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08 March 2012
Issue: 7504 / Categories: Legal News
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Best law firms

Six law firms have been recognised as top employers by the Sunday Times’ 100 Best Companies to Work For survey.

Lewis Silkin, which made the list for the fourth time in a row, jumped 24 places to number 19. Mishcon de Reya achieved 23rd place, with Baker and McKenzie at 70, Withers at 77, and Reed Smith at 88.

Mills & Reeve made the list for the ninth year running, at number 90. Thames Valley law firm Blandy & Blandy was ranked as “One to Watch” for the second year in a row. Lewis Silkin managing partner, Ian Jeffery said: “There is a strong belief within the firm that time spent at work should be enjoyable and that in working with great clients and great colleagues we can make that a reality.”

Issue: 7504 / Categories: Legal News
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Haynes Boone—Jeremy Cross

Haynes Boone—Jeremy Cross

Firm strengthens global fund finance practice with London partner hire.

DWF—Stephen Webb

DWF—Stephen Webb

Partner and head of national planning team appointed

mfg Solicitors—Nick Little

mfg Solicitors—Nick Little

Corporate team expands in Birmingham with partner hire

NEWS
The High Court’s refusal to recognise a prolific sperm donor as a child’s legal parent has highlighted the risks of informal conception arrangements, according to Liam Hurren, associate at Kingsley Napley, in NLJ this week
The Court of Appeal’s decision in Mazur may have settled questions around litigation supervision, but the profession should not simply ‘move on’, argues Jennifer Coupland, CEO of CILEX, in this week's NLJ
A simple phrase like ‘subject to references’ may not protect employers as much as they think. Writing in NLJ this week, Ian Smith, barrister and emeritus professor of employment law at UEA, analyses recent employment cases showing how conditional job offers can still create binding contracts

An engagement ring may symbolise romance, but the courts remain decidedly practical about who keeps it after a split, writes Mark Pawlowski, barrister and professor emeritus of property law at the University of Greenwich, in this week's NLJ

Medical reporting organisation fees have become ‘the final battleground’ in modern costs litigation, says Kris Kilsby, costs lawyer at Peak Costs and council member of the Association of Costs Lawyers, in this week's NLJ
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