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11 October 2012
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Timothy Carter & Mike Tonkin - NewLaw

Welsh law firm NewLaw Solicitors has appointed Timothy Carter and Mike Tonkin to its serious injuries team

Timothy previously worked for a Bristol law firm and brings 15 years’ experience as a spinal injury and medical negligence specialist to NewLaw.

Mike joins NewLaw as welfare manager, having worked for Cardiff Council for 17 years as a senior social worker. He will work with the serious injuries department, providing guidance on care and financial issues and emotional support to seriously injured clients and their families.

NewLaw has hired over 100 new staff in the past year.

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Infrastructure specialist joins as partner in Glasgow office

NEWS
Talk of a reserved ‘Welsh seat’ on the Supreme Court is misplaced. In NLJ this week, Professor Graham Zellick KC explains that the Constitutional Reform Act treats ‘England and Wales’ as one jurisdiction, with no statutory Welsh slot
The government’s plan to curb jury trials has sparked ‘jury furore’. Writing in NLJ this week, David Locke, partner at Hill Dickinson, says the rationale is ‘grossly inadequate’
A year after the $1.5bn Bybit heist, crypto fraud is booming—but so is recovery. Writing in NLJ this week, Neil Holloway, founder and CEO of M2 Recovery, warns that scams hit at least $14bn in 2025, fuelled by ‘pig butchering’ cons and AI deepfakes
After Woodcock confirmed no general duty to warn, debate turns to the criminal law. Writing in NLJ this week, Charles Davey of The Barrister Group urges revival of misprision or a modern equivalent
Family courts are tightening control of expert evidence. Writing in NLJ this week, Dr Chris Pamplin says there is ‘no automatic right’ to call experts; attendance must be ‘necessary in the interests of justice’ under FPR Pt 25
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