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02 September 2011
Issue: 7479 / Categories: Movers & Shakers
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David Shields Herbert Smith

Herbert Smith has recruited David Shields as the global head of diversity and inclusion

David joins from Stonewall, the lesbian, gay and bisexual equality organisation, where he was director of workplace programmes and a member of the Equality and Diversity Forum. He established its Equality Index, and worked with an extensive range of professional services and investment banking clients. 
Senior partner, Jonathan Scott, comments: “David impressed us both with his understanding of the firm and of the range of diversity issues currently engaging us. Social mobility and women retention are two particular priority issues for the firm at the moment and we know he will bring a lot to the table on both.”

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

DWF—David Abbott & Claire Keat

DWF—David Abbott & Claire Keat

Senior appointments in insurance services and commercial services announced

Clyde & Co—Nick Roberts

Clyde & Co—Nick Roberts

Aviation disputes practice strengthened by London partner hire

Ellisons—Marion Knocker

Ellisons—Marion Knocker

Residential property lawyer promoted to partnership

NEWS
he abolition of assured shorthold tenancies and section 21 evictions marks the beginning of a ‘brave new world’ for England’s rental sector, writes Daniel Bacon of Seddons GSC
Stephen Gold’s latest Civil Way column rounds up a flurry of procedural and regulatory changes reshaping housing, alternative dispute resolution (ADR) and personal injury litigation
Patients are being systematically failed by an NHS complaints regime that is opaque, poorly enforced and often stacked against them, argues Charles Davey of The Barrister Group
A wealthy Russian divorce battle has produced a sharp warning about trying to challenge foreign nuptial agreements in the wrong English court. Writing in NLJ this week, Vanessa Friend and Robert Jackson of Hodge Jones & Allen examine Timokhin v Timokhina, where the High Court enforced Russian judgments arising from a prenuptial agreement despite arguments based on the landmark Radmacher decision
An obscure Victorian tort may be heading for an unexpected revival after a significant Privy Council ruling that could reshape liability for dangerous escapes, according to Richard Buckley, barrister and emeritus professor of law at the University of Reading
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