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Employment boutique strengthens data protection and privacy offering with senior consultant hire

Ken Fowlie, chairman of Stowe Family Law, reflects on more than 30 years in legal services after ‘falling into law’

Regional law firm expands employment team with partner and senior associate hires

Nottingham trusts, estates and tax team welcomes two senior associates

Aspiring solicitors facing financial or personal barriers are being encouraged to apply for the Law Society of England and Wales’ Diversity Access Scheme (DAS), as recruitment opens for the 2026 cohort. The scheme aims to promote social mobility and improve diversity within the profession by supporting those who may otherwise struggle to qualify as solicitors due to social, educational or financial challenges

Firm promotes senior associate and team leader as wills, trusts and probate team expands

Manchester real estate finance practice welcomes legal director

Financial services and regulatory offering boosted by partner hires

International arbitration team strengthened by double partner hire

Firm celebrates trio holding senior regional law society and junior lawyers division roles

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Haynes Boone—Jeremy Cross

Firm strengthens global fund finance practice with London partner hire.

DWF—Stephen Webb

Partner and head of national planning team appointed

mfg Solicitors—Nick Little

Corporate team expands in Birmingham with partner hire

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NLJ this week: ‘Joe Donor’ ruling exposes dangers of unregulated conception

The High Court’s refusal to recognise a prolific sperm donor as a child’s legal parent has highlighted the risks of informal conception arrangements, according to Liam Hurren, associate at Kingsley Napley, in NLJ this week

NLJ this week: CILEX warns Mazur ruling must spark reform

The Court of Appeal’s decision in Mazur may have settled questions around litigation supervision, but the profession should not simply ‘move on’, argues Jennifer Coupland, CEO of CILEX, in this week's NLJ

NLJ this week: Conditional job offers carry hidden risks for employers

A simple phrase like ‘subject to references’ may not protect employers as much as they think. Writing in NLJ this week, Ian Smith, barrister and emeritus professor of employment law at UEA, analyses recent employment cases showing how conditional job offers can still create binding contracts

NLJ this week: Diamond rings and broken promises

An engagement ring may symbolise romance, but the courts remain decidedly practical about who keeps it after a split, writes Mark Pawlowski, barrister and professor emeritus of property law at the University of Greenwich, in this week's NLJ

NLJ this week: The battle over medical report fees intensifies

Medical reporting organisation fees have become ‘the final battleground’ in modern costs litigation, says Kris Kilsby, costs lawyer at Peak Costs and council member of the Association of Costs Lawyers, in this week's NLJ

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Profession

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Haynes Boone—Jeremy Cross

DWF—Stephen Webb

mfg Solicitors—Nick Little