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11 March 2011
Issue: 7456 / Categories: Movers & Shakers
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David Meredith & Andrew Sutherland RPC

Reynolds Porter Chamberlain (RPC) has recruited two new hires—partner, David Meredith and legal director, Andrew Sutherland.

David Meredith joins as a partner from SJ Berwin where he was head of outsourcing, having previously been a partner at Kemp Little. Andrew Sutherland joins as a legal director, also from SJ Berwin, having previously worked in-house at EDS (now HP).

Jonathan Watmough, managing partner, comments: “Technology is one of our core strategic sectors. These appointments are a reflection of RPC’s growing reputation in this area and complete another important step in our plan.”
 

Issue: 7456 / Categories: Movers & Shakers
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

NLJ Career Profile: Jasmine Olomolaiye, Foot Anstey

NLJ Career Profile: Jasmine Olomolaiye, Foot Anstey

Jasmine Olomolaiye, partner at national law firm Foot Anstey, discusses the power of reading and the dizzying heights of her dream career

Freeths—Christopher Stephens

Freeths—Christopher Stephens

Strategic land specialist joins real estate practice as partner

Shakespeare Martineau—Jonathan Pawlowski

Shakespeare Martineau—Jonathan Pawlowski

Construction practice strengthened by partner hire in London

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Three men wrongly imprisoned for a combined 77 years have been released—yet received ‘not a penny’ in compensation, exposing deep flaws in the justice system. Writing in NLJ this week, Dr Jon Robins reports on Justin Plummer, Oliver Campbell and Peter Sullivan, whose convictions collapsed amid discredited forensics, ‘oppressive’ police interviews and unreliable ‘cell confessions’
A quiet month for employment cases still delivers key legal clarifications. In his latest Employment Law Brief for NLJ, Ian Smith reports that whistleblowing protection remains intact even where disclosures are partly self-serving, provided the worker reasonably believes they serve the ‘public interest’ 
Family law must shift from conflict-driven litigation to child-centred problem-solving, according to a major new report. Writing in NLJ this week, Caroline Bowden of Anthony Gold outlines findings showing overwhelming support for reform, with 92% agreeing lawyers owe duties to children as well as clients
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