The Weekly Update - 4th February 2022
Here is a round-up of some of the top legal stories from the past week:
The main subject in my newsletter this week was the publication of the Sue Gray report. I talked about the misguided intervention of the Met and what we can actually learn from the report itself.
A survey revealed which law firms pay the best. Link.
The former CEO of Autonomy, Mike Lynch, is to be extradited to the U.S. to face fraud charges. Link.
A political crisis loomed in Northern Ireland after the first minister resigned as part of a dispute over the NI Protocol. Link.
In a bid to tackle the criminal cases backlog there is a campaign to recruit 4,000 new magistrates. Link.
The threat of strike action looms as the government dallies over its timetable for legal aid reforms. Link.
The government announced its levelling up agenda to mixed reaction. Link.
A new scandal emerged as Boris Johnson tried to link the failure to prosecute Jimmy Savile with Keir Starmer’s time as Director of Public Prosecutions. The claim has no basis in fact and led to the resignation of the Downing Street head of policy. Link.
It was held by the Supreme Court that despite interference with the freedom of expression, s.13(1) of the Terrorism Act 2000 is a justified interference. Link.
Law firm Mishcon de Reya postponed its IPO. Link.
A report showed that it is still privately-educated lawyers who reign supreme in most corporate firms. Link.