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
Switalskis—five appointments
Firm expands national abuse compensation team
Mathys & Squire—nine promotions
IP firm announces new partners and senior promotions across UK offices
Carey Olsen—five promotions
Carey Olsen promotes five lawyers to the partnership
NEWS
Executors may be overlooking billions of pounds in estate assets hidden in forgotten investments and misplaced share certificates
Britain’s booming non-surgical cosmetics market is operating in what some critics describe as a regulatory ‘Wild West’
Family contact disputes are becoming an increasingly prominent feature of Court of Protection litigation
Material obtained through US discovery applications may have a much longer legal life than many litigants realise
English courts are developing a distinctly practical approach to sanctions disputes arising from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
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