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Firm welcomes back property services partner

Mark Solon provides a handy checklist on how to direct experts instructed in overseas cases

The Bar Council has appointed former solicitor general Harriet Harman KC to chair an independent review of bullying and harassment, including sexual harassment, at the Bar

District Judge Katie Thomas, who is challenging aspects of the Judicial Appointments Commission’s decision not to recommend her for appointment as a circuit judge, has been given permission to proceed with a judicial review

Firm announces 2025 senior partner transition

Chambers welcomes new member

Personal injury & private client promotions at the Yorkshire firm

Partner hire for family team in Birmingham

Firm moves into Callaghan Square space

Firm welcomes partner in its Singapore office

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Freeths—Ruth Clare

Freeths—Ruth Clare

National real estate team bolstered by partner hire in Manchester

Farrer & Co—Claire Gordon

Farrer & Co—Claire Gordon

Partner appointed head of family team

mfg Solicitors—Neil Harrison

mfg Solicitors—Neil Harrison

Firm strengthens agriculture and rural affairs team with partner return

NEWS
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has launched a recruitment drive for talented early career and more senior barristers and solicitors
Regulators differed in the clarity and consistency of their post-Mazur advice and guidance, according to an interim report by the Legal Services Board (LSB)
Peter Kandler’s honorary KC marks long-overdue recognition of a man who helped prise open a closed legal world. In NLJ this week, Roger Smith, columnist and former director of JUSTICE, traces how Kandler founded the UK’s first law centre in 1970, challenging a profession that was largely seen as 'fixers for the rich and apologists for criminals'
The Solicitors Act 1974 may still underpin legal regulation, but its age is increasingly showing. Writing in NLJ this week, Victoria Morrison-Hughes of the Association of Costs Lawyers argues that the Act is ‘out of step with modern consumer law’ and actively deters fairness
A Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) ruling has reopened debate on the availability of ‘user damages’ in competition claims. Writing in NLJ this week, Edward Nyman of Hausfeld explains how the CAT allowed Dr Liza Lovdahl Gormsen’s alternative damages case against Meta to proceed, rejecting arguments that such damages are barred in competition law
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