This year’s National Pro Bono Week kicks off early on Monday 3 November with a breakfast event hosted by DLA Piper focusing on how to evaluate and monitor pro bono activity, followed by a drop-in session at Portcullis House for MPs and caseworkers on Tuesday. Now in its 13th year, the week celebrates the pro bono legal work carried out by legal professionals throughout the year. Diary dates for next month should include Survival of the Fittest on 22 November, a high octane activity day at Wembley Park to boost funds for the London Legal Support Trust.
30 October 2014
Pro bono hits teens
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Signature Litigation—Catherine Naylor
International fraud and asset recovery offering boosted by partner hire
Stevens & Bolton—Alexa Payet
Private wealth disputes team adds contentious probate specialist
Morgan Lewis—Paul Feldberg
Firm strengthens investigations and sanctions capabilities with London partner hire
NEWS
Cheshire West, which established an ‘acid test’ for deprivation of liberty safeguards, has been overturned by the Supreme Court
The Chancery Division and other segments of the High Court are to be replaced by a new Business and Property Division (BPD), in a major civil justice shakeup
Law firms that hold client money will need to file annual accountants’ reports and make a declaration, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) confirmed this week
Two district judges and a tribunal judge have been sanctioned for delays in delivering judgments and orders
Private equity (PE) investment into UK law firms halved to £250m last year, but deal volume rose, according to research by Acquira Professional Services’ Momentum private equity market tracker
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