Alex Norris appointed Labour’s first non-lawyer Secretary of State for Justice
Alex Norris has become the first non-lawyer to be granted the post of Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice in a Labour government. The MP for Nottingham North and Kimberley, who on Monday replaced David Lammy in Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s government, is a former trade union official. For the past year, he […]
Surrogacy petition to be debated in parliament
A petition to change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth will be debated in parliament after hitting the threshold for signatures. The petition, which calls for families who have children via a surrogate “not to have to go through months of court proceedings and social worker visits to be recognised as the parents […]
New legal consolidator targets firms looking for future succession
Private equity house CKM3 has invested in Oxford-based Hedges Law through a new legal services vehicle, Oak Legal Group, it has announced. Oak Legal Group formally launches as a “deliberate step to build something fundamentally different in the legal market”, founding director Nicola Poole explained. Poole, who is also a director of Hedges Law, leads […]