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Issue: Vol 160, Issue 7424

01 July 2010
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Trowers & Hamlins LLP has announced that Anna Clark will be joining its housing finance practice as a partner later in the summer.

Stephen Pearson is joining the Virgin Money management team as general counsel.

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP has recruited former Serious Fraud Office (SFO) prosecutor, Matthew Cowie.

Court rules right to apply for secured tenancies passes to successor

Court of Appeal rules resignation package is not ultra vires

In-house lawyers qualified for four and five years have enjoyed the greatest hike in salary since 2004 while those qualified for nine and 10 years fared the worst.

General counsel (GCs) need to measure their performance and commercial value in order to gain the wider business influence they seek.

Employers need to take greater steps to tackle data protection breaches, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has warned.

The Legal Ombudsman, the new Birmingham-based scheme to investigate and resolve complaints made by consumers of legal services, will open in October 2010.

FIFA’s reluctance to introduce goal line technology into football matches was highlighted during the World Cup when England had a “goal” disallowed against Germany

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

NLJ Career Profile: Nikki Bowker, Devonshires

NLJ Career Profile: Nikki Bowker, Devonshires

Nikki Bowker, head of dispute resolution at Devonshires, on career resilience, diversity in law and channelling Elle Woods when the pressure is on

Ellisons—Sarah Osborne

Ellisons—Sarah Osborne

Leasehold enfranchisement specialist joins residential property team

DWF—Chris Air

DWF—Chris Air

Firm strengthens commercial team in Manchester with partner appointment

NEWS
The government will aim to pass legislation banning leasehold for new flats and capping ground rent, introducing non-compulsory digital ID and creating a ‘duty of candour’ for public servants (also known as the Hillsborough law) in the next Parliament

An Italian financier has lost his bid to block his Australian wife from filing divorce papers in England on the basis it was no longer her domicile of choice

Reforms to the disclosure regime in the business and property courts have not achieved their objectives, lawyers have warned
The Law Society has urged ministers to hold a public consultation on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the justice system as a whole
Ministers have proposed bringing inquest work under a single fee scheme for legal help and advocacy legal aid work
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