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Pure Silk

24 January 2008
Issue: 7305 / Categories: Legal News , Legal services , Training & education , Profession
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Profession

Ninety-eight new silks have been appointed by the Queen’s Counsel Appointments selection panel. Just under a third of applicants were successful and only 20 women made the cut this year, against 33 in 2006. Bar Council chair­man Tim Dutton QC says the interim appointment scheme, which was set up in 2005, is settling in. “I hope that this will be continued with an annual list, which has a fixed date for appoint­ments. It is important for practitioners to work to a consistent and regular timeta­ble, so they can be certain about when they will have the opportunity to apply for silk, and know how long the process will take,” he adds.

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

NEWS
Bea Rossetto of the National Pro Bono Centre makes the case for ‘General Practice Pro Bono’—using core legal skills to deliver life-changing support, without the need for niche expertise—in this week's NLJ
Charlie Mercer and Astrid Gillam of Stewarts crunch the numbers on civil fraud claims in the English courts, in this week's NLJ. New data shows civil fraud claims rising steadily since 2014, with the King’s Bench Division overtaking the Commercial Court as the forum of choice for lower-value disputes
Artificial intelligence may be revolutionising the law, but its misuse could wreck cases and careers, warns Clare Arthurs of Penningtons Manches Cooper in this week's NLJ
Small law firms want to embrace technology but feel lost in a maze of jargon, costs and compliance fears, writes Aisling O’Connell of the Solicitors Regulation Authority in this week's NLJ
Writing in NLJ this week, Victoria Rylatt and Robyn Laye of Anthony Gold Solicitors examine recent international relocation cases where allegations of domestic abuse shaped outcomes
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