Movers & shakers
Compass Chambers has announced a reciprocal partnership with Crown Office Chambers in London. The move is the first time that a Scottish stable has formed a partnership with a set of London barristers.
Andrew Smith QC, senior counsel at Compass Chambers, who spearheaded the move, says: “This relationship is about improving our services to clients in cases which need expertise on either or both sides of the border.”
Firm expands in London and Leeds with dual merger
Private wealth and real estate firmpromotes two to partner and five to senior associate
Agile firm expands employment team with two partner hires
From blockbuster judgments to procedural shake-ups, the courts are busy reshaping litigation practice. Writing in NLJ this week, Professor Dominic Regan of City Law School hails the Court of Appeal's 'exquisite judgment’ in Mazur restoring the role of supervised non-qualified staff, and highlights a ‘mammoth’ damages ruling likened to War and Peace, alongside guidance on medical reporting fees, where a pragmatic 25% uplift was imposed
