Who’s up, who’s out, and what cases are worth watching? Writing in NLJ this week, columnist Dominic Regan of City Law School offers a brisk tour of the legal frontlines, from silk announcements to looming appeals
The annual KC list has become a ‘moveable feast’, abandoning its Maundy Thursday tradition, while Sir Geoffrey Vos’s impending retirement fuels speculation about a female successor—with Lady Simler tipped as a frontrunner.
Regan also tracks the next twists in the Post Office litigation, Daily Mail phone-hacking trial, and a clutch of heavyweight costs appeals. Along the way, he laments long-winded advocacy, praises judicial impatience with wasted time, and urges lawyers to support the Law Society Library—‘where better to do deep research?’
