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Rimer & Kay

16 October 2014
Issue: 7626 / Categories: Legal News
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Two Lords Justice of Appeal have retired.

Lord Justice Rimer, who was appointed to his post in 2007, retired on 7 October. Sir Colin Rimer was called to the Bar in 1968, took silk in 1988 and was appointed a High Court Judge in the Chancery Division in 1994, a judge of the Employment Appeal Tribunal in 2002 and a member of the Competition Appeal Tribunal in 2004.

Lord Justice Maurice Kay, who was appointed Lord Justice of Appeal in 2004, retired on 1 October. Sir Maurice was called to the Bar in 1975 and took silk and was appointed a Recorder in 1988. An employment specialist, he was appointed to the High Court in 1995 and served on the Employment Appeal Tribunal. He served as President of the Judicial Studies Board from 2007 to 2010, when he was appointed vice-president of the Court of Appeal in 2010.

Issue: 7626 / Categories: Legal News
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Birketts—trainee cohort

Birketts—trainee cohort

Firm welcomes new cohort of 29 trainee solicitors for 2025

Keoghs—four appointments

Keoghs—four appointments

Four partner hires expand legal expertise in Scotland and Northern Ireland

Brabners—Ben Lamb

Brabners—Ben Lamb

Real estate team in Yorkshire welcomes new partner

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Delays and dysfunction continue to mount in the county court, as revealed in a scathing Justice Committee report and under discussion this week by NLJ columnist Professor Dominic Regan of City Law School. Bulk claims—especially from private parking firms—are overwhelming the system, with 8,000 cases filed weekly
Charles Pigott of Mills & Reeve charts the turbulent progress of the Employment Rights Bill through the House of Lords, in this week's NLJ
From oligarchs to cosmetic clinics, strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs) target journalists, activists and ordinary citizens with intimidating legal tactics. Writing in NLJ this week, Sadie Whittam of Lancaster University explores the weaponisation of litigation to silence critics
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