THIS ISSUE
The Law Society has pushed back against regulators’ plans to stop solicitors holding client money.
Cross-border deals are becoming more uncertain, costly and challenging for senior in-house counsel at major multinationals.
The Arbitration Bill has passed all parliamentary stages without amendment and is currently awaiting royal assent.
Average wait times for probate are now just over four weeks, HM Courts and Tribunals Service data published this week shows.
MOVERS & SHAKERS
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Browne Jacobson—Vicky Tomlinson
Browne Jacobson appoints Vicky Tomlinson as Head of Independent Health and Care
DWF—five appointments
DWF further strengthens major injury and casualty offering with new partner and four directors from DAC Beachcroft
Switalskis—Laura Ornsby
Switalskis strengthens Grimsby child care team
NEWS
The Supreme Court has settled a long-running dispute over part-time workers: unfavourable treatment need be a significant or effective cause, not the sole cause
Arbitration may be private, but its confidentiality is no impenetrable shield. Writing in NLJ this week, James Glaysher of Kingsley Napley examines when courts will permit arbitral material to surface in open litigation
The Financial Reporting Council’s revised Audit Enforcement Procedure will alter the balance of power in corporate investigations
A telecoms operator may be able to hold over under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, yet still be unable to secure a renewal: an outcome described as a legal ‘paradox’
Safety fears do not automatically justify shutting an interested person out of a statutory will application
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