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19 March 2009
Issue: 7361 / Categories: Legal News , Profession
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Professional services report

News in brief

Regulatory burdens should be lifted, and the government should continue to strive to open legal markets overseas, the Professional Services Global Competitiveness Group has said this week in its first report to Chancellor Alistair Darling. It called on the Solicitors Regulation Authority to lift restrictions on lawyers from India, China and some other jurisdictions requalifying in England and Wales to ensure there is enough talent to fill UK legal jobs.
 

Issue: 7361 / Categories: Legal News , Profession
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Clyde & Co—Suriya Ashok

Clyde & Co—Suriya Ashok

Clyde Co strengthens energy transition and construction offering with hire of Suriya Ashok

Jurit—Nicole Gallop Mildon

Jurit—Nicole Gallop Mildon

Jurit appoints rare dual-qualified lawyer to expand Anglo-French private wealth expertise

NEWS
The Supreme Court has settled a long-running dispute over part-time workers: unfavourable treatment need be a significant or effective cause, not the sole cause
Arbitration may be private, but its confidentiality is no impenetrable shield. Writing in NLJ this week, James Glaysher of Kingsley Napley examines when courts will permit arbitral material to surface in open litigation
The Financial Reporting Council’s revised Audit Enforcement Procedure will alter the balance of power in corporate investigations
A telecoms operator may be able to hold over under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, yet still be unable to secure a renewal: an outcome described as a legal ‘paradox’

Safety fears do not automatically justify shutting an interested person out of a statutory will application

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