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NLJ this week: View from Jersey on litigating in the English courts

20 January 2023
Issue: 8009 / Categories: Legal News , Profession , International justice , Legal services
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Writing in this week’s NLJ, Philip Sinel, senior partner at Jersey firm Sinels, offers the English courts lessons from offshore. What can the courts in these different jurisdictions learn from each other?

Sinel is based in Jersey but frequently litigates in England and further abroad, and therefore has a good vantage point to compare the operations of some offshore courts to those of the courts in England and Wales.

He reports that, while matters proceed smoothly once you get to court in England, getting there can be a frustrating process. In illustration of this, he has several tales to tell. He also gives his experiences of using offshore courts.

Read more on the view from Jersey here

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Gibson Dunn—London partner promotions

Gibson Dunn—London partner promotions

Firm grows international bench with expanded UK partner class

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Shakespeare Martineau—six appointments

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Myers & Co—Jess Latham

Residential conveyancing team expands with solicitor hire

NEWS
One in five in-house lawyers suffer ‘high’ or ‘severe’ work-related stress, according to a report by global legal body, the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC)
The Legal Ombudsman’s (LeO’s) plea for a budget increase has been rejected by the Law Society and accepted only ‘with reluctance’ by conveyancers
Overcrowded prisons, mental health hospitals and immigration centres are failing to meet international and domestic human rights standards, the National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) has warned
Two speedier and more streamlined qualification routes have been launched for probate and conveyancing professionals
Workplace stress was a contributing factor in almost one in eight cases before the employment tribunal last year, indicating its endemic grip on the UK workplace
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