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Northern Ireland footprint grows with senior employment law hire in Belfast

Firm bolsters construction and engineering disputes team with strategic partner hire

Cross-border real estate expertise expands with new partner hire

Commercial and residential property teams welcome partners

Sara Fowler, new president of CILEX, discusses her unconventional path to the profession & her determination to ensure CILEX lawyers get the recognition they deserve

Midlands firm strengthens commercial offering with trio of senior hires

Infrastructure and public law expertise expands with partner hire

Firm launches Spanish legal and tax offering with strategic hire

Planning and environmental team announces strategic partner hire

Employee incentives expert joins Coventry office

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Taylor Rose—Jessica Draganescu & Emily Hewlett

Firm strengthens growth strategy and group litigation capability with senior hires

Farrer & Co—Richard Lane

Londstanding London firm appoints new senior partner

Bird & Bird—Sue McLean

Commercial team in London welcomes technology specialist as partner

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Child focused courts to roll out nationwide

Pathfinder courts—renamed ‘Child focused courts’—are to be rolled out nationally, following a successful pilot where backlogs halved and cases were resolved up to seven and a half months faster

Bad behaviour must relate to proceedings, holds Court of Appeal

The Court of Appeal has unanimously dismissed a £385,000 costs order against a father, in a case that centred on what is required to meet the threshold of ‘reprehensible or unreasonable’ behaviour

Burials and cremation law under review

Centuries-old burial laws would be overhauled, under Law Commission proposals to address the burgeoning problem of shortage of cemetery space

Reducing women’s imprisonment

The government has committed an extra £32m to women’s charities and services tackling addiction, trauma, abuse and homelessness

Financial Ombudsman to return to its roots

The Financial Ombudsman is poised for major reform to return it to a simple, impartial dispute resolution service

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Profession

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Taylor Rose—Jessica Draganescu & Emily Hewlett

Farrer & Co—Richard Lane

Bird & Bird—Sue McLean