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Fieldfisher director re-elected as deputy chair of England & Wales committee

Restructuring and insolvency expert joins as partner

Fee-share firm expands across key practice areas with senior appointments

International divorce team welcomes new hire

Firm welcomes largest training cohort in its history

Belfast team bolstered by three senior hires and 16 further appointments

Firm strengthens leveraged finance team with London partner hire

Double hire marks launch of family team in Leeds

Jersey litigation lead appointed to global STEP Council

Firm invests in future talent with new training cohort

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Browne Jacobson—Caroline Barker & Tom Walker

Browne Jacobson recruits regulatory experts Caroline Barker and Tom Walker to bolster health, government and corporates practices

Jackson Lees Group—Paul Harrison, Helen Innes & Sorcha McMullan

Partner and paralegals bolster clinical negligence team at Jackson Lees Group

Stone King—Manchester

Stone King triples Manchester footprint with office move as law firm’s rapid growth journey continues

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LIBOR five convictions quashed

The Court of Appeal has overturned the convictions of five Barclays LIBOR/EURIBOR traders—demonstrating the dangers of removing jury trial from serious fraud cases, according to a solicitor acting in the case

Triumph as jury reforms scrapped

Lawyers have welcomed the Lord Chancellor’s reverse-ferret on jury reforms, but expressed ‘serious concerns’ about the decision to exclude fraud trials

Justice viewed from the Bar

From ‘rats in the robing room’ to ‘overworked’ judges and a shortage of court staff, barristers have aired their concerns about the state of the justice system

Can agentic AI be controlled?

The use of agentic artificial intelligence (AI) poses ‘significant risks’ across the justice system, public services and government, and current regulation is ‘poorly suited’ to control it, experts have warned

Small firms win compliance reprieve

The solicitors’ regulator has paused controversial plans to exclude owner-managers from compliance officer roles

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Movers & Shakers

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Browne Jacobson—Caroline Barker & Tom Walker

Jackson Lees Group—Paul Harrison, Helen Innes & Sorcha McMullan

Stone King—Manchester