Commercial and chancery barrister Andrew Walker QC, of Maitland Chambers, has been named vice-chairman-elect of the Bar Council. Walker is currently chairman of the ethics committee and vice-chairman of the law reform committee. He was awarded the Bar Pro Bono Award in 2009 for some of his work with the homelessness charity, Shelter. Andrew Langdon QC has been confirmed as chairman for 2017, while financial services specialist Lorinda Long will remain as is treasurer of the Bar Council for 2017, her third year in the role.
12 May 2016
Bar election
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Clyde & Co—Suriya Ashok
Clyde Co strengthens energy transition and construction offering with hire of Suriya Ashok
Jurit—Nicole Gallop Mildon
Jurit appoints rare dual-qualified lawyer to expand Anglo-French private wealth expertise
Twenty Essex—Thomas Hibbs, Jack Hollingworth & Sam Pearce
Three new tenants join Twenty Essex
NEWS
The Financial Reporting Council’s revised Audit Enforcement Procedure will alter the balance of power in corporate investigations
A telecoms operator may be able to hold over under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, yet still be unable to secure a renewal: an outcome described as a legal ‘paradox’
Safety fears do not automatically justify shutting an interested person out of a statutory will application
Consumer credit law is heading for its biggest shake-up in 50 years, with the Consumer Credit Act 1974 set to yield much of its detailed statutory machinery to FCA rules
The Supreme Court has settled a long-running dispute over part-time workers: unfavourable treatment need be a significant or effective cause, not the sole cause
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