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Employed barristers have higher levels of wellbeing, are more diverse and enjoy greater flexibility and work/life balance than the self-employed Bar, the Bar Council has found.

A judicial welfare survey found ‘a small proportion of judges who feel that they have been the subject of inappropriate behaviour from sometimes other judges and sometimes lawyers and sometimes litigants,’ the Lord Chief Justice Lord Burnett has said.

A barrister has escaped immediate sanction for emailing confidential annexes attached to a judgment to a person on work experience as well as their chambers marketing team, which then posted them on the chambers’ website.

Solicitors have been ordered to get tougher on SLAPPs (strategic lawsuits against public participation).

Top business award granted for contribution to expert witness profession

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has issued a statement which provides an update on the work being done by the MoJ to provide pension benefits to eligible judges for fee-paid services.

Leeds-based chambers grows family team with barrister appointment

ACL appoints Madeleine Jenness as new head of education

From economic turbulence to a likely upturn in M&A activity in the third quarter, what does 2023 have in store for lawyers and how can they navigate the ups and downs to their best advantage?

Tim Seal questions the effectiveness of the statutory payment regime

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Fox & Partners—Nikki Edwards

Employment boutique strengthens litigation bench with partner hire

Mourant—Benjamin Manchak, Jessica Vickers & Stefan Chinniah

Firm promotes trio to partner across Channel Islands and Cayman Islands

Switalskis—Rifat Shahid, Alesha Kang & Emelia Garnett

Child care teams expands in Bradford and York with three appointments

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Leveson calls for more defence solicitors

Legal advice to people detained in police stations could be delivered by video link, Sir Brian Leveson has said, in part two of his Independent Review of the Criminal Courts

High cost of clinical negligence outlined

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has urged the government to move towards a less adversarial system of clinical negligence, after the total cost to the NHS quadrupled within 20 years to an eye-watering £60bn

Bereaved face extra costs under draft Bill

Peers have warned impending legislation could put executors at financial risk when their loved ones die

Tool rolled out for collaborative conveyancing

Legal IT supplier InfoTrack has launched a conveyancing tool that speeds up the pre-contract enquiries stage by allowing both sides to collaborate in one shared workspace

MPs bear witness to justice on the frontline

Barristers met with 19 of their local MPs at ten Crown Courts in all six circuits last week, as part of a Bar Council and Criminal Bar Association initiative to defend juries and explain the factors behind the backlog of nearly 80,000 cases

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Profession

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Fox & Partners—Nikki Edwards

Mourant—Benjamin Manchak, Jessica Vickers & Stefan Chinniah

Switalskis—Rifat Shahid, Alesha Kang & Emelia Garnett