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Issue: Vol 164, Issue 7592

31 January 2014
IN THIS ISSUE

Alison Wright highlights the importance of equipping today’s lawyers for tomorrow’s legal & insurance scene

Murray Heining provides an overview of the new qualification for costs lawyers

Geoffrey Bindman QC calls for fairer funding for legal education

Regan predicts that significant reforms can be expected this year

Dominic Regan predicts the likely civil procedure developments for 2014

Solicitors fear more wills claims could follow Neuberger decision to rectify error

Questions over Mayor’s link to TfL’s ban of controversial bus advert

Law Society guide warns against firms hiring only in their own image

Legal names make society list

Raising dough for Legal Support Trust

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Gibson Dunn—London partner promotions

Gibson Dunn—London partner promotions

Firm grows international bench with expanded UK partner class

Shakespeare Martineau—six appointments

Shakespeare Martineau—six appointments

Firm makes major statement in the capital with strategic growth at The Shard

Myers & Co—Jess Latham

Myers & Co—Jess Latham

Residential conveyancing team expands with solicitor hire

NEWS
One in five in-house lawyers suffer ‘high’ or ‘severe’ work-related stress, according to a report by global legal body, the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC)
The Legal Ombudsman’s (LeO’s) plea for a budget increase has been rejected by the Law Society and accepted only ‘with reluctance’ by conveyancers
Overcrowded prisons, mental health hospitals and immigration centres are failing to meet international and domestic human rights standards, the National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) has warned
Two speedier and more streamlined qualification routes have been launched for probate and conveyancing professionals
Workplace stress was a contributing factor in almost one in eight cases before the employment tribunal last year, indicating its endemic grip on the UK workplace
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