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10 March 2010
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Top 100 Best Companies for Lawyers

Seven law firms have made it into The Sunday Times’ annual 100 Best Companies to work for ranking.

 

Pannone again topped the league for the legal sector, achieving 18th place, albeit with a significant drop from its third place last year.

The Manchester firm has made the top ten for the last six years running.
Lewis Silkin ranked 33 in the table, Mishcon de Reya made 48, Mills & Reeve were at 72, Brabners Chaffe Street at 83, Freeth Cartwright at 94 and Cripps Harries Hall made a new entry into the table at 97.

Michael Stevens, senior partner at Cripps Harries Hall said: “We are delighted with this result as it demonstrates we have kept our employees happy in a particularly challenging economic climate.

“To achieve a place in the top 100 in the firm’s second year of participation shows our commitment to providing the very best working environment. This recognition is particularly rewarding given that the assessment is based on confidential surveys sent to everyone in the firm.”

 

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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
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