THIS ISSUE
New senior associate for DR team
New head of chambers
Silk appointed to High Court bench
New partner for corporate & commercial team
New board members for ILEX Professional Standards
Nicholas Asprey tackles the issue of the Crown & compulsory purchase
Robert Hines on the family court’s approach to orders dealing with offshore assets
Charles Wood & Jennifer Pattison gear up for Tender Round 3
Van Buggenhout and another v Banque Internationale a Luxembourg SA C-251/12
Re Sigma-Tau Pharma Ltd and another [2013] All ER (D) 31 (Oct)
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Signature Litigation—Catherine Naylor
International fraud and asset recovery offering boosted by partner hire
Stevens & Bolton—Alexa Payet
Private wealth disputes team adds contentious probate specialist
Morgan Lewis—Paul Feldberg
Firm strengthens investigations and sanctions capabilities with London partner hire
NEWS
Cheshire West, which established an ‘acid test’ for deprivation of liberty safeguards, has been overturned by the Supreme Court
The Chancery Division and other segments of the High Court are to be replaced by a new Business and Property Division (BPD), in a major civil justice shakeup
Law firms that hold client money will need to file annual accountants’ reports and make a declaration, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) confirmed this week
Two district judges and a tribunal judge have been sanctioned for delays in delivering judgments and orders
Private equity (PE) investment into UK law firms halved to £250m last year, but deal volume rose, according to research by Acquira Professional Services’ Momentum private equity market tracker
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