In Brief
A former banking chief and senior civil servant is to oversee how lawyers are regulated. David Edmonds, a former director of the NatWest Group, has been appointed as the first chairman of the Legal Services Board (LSB). Although the LSB will not be fully operational until 2010,
Nikki Bowker, head of litigation and dispute resolution at Devonshires, on career resilience, diversity in law and channelling Elle Woods when the pressure is on
Leasehold enfranchisement specialist joins residential property team
Firm strengthens commercial team in Manchester with partner appointment
An engagement ring may symbolise romance, but the courts remain decidedly practical about who keeps it after a split, writes Mark Pawlowski, barrister and professor emeritus of property law at the University of Greenwich, in this week's NLJ
