header-logo header-logo

04 June 2025
Categories: Movers & Shakers , Profession
printer mail-detail

Clarion—Joanna Dodd & Deborah Warren

Firm strengthens employment team with double partner promotion

Clarion has promoted Joanna Dodd and Deborah Warren to partner in its employment team, marking a key milestone in the firm’s latest round of senior appointments. Both lawyers started their careers at Clarion as trainees and have played a vital role in shaping the team’s strategy and client relationships. ‘I’m delighted to see Joanna and Deborah step into their new roles as partners,’ says joint managing partner Roger Hutton.

In the property litigation team, Kate Joss has been promoted to legal director, recognised for her leadership in high-value and complex cases. The firm has also announced eight senior associate promotions across multiple practice areas, further strengthening its expertise in private wealth, restructuring, regulatory, and dispute resolution.

Hutton highlights the significance of these promotions, stating, ‘Each of these lawyers has demonstrated outstanding expertise and commitment to excellence, enhancing our client service and firm culture.’ 

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
Contract damages are usually assessed at the date of breach—but not always. Writing in NLJ this week, Ian Gascoigne, knowledge lawyer at LexisNexis, examines the growing body of cases where courts have allowed later events to reshape compensation
The Supreme Court has restored ‘doctrinal coherence’ to unfair prejudice litigation, writes Natalie Quinlivan, partner at Fieldfisher LLP, in this week' NLJ
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
back-to-top-scroll