Lawyer in the news: Emily Soothill, Deighton Pierce Glynn
Represents people detained at Manston short-term holding facility in a case against the government for allegedly unlawful detention and other breaches of their rights.
My legal life: Bill Bennett, Milford & Dormor Solicitors
Consultant and practice manager, Chard, Somerset.
My legal life: Zaib Kosser, rradar
Balancing act: Zaib Kosser is an apprentice solicitor at rradar, Leeds
Lawyer in the news: Ravi Naik, AWO
Ravi Naik, legal director at AWO, London.
My legal life: Winona Chan, Aldermore Bank
Legal counsel, London.
Lawyer in the news: Katy Colton, Mishcon de Reya
The firm has been instructed to pursue legal action to secure a pardon for Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in the UK.
My legal life: Patrick Geddes, Allington Hughes Law
Director and head of the criminal and regulatory department at Allington Hughes Law, Wrexham.
Lawyer in the news: Layla Barke-Jones, Aaron & Partners
Representing Delta Taxis, one of two taxi companies that have set up a ‘fighting fund’ to battle Uber in the Supreme Court in July.
Obituary: Chris Long
Christopher Gordon Long's 'kindly manner, innate courtesy and self-effacing demeanour concealed an astute legal brain'.
My legal life: Mandhir Seera, Hodge Jones & Allen
Trainee, London.
Lawyer in the news: Craig Cooper, Barings Law
Barings Law won a High Court appeal that will allow motor finance claims to proceed through one single claim form.
Lawyer in the news: Ian Weinstein, Brown Rudnick
Firm advised GB News on its successful judicial review of Ofcom’s decision that two shows breached the broadcasting code.
My legal life: Cecilia Goodwin, Goodwin & Rose
Founder and managing director, Manchester and London.
My legal life: Andrew Gill, Forrester Sylvester Mackett
Consultant solicitor at Forrester Sylvester Mackett Solicitors, Malmesbury.
Lawyer in the news: Iain Wilson, Brett Wilson
Represented green energy industrialist Dale Vince, who settled a High Court libel claim with Associated Newspapers Ltd.
Obituary: Nick Hanning
'A determined fighter': a tribute to CILEX lawyer and recorder Nick Hanning.
My legal life: Annabelle Vaughan, Enable Law
Partner in Southampton and head of the firm’s mental capacity team.
Lawyer in the news: Sabrina Simpson, Coram Children’s Legal Centre
Represented a mother who challenged the Legal Aid Agency’s refusal to grant legal aid for her excluded son’s Independent Review Panel hearing.
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My legal life: Gavin Grewal, White Dalton Motorcycle Solicitors
Managing partner, Leighton Buzzard.
Lawyer in the news: Chris Webber, Squire Patton Boggs
Firm represented Iya Patarkatsishvili and Yevhen Hunyak, who were granted rescission and damages by the High Court after buying a £32.5m moth-infested London mansion in 2019.
My legal life: Heledd Wyn, Rothley Law
Partner, Bristol.
Lawyer in the news: Dino Nocivelli, Leigh Day
Represented former dancer Ellen Elphick, who settled a legal claim against the Royal Ballet School for alleged body shaming.
My legal life: Chantal Davies, professor of law, University of Chester
Director of the Forum for Research into Equality and Diversity at the University of Chester law school and co-vice chair of the Law Society Women Solicitors Network Committee.
My legal life: Anna Mazzola, Centre for Women’s Justice
Author and consultant solicitor, London
Lawyer in the news: Sara Stanger, Bond Turner
Firm represents the bereaved families of Alice Da Silva Aguiar, Elsie Dot Stancombe and Bebe King who were murdered by Axel Rudakubana at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in Southport last July.
Obituary: Quintin Barry
Quintin Barry, who has died at the age of 88, 'was a man of remarkably diverse talent and achievement'.
Lawyer in the news: Andrew Kelton, Fish Legal
In-house solicitor, Leominster.
My legal life: Jamie Hanley, Labaton Keller Sucharow
Partner in the London office.
Lawyer in the news: Peter Neenan, Stewarts
Represented the family of the late Leicester City Football Club chairman Khun Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha in what is believed to be the largest fatal accident claim in English history.