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Lawyers will focus on the theme, ‘Time for change: action not words’, as they mark this year’s Black History Month (BHM).

HM Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS) has discussed how it prepared Croydon Crown Court in July 2022 to support the first deaf juror, Karen, to serve in a trial aided by British Sign Language (BSL) interpreters.

Government legal panels are overwhelmingly lacking when it comes to ethnic diversity, according to a new report from the Bar Council.

Scholarships have been awarded to 15 aspiring solicitors under the Law Society Diversity Access Scheme (DAS).

Talented people from lower socio-economic backgrounds continue to face major obstacles to career progression at senior levels in the UK financial and professional services, research shows

White former barristers occupy 95% of senior court judiciary roles (High Court and above), while progress has stalled for ethnic minority candidates and solicitors, the Judicial Diversity Forum has revealed in its statistics report for 2022

White former barristers occupy 95% of senior court judiciary roles, while progress has stalled for ethnic minority candidates and solicitors, the Judicial Diversity Forum has revealed in its statistics report for 2022

Law firms have collaborated to help develop and launch the Black Equity Organisation (BEO), an independent civil rights group to advance justice and equity for Black people in the UK

Royal Courts of Justice to display The First 100 years exhibition

Temple Church is offering four choral scholarships for young female singers, soprano or contralto, as part of its equality and diversity activity

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Gateley Legal—Jack Kelly

Gateley Legal expands Midlands residential development team

Gibson Dunn—Richard Surtees

Gibson Dunn adds employee benefits and executive compensation practice in London with partner Richard Surtees

Laytons ETL—Alec Cameron

Laytons ETL appoints new partner and head of intellectual property disputes

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NLJ this week: Property cases reshape established principles-T1

A series of recent decisions has clarified important principles across property law, from perpetuities to lease renewals and public rights over land

NLJ this week: Property cases reshape established principles

A series of recent decisions has clarified important principles across property law, from perpetuities to lease renewals and public rights over land

NLJ this week: Stress ruling raises the bar for employers

Employers cannot rely on wellbeing services alone to defend workplace stress claims after a High Court decision awarding almost £1m to an overworked employee

NLJ this week: Can Manchesterism revive access to justice?

Andy Burnham's brand of 'Manchesterism' could offer fresh thinking on legal aid and access to justice if it reaches Westminster, according to Roger Smith, NLJ columnist and former director of JUSTICE

NLJ this week: Constitutional conventions tested as power changes hands

The constitutional fallout from a change of prime minister, rather than the politics, is under scrutiny as questions arise over the limits of executive authority in a leadership transition

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Diversity

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Gateley Legal—Jack Kelly

Gibson Dunn—Richard Surtees

Laytons ETL—Alec Cameron