Profession

Corporate and commercial partner joins firm along with current team

With the authority of the President of the Family Division, Mr Justice Peel, the national lead judge for the Financial Remedies Court, has nominated the circuit judges who from 6 April 2023 are permitted to refuse applications for permission to appeal in financial remedy proceedings without a hearing and, if the judge considers that the application is totally without merit, to make an order that the appellant may not request the decision to be reconsidered at a hearing.

Registrations are open for this year’s London Legal Walk, taking place on Tuesday 13 June.

Firm expands commercial team with solicitor appointment

Maples Teesdale announces next managing partner

Firm launches intellectual property disputes practice with partner hire

Mourant Consulting welcomes associate director to its Guernsey team

Spencer West expands into Germany, the Channel Islands, and Northern Ireland

More than a quarter of lawyers have signalled their intention to change jobs this year, according to new research.

Cybercriminals are getting bolder, smarter and better at what they do. In this week’s NLJ, Kingsley Hayes, head of data and privacy litigation at law firm Keller Postman, offers practical advice to law firms on how to combat this ever-lurking threat and what to do in the nightmarish event of an attack.