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NLJ this week: LSLA updates on key priorities

24 September 2020
Issue: 7903 / Categories: Legal News , Diversity , Profession
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Diversity & inclusion were given as a key priority by Chris Bushell in his speech as president of the London Solicitors Litigation Association (LSLA), back in March

Writing in NLJ this week, he provides an update on progress of this very important issue for the profession. Since March, the COVID-19 pandemic has forced the legal profession to embrace agile working while the killing of George Floyd by police officers in the US as well as other tragedies has led to renewed, global awareness of the Black Lives Matter movement.

Bushell provides feedback on what is being done and what work remains on removing barriers pertaining to gender, ethnicity, social mobility, age, disability and other characteristics. He concludes: ‘We need to maintain the momentum, particularly on ethnicity.’

Issue: 7903 / Categories: Legal News , Diversity , Profession
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

DWF—19 appointments

DWF—19 appointments

Belfast team bolstered by three senior hires and 16 further appointments

Cadwalader—Andro Atlaga

Cadwalader—Andro Atlaga

Firm strengthens leveraged finance team with London partner hire

Knights—Ella Dodgson & Rebecca Laffan

Knights—Ella Dodgson & Rebecca Laffan

Double hire marks launch of family team in Leeds

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Charles Pigott of Mills & Reeve reports on Haynes v Thomson, the first judicial application of the Supreme Court’s For Women Scotland ruling in a discrimination claim, in this week's NLJ
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