Glasgow 2014 has revealed the list of 17 law firms and barristers’ chambers and 19 individual solicitors, advocates and barristers appointed to the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games Pro Bono Legal Advice and Representation Service. The practitioners will provide free legal advice and representation for accredited athletes, coaches, team officials, Commonwealth Games Associations, International Federations and National Federations for the period between 8 July to 6 August. The firm of Harper Macleod is the official legal adviser. About 100 applications were received from practitioners around the UK.
04 June 2014
Games duty
MOVERS & SHAKERS
WSP Solicitors—David Ashcroft & Jessica O’Shea
Commercial property and child law teams expand with senior hires
Duxton Hill Chambers—Lucas Bastin KC & Joshua Hiew
Set expands London and Singapore offering with senior international disputes hires
Gilson Gray—Gregor Duthie & Stephen Forsyth
Firm strengthens real estate and litigation teams with partner promotions
NEWS
Behind the profession’s polished exterior, lawyers are ‘internally drained rather than physically tired’, according to a stark assessment of burnout in legal practice
Five years after the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 came into force, concerns remain that the family courts continue to minimise allegations of abuse in child contact disputes
Uber has built a formidable strategy for insulating itself from liability for drivers’ conduct, but the legal terrain differs sharply between the US and England and Wales
The Civil Justice Council’s review of Part III of the Solicitors Act 1974 could mark the end of what one commentator calls an ‘outdated’ and overly technical regime governing solicitor-client fee disputes
The House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Act 2026 marks a constitutional watershed by severing the centuries-old link between hereditary titles and automatic membership of the upper chamber
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