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02 August 2007
Issue: 7284 / Categories: Legal News , Profession
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DUTTON CROWNED

In brief

Current vice chairman of the Bar, Timothy Dutton QC, has been elected chairman of the Bar. He will take up the post on 1 January 2008. Called to the Bar in 1979, Dutton, of Fountain Court Chambers, took silk in 1998. He sits as a recorder and his areas of practice include commercial, public law and professional negligence. He is one of the pioneers of advocacy training; establishing the Keble Advanced Course in Oxford. He was leader of the South Eastern Circuit from 2004–06, becoming heavily involved in legal aid issues more recently as chairman of the Bar’s Carter Response Group.

Issue: 7284 / Categories: Legal News , Profession
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

DAC Beachcroft—Clare Dewar

DAC Beachcroft—Clare Dewar

DAC Beachcroft strengthens Scottish real estate capabilitywith partner appointment

Womble Bond Dickinson—Brendan Ryan

Womble Bond Dickinson—Brendan Ryan

Womble Bond Dickinson appoints Brendan Ryan as partner in Public Law Projects team

Parklane Plowden Chambers—five appointments

Parklane Plowden Chambers—five appointments

Parklane Plowden Chambers welcomes five new barristers

NEWS
Pro bono is celebrating a silver anniversary, with initiatives putting businesses and students at the heart of access to justice
Choosing the wrong expert can cost a clinical negligence claimant more than their case
Judges risk weakening their own independence by staying silent over government reforms, a leading public lawyer argues
A discount on damages does not automatically mean an equivalent haircut for legal costs in military deafness claims
Police powers targeting concealed identities at protests come with procedural conditions that could determine whether prosecutions succeed
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