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The Law Society is urging the government to push for greater access for UK lawyers to the South Korean legal market when it reviews the UK-South Korea free trade agreement (FTA) this year.

Firm appoints head of medical negligence and personal Injury practice

Firm strengthens family practice with specialist children and surrogacy law partner hire

Midlands law firm announces eight promotions across the business

Firm bolsters construction offering with partner and associate hire

Firm announces 17 promotions, including three partners

North east firm appoints two corporate partners

Ogier announces triple partner promotions

Are quotas an effective way of addressing gender imbalances in senior roles? Ranjit Dhindsa examines the law & weighs up the pros & cons

Lord Kitchin will retire from the Supreme Court in September, at the end of the legal year.

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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