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25 November 2010
Issue: 7443 / Categories: Movers & Shakers
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Ian Pettifer Tayntons LLP

Tayntons LLP has appointed employment law specialist Ian Pettifer as its new head of employment. Ian brings over 13 years’ employment law experience to the role.

During his career he has advised individuals and businesses including start-ups and sole traders, large UK corporates, major multi-nationals, public sector bodies and trade unions.

Joanne Thompson, head of litigation comments: “Ian’s track record dealing with all nature of business, management and staff issues will help us grow the team and build on our areas of expertise.

“We are seeking to respond to changes in the regional employment market and the growing level of instructions to help businesses and people solve problems at work.

Issue: 7443 / Categories: Movers & Shakers
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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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