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Lawyers in Debrett’s

29 January 2014
Issue: 7592 / Categories: Legal News
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Legal names make society list

Lawyers have been listed in a special category of influential society catalogue, Debrett’s. The Debrett’s 500 People of Today, published this week, includes a list of lawyers and legal campaigners compiled by Lord Grabiner, head of chambers at One Essex Court. They include celebrity solicitor Keith Schilling, the Supreme Court’s Baroness Hale and Lord Neuberger, Lord Leveson, Linklaters partner Charles Jacobs, chief executive of Citizens Advice Gillian Guy, and Baroness Lawrence. 

Issue: 7592 / Categories: Legal News
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Freeths—Ruth Clare

Freeths—Ruth Clare

National real estate team bolstered by partner hire in Manchester

Farrer & Co—Claire Gordon

Farrer & Co—Claire Gordon

Partner appointed head of family team

mfg Solicitors—Neil Harrison

mfg Solicitors—Neil Harrison

Firm strengthens agriculture and rural affairs team with partner return

NEWS
Law students and graduates can now apply to qualify as solicitors and barristers with the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS)
Conveyancing lawyers have enjoyed a rapid win after campaigning against UK Finance’s decision to charge for access to the Mortgage Lenders’ Handbook
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has launched a recruitment drive for talented early career and more senior barristers and solicitors
Regulators differed in the clarity and consistency of their post-Mazur advice and guidance, according to an interim report by the Legal Services Board (LSB)
The Solicitors Act 1974 may still underpin legal regulation, but its age is increasingly showing. Writing in NLJ this week, Victoria Morrison-Hughes of the Association of Costs Lawyers argues that the Act is ‘out of step with modern consumer law’ and actively deters fairness
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