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15 April 2022
Issue: 7975 / Categories: Legal News , Profession , Technology
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NLJ this week | Master of the Rolls hails value of legal journals in a digital age

Digital justice enthusiast Sir Geoffrey Vos, Master of the Rolls, marks the bicentenary of NLJ this week by calling for the legal system to be ‘more agile’

Writing in this week’s NLJ, Sir Geoffrey highlights the increasing relevance of blockchain in everyday transactions, predicting that ‘within less than a generation’, it will come to ‘record immutable every aspect of daily lives’. He predicts ‘the completion of an holistic digital justice system within five years’.

While all this takes place, ‘thoughtful and topical legal writing’ such as NLJ strives to provide, will be required. Sir Geoffrey writes: ‘Blogs, vlogs and social media provide   immediacy, but journals move the debate forward at a higher level.

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Jurit LLP—Caroline Williams

Jurit LLP—Caroline Williams

Private wealth and tax team welcomes cross-border specialist as consultant

Freeths—Michelle Kirkland Elias

Freeths—Michelle Kirkland Elias

International hospitality and leisure specialist joins corporate team as partner

Flint Bishop—Deborah Niven

Flint Bishop—Deborah Niven

Firm appoints head of intellectual property to drive northern growth

NEWS
Talk of a reserved ‘Welsh seat’ on the Supreme Court is misplaced. In NLJ this week, Professor Graham Zellick KC explains that the Constitutional Reform Act treats ‘England and Wales’ as one jurisdiction, with no statutory Welsh slot
The government’s plan to curb jury trials has sparked ‘jury furore’. Writing in NLJ this week, David Locke, partner at Hill Dickinson, says the rationale is ‘grossly inadequate’
A year after the $1.5bn Bybit heist, crypto fraud is booming—but so is recovery. Writing in NLJ this week, Neil Holloway, founder and CEO of M2 Recovery, warns that scams hit at least $14bn in 2025, fuelled by ‘pig butchering’ cons and AI deepfakes
After Woodcock confirmed no general duty to warn, debate turns to the criminal law. Writing in NLJ this week, Charles Davey of The Barrister Group urges revival of misprision or a modern equivalent
Family courts are tightening control of expert evidence. Writing in NLJ this week, Dr Chris Pamplin says there is ‘no automatic right’ to call experts; attendance must be ‘necessary in the interests of justice’ under FPR Pt 25
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