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Issue: Vol 160, Issue 7404

11 February 2010
IN THIS ISSUE

Christopher Russell, Angus Davison, Jane Pearce, Paul Perris, Nicholas Plowman, Sally Edwards & Edward Mackereth all became partners this month.

Shaun joins from Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP where he led the London competition/antitrust group.

Thomas Eggar LLP has appointed Catherine Wilson as partner in its employment team.

James MacArthur has joined Herbert Smith’s private equity office.

Nominations are now invited for this year’s Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year awards (LALYs).

The Law Society has set up a mentoring group of solicitor judges as part of a package to encourage more solicitors to the bench.

The government has revised the draft employment contingency fee regulations, due to come into force on 6 April.

Professionals who face disciplinary proceedings that could result in loss of livelihood will be granted the right to legal representation, following an important Court of Appeal ruling.

A coroner has called for a review of EU agreements over the recognition of doctors after the death of a man who died from a lethal dose of diamorphine administered by an out-of-hours locum GP from Germany.

Court Funds (Amendment) Rules 2010 (SI 2010/172)

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

DWF—19 appointments

DWF—19 appointments

Belfast team bolstered by three senior hires and 16 further appointments

Cadwalader—Andro Atlaga

Cadwalader—Andro Atlaga

Firm strengthens leveraged finance team with London partner hire

Knights—Ella Dodgson & Rebecca Laffan

Knights—Ella Dodgson & Rebecca Laffan

Double hire marks launch of family team in Leeds

NEWS
Charles Pigott of Mills & Reeve reports on Haynes v Thomson, the first judicial application of the Supreme Court’s For Women Scotland ruling in a discrimination claim, in this week's NLJ
Charlie Mercer and Astrid Gillam of Stewarts crunch the numbers on civil fraud claims in the English courts, in this week's NLJ. New data shows civil fraud claims rising steadily since 2014, with the King’s Bench Division overtaking the Commercial Court as the forum of choice for lower-value disputes
The Supreme Court issued a landmark judgment in July that overturned the convictions of Tom Hayes and Carlo Palombo, once poster boys of the Libor and Euribor scandal. In NLJ this week, Neil Swift of Peters & Peters considers what the ruling means for financial law enforcement
Small law firms want to embrace technology but feel lost in a maze of jargon, costs and compliance fears, writes Aisling O’Connell of the Solicitors Regulation Authority in this week's NLJ
Artificial intelligence may be revolutionising the law, but its misuse could wreck cases and careers, warns Clare Arthurs of Penningtons Manches Cooper in this week's NLJ
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