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29 June 2012
Issue: 7520 / Categories: Movers & Shakers
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Hill Dickinson

Hill Dickinson has promoted two partners to salaried members and four partners to legal directors

Paul Edwards from the costs team is now a legal director, alongside Michael Burns, Richard McKay and Matt Noon, while David Locke and Jonathan Heap have been promoted to salaried members in the NHSLA team.

Hill Dickinson managing partner, Peter Jackson says: “We continue to place an emphasis on developing and investing in our people, and this latest round of promotions is testament to this.”

Issue: 7520 / Categories: Movers & Shakers
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Switalskis—Sally Ann Masih, Suzy Overton & Jane Beaumont

Switalskis—Sally Ann Masih, Suzy Overton & Jane Beaumont

Trio of recruits strengthens Switalskis residential property team

Ward Hadaway—Steven Hayward

Ward Hadaway—Steven Hayward

Birmingham law firm appoints construction partner

Flint Bishop—six appointments

Flint Bishop—six appointments

Flint Bishop accelerates Northern growth through strategic senior appointments

NEWS
A High Court decision has clarified that a home may be unfit for human habitation not only where conditions endanger health or safety, but also where they seriously undermine comfort and convenience

A longer time limit for employment tribunal claims, new charity law thresholds, property tribunal recruitment and appellate guidance on small-claims costs feature in the latest Civil Way round-up

A recent High Court ruling could make issue estoppel considerably more complex in cross-border litigation, requiring parties to consider the foreign law governing the underlying claim
The Supreme Court has overturned Cheshire West’s bright-line test for deprivation of liberty, replacing it with a broader, more contextual assessment that gives greater weight to an individual’s wishes, feelings and apparent consent
Jonathan Fisher KC’s wide-ranging fraud report contains worthwhile proposals, but turning them into workable reform will require money, capacity and political will
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