Alistair MacDonald KC
Chairman of the Bar
Alistair MacDonald KC, chairman of the Bar for 2015. Practising from Leeds, he is co-head of chambers at New Park Chambers.
Chairman of the Bar
Alistair MacDonald KC, chairman of the Bar for 2015. Practising from Leeds, he is co-head of chambers at New Park Chambers.
Alistair MacDonald QC reviews the highlights of life at the Bar in 2015
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MOVERS & SHAKERS
Bloomsbury Square Employment Law—Donna Clancy
Employment law team strengthened with partner appointment
mfg Solicitors—Matt Smith
Corporate solicitor joins as partner in Birmingham
Freeths—Joe Lythgoe
Corporate director with expertise in creative industries joins mergers and acquisitions team
NEWS
The High Court’s decision in Mazur v Charles Russell Speechlys has thrown the careers of experienced CILEX litigators into jeopardy, warns Fred Philpott of Gough Square Chambers in NLJ this week
Sir Brian Leveson’s claim that
there is ‘no right to jury trial’
erects a constitutional straw
man, argues Professor Graham
Zellick KC in NLJ this week. He argues that Leveson dismantles a position almost no-one truly holds, and thereby obscures the deeper issue: the jury’s place within the UK’s constitutional tradition
Why have private prosecutions surged despite limited data? Niall Hearty of Rahman Ravelli explores their rise in this week's NLJ
The public law team at Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer surveys significant recent human rights and judicial review rulings in this week's NLJ
In this week's NLJ, Mary Young of Kingsley Napley examines how debarring orders, while attractive to claimants seeking swift resolution, can complicate trials—most notably in fraud cases requiring ‘particularly cogent’ proof
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