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05 August 2022
Issue: 7990 / Categories: Legal News
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Diversity metrics

Some 32 law firms including Magic Circle firm Linklaters have signed up to a major new diversity data collection exercise
The 32 ‘Foundation Law Firm Participants’ have joined the InterLaw Diversity Forum’s inaugural UK Model Diversity Survey (UK MDS), which aims to become the single accepted standard for all UK law firms to provide diversity data to their clients. The firms are joined by 33 corporate and financial institution clients. InterLaw Diversity Forum founder and General Counsel, Jefferies, Daniel Winterfeldt said: ‘The detail of the survey allows clients to see beyond basic diversity data into the inclusion and culture of firms.’
Issue: 7990 / Categories: Legal News
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Jurit LLP—Caroline Williams

Jurit LLP—Caroline Williams

Private wealth and tax team welcomes cross-border specialist as consultant

Freeths—Michelle Kirkland Elias

Freeths—Michelle Kirkland Elias

International hospitality and leisure specialist joins corporate team as partner

Flint Bishop—Deborah Niven

Flint Bishop—Deborah Niven

Firm appoints head of intellectual property to drive northern growth

NEWS
Sophie Charlton of Vardags in London has been announced as the latest winner of AlphaBiolabs’ Giving Back initiative, with her nomination directing a donation to Reunite International
Talk of a reserved ‘Welsh seat’ on the Supreme Court is misplaced. In NLJ this week, Professor Graham Zellick KC explains that the Constitutional Reform Act treats ‘England and Wales’ as one jurisdiction, with no statutory Welsh slot
The government’s plan to curb jury trials has sparked ‘jury furore’. Writing in NLJ this week, David Locke, partner at Hill Dickinson, says the rationale is ‘grossly inadequate’
A year after the $1.5bn Bybit heist, crypto fraud is booming—but so is recovery. Writing in NLJ this week, Neil Holloway, founder and CEO of M2 Recovery, warns that scams hit at least $14bn in 2025, fuelled by ‘pig butchering’ cons and AI deepfakes
After Woodcock confirmed no general duty to warn, debate turns to the criminal law. Writing in NLJ this week, Charles Davey of The Barrister Group urges revival of misprision or a modern equivalent
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