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01 August 2012
Issue: 7525 / Categories: Movers & Shakers
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James Trafford Speechly Bircham

City law firm Speechly Bircham has added to its private wealth capability with the appointment of James Trafford as a partner

James is recognised by Chambers UK 2012 as a “widely respected expert in offshore and international tax and trusts planning” and led the private client team at Wilsons in Salisbury. James started his career at City firm Travers Smith in 1984 before joining Wilsons in 1991. He acts for a number of individuals and families in The Sunday Times Rich List together with private banks, offshore trust companies and individuals with complicated multi-jurisdictional issues.

Issue: 7525 / 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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