Janet Dalton’s recent promotion to director has boosted DWF’s finance and restructuring team.
Reynolds Porter Chamberlain has hired Stephen Smith from Mayer Brown as a partner in its competition practice.
Ledingham Chalmers has promoted Rod Hutchison to partner, recognising his specialist capabilities in corporate law.
Bath-based Mogers Solicitors has announced five new appointments.
Chris Bryden & Michael Salter start 2011 by batting off derogatory claims
Steve Tombs & David Whyte highlight the dangers of reducing corporate prosecutions
Charles Pigott reports on why the Woodcock appeal failed to fly
Justin Bates provides some good news for landlords
Has the charter of fundamental rights of the European Union taken the UK into new legal territory ask Charles Brasted & Cordelia Rayner
Scullion provides some lessons in law & life for the buy-to-let market, says Alison Padfield
MOVERS & SHAKERS
NLJ Career Profile: Nikki Bowker, Devonshires
Nikki Bowker, head of litigation and dispute resolution at Devonshires, on career resilience, diversity in law and channelling Elle Woods when the pressure is on
Ellisons—Sarah Osborne
Leasehold enfranchisement specialist joins residential property team
DWF—Chris Air
Firm strengthens commercial team in Manchester with partner appointment
An engagement ring may symbolise romance, but the courts remain decidedly practical about who keeps it after a split, writes Mark Pawlowski, barrister and professor emeritus of property law at the University of Greenwich, in this week's NLJ
