT on private school fees.
Lawyer in the news: Sahil Kher, Kingsley Napley
The firm’s public law team acted for Haringey Law Centre, which was referred to the High Court after fake case citations were presented in submissions in a judicial review case.
My legal life: Camella Cephas, WSP Solicitors
Board member, head of children and care law and soon to be managing director at WSP Solicitors, Gloucestershire
Lawyer in the news: Hannah Brown, Richard Buxton Solicitors
Firm represented Open Spaces Society, permitted to intervene at the Supreme Court in support of Dartmoor National Park Authority’s argument that wild camping is part of a broad right of open-air recreation granted to the public.
My legal life: Katy Watts, Liberty
Interview with Monidipa Fouzder.
Lawyer in the news: Sarah Myatt, Switalskis
Firm represented Peter Sullivan, whose conviction for murder was quashed by the Court of Appeal this month. Sullivan spent 38 years in prison.
My legal life: Simon Man, Government Legal Department
Director of Treasury legal adviser.
Lawyer in the news: Richard Langley, Broadfield UK
Firm represented West Dulwich Action Group in a legal challenge against Lambeth Council over the introduction of a low traffic neighbourhood.
My legal life: Paige Gajic, Freeths
Senior associate, Nottingham.
People, clients, money – in that order: an interview with Linda Woolley
Kingsley Napley’s Linda Woolley, who is retiring after 21 years as managing partner, tells Eduardo Reyes that kindness and commerciality go hand in hand.
My legal life: Nabil Shah, Leadenhall Law Group
Head of conveyancing (London).
Lawyer in the news: Nusrat Zar, Herbert Smith Freehills
Firm represented intervener Public Law Project at the Court of Appeal, which found the government had wrongly used ‘Henry VIII’ powers to pass protest legislation.
My legal life: Brenda Albert, KONE plc
Legal director (Great Britain, Ireland and Netherlands) at KONE plc, a lift and escalator manufacturer.