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Seladore Legal—Laurence Shore

Firm hires international arbitration practitioner

03 June 2024
JMW—75 promotions

Record promotions for the firm in Manchester, Liverpool & London

31 May 2024
Clarke Willmott—Adam Connors

Corporate lawyer joins as associate in Taunton

30 May 2024
mfg Solicitors—Emma Chater

Property specialist joins as partner in Bromsgrove 

30 May 2024
Ramsdens—Adam Cockroft

New head of corporate at the Yorkshire firm

29 May 2024
Bevan Brittan—Rebecca Gibson

Property portfolio expert joins housing team

29 May 2024
NLJ career profile: Suzanne Lee

A former partner, managing director and chair of Midlands law firm mfg Solicitors, with a legal career spanning 27 years, Suzanne retired from the profession in April 2024. She tells NLJ about some of her career highlights

28 May 2024
Laytons ETL—Ben Thorogood

Disputes partner takes on the role of compliance officer

28 May 2024
Browne Jacobson—Polly O’Malley & Faisal Sameja

Firm strengthens education practice with two appointments

24 May 2024
AI: Irwin Mitchell—Lexis+ AI
Lexis+ AI to support lawyers with legal research & drafting
23 May 2024
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Browne Jacobson—Matthew Kemp

Browne Jacobson—Matthew Kemp

Firm grows real estate team with tenth partner hire this financial year

Hogan Lovells—Lisa Quelch

Hogan Lovells—Lisa Quelch

Partner hire strengthens global infrastructure and energy financing practice

Sherrards—Jan Kunstyr

Sherrards—Jan Kunstyr

Legal director bolsters international expertise in dispute resolution team

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NLJ this week: When your brain signs the contract
Neurotechnology is poised to transform contract law—and unsettle it. Writing in NLJ this week, Harry Lambert, barrister at Outer Temple Chambers and founder of the Centre for Neurotechnology & Law, and Dr Michelle Sharpe, barrister at the Victorian Bar, explore how brain–computer interfaces could both prove and undermine consent
NLJ this week: Comparators—how close is close enough?
Comparators remain the fault line of discrimination law. In this week's NLJ, Anjali Malik, partner at Bellevue Law, and Mukhtiar Singh, barrister at Doughty Street Chambers, review a bumper year of appellate guidance clarifying how tribunals should approach ‘actual’ and ‘evidential’ comparators. A new six-stage framework stresses a simple starting point: identify the treatment first
NLJ this week: Domicile—more than where you live
In cross-border divorces, domicile can decide everything. In NLJ this week, Jennifer Headon, legal director and head of international family, Isobel Inkley, solicitor, and Fiona Collins, trainee solicitor, all at Birketts LLP, unpack a Court of Appeal ruling that re-centres nuance in jurisdiction disputes. The court held that once a domicile of choice is established, the burden lies on the party asserting its loss
NLJ this week: Arbitration’s fast lane—with guardrails
Early determination is no longer a novelty in arbitration. In NLJ this week, Gustavo Moser, arbitration specialist lawyer at Lexis+, charts the global embrace of summary disposal powers, now embedded in the Arbitration Act 1996 and mirrored worldwide. Tribunals may swiftly dismiss claims with ‘no real prospect of succeeding’, but only if fairness is preserved
NLJ this week: Justice for some, access for few?
The Ministry of Justice is once again in the dock as access to justice continues to deteriorate. NLJ consultant editor David Greene warns in this week's issue that neither public legal aid nor private litigation funding looks set for a revival in 2026
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