header-logo header-logo

09 September 2020
Categories: Movers & Shakers , Profession
printer mail-detail

Steele Raymond—Kate Moore

Firm strengthens its operations team
Dorset law firm Steele Raymond LLP has announced the appointment of a risk and compliance manager.

Dorset-born solicitor Kate Moore joins Steele Raymond to continue a culture of proactive risk awareness throughout the firm and to ensure that the business is best placed to continue to provide excellence in client experience.

Kate trained and qualified as a solicitor at a regional law firm in 2013 and has specialised in providing risk and compliance advice for the last five years. She has substantial experience in advising teams internally on the professional conduct and ethical obligations of lawyers, including advising on the requirements of anti-money laundering legislation.

Commenting on her appointment Kate said: ‘I’m delighted to be joining at a very exciting time for the firm. The fact that Steele Raymond has such a well-respected reputation across the south coast coupled with exciting ambitions for further growth are factors that inspired me to make the move. I’m looking forward to playing a part in helping the firm achieve its ambitions and vision.’

Steele Raymond managing partner, Peter Rolph, said: ‘We are very pleased that someone with Kate’s experience has joined us at a key moment in the firm’s development. Kate’s specialist experience in advising management teams on regulatory and compliance matters will help ensure that our systems continue to meet the highest standards and will allow our teams to continue to focus on providing the best legal service to our clients. We have big ambitions here at Steele Raymond, ambitions that will benefit from having the experience and expertise of Kate on board and to allow us to deliver our future growth plans.’

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Laytons ETL—Maximilian Kraitt

Laytons ETL—Maximilian Kraitt

Commercial firm strengthens real estate disputes team with associate hire

Switalskis—three appointments

Switalskis—three appointments

Firm appoints three directors to board

Browne Jacobson—seven promotions

Browne Jacobson—seven promotions

Six promoted to partner and one to legal director across UK and Ireland offices

NEWS

From blockbuster judgments to procedural shake-ups, the courts are busy reshaping litigation practice. Writing in NLJ this week, Professor Dominic Regan of City Law School hails the Court of Appeal's 'exquisite judgment’ in Mazur restoring the role of supervised non-qualified staff, and highlights a ‘mammoth’ damages ruling likened to War and Peace, alongside guidance on medical reporting fees, where a pragmatic 25% uplift was imposed

Momentum is building behind proposals to restrict children’s access to social media—but the legal and practical challenges are formidable. In NLJ this week, Nick Smallwood of Mills & Reeve examines global moves, including Australia’s under-16 ban and the UK's consultation
Reforms designed to rebalance landlord-tenant relations may instead penalise leaseholders themselves. In this week's NLJ, Mike Somekh of The Freehold Collective warns that the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 risks creating an ‘underclass’ of resident-controlled freehold companies
Timing is everything—and the Court of Appeal has delivered clarity on when proceedings are ‘brought’. In his latest 'Civil way' column for NLJ, Stephen Gold explains that a claim is issued for limitation purposes when the claim form is delivered to the court, even if fees are underpaid
The traditional ‘single, intensive day’ of financial dispute resolution (FDR) may be due for a rethink. Writing in NLJ this week, Rachel Frost-Smith and Lauren Guiler of Birketts propose a ‘split FDR’ model, separating judicial evaluation from negotiation
back-to-top-scroll