header-logo header-logo

THIS ISSUE
Card image

Issue: Vol 161, Issue 7452

10 February 2011
IN THIS ISSUE

This is a timely and excellent book consisting of 11 chapters, written by leading practitioners and experts examining selected jurisdictions and issues concerning corruption, together with six appendices including the UK Bribery Act 2010 (the UK Act) and extracts from the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act 1977 (the FCPA).

Outer Temple has recently recruited three new tenants: John McKendrick, Daniel Barnett & Ali Almidhar.

Olswang has announced the opening of its new office in Paris.

Julian Burling, previously counsel to Lloyd’s, and Paul Chaisty QC

DWF has appointed two new partners, Ashley Mahon and Joseph Arazi, to its insurance team in London

Barlow Lyde & Gilbert reinsurance partner Janet Lambert has been appointed a district judge, assigned to the south eastern circuit.

The SRA has appointed Anu Kapila and Julian Weinberg to its compliance committee.

Delays to the Bribery Act, announced last week, could give the business community the time it needs to tackle widespread ignorance of its contents, say lawyers.

Nominations for the Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year awards are due in by 27 April 2011 and the ceremony will take place in London on 28 June.

The third edition of the Family Law Protocol has been published. It has been significantly amended has 150 pages of practice guides under 11 chapter headings.

Show
10
Results
Results
10
Results

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Gateley Legal—Jack Kelly

Gateley Legal—Jack Kelly

Gateley Legal expands Midlands residential development team

Gibson Dunn—Richard Surtees

Gibson Dunn—Richard Surtees

Gibson Dunn adds employee benefits and executive compensation practice in London with partner Richard Surtees

Laytons ETL—Alec Cameron

Laytons ETL—Alec Cameron

Laytons ETL appoints new partner and head of intellectual property disputes

NEWS
A series of recent decisions has clarified important principles across property law, from perpetuities to lease renewals and public rights over land
Employers cannot rely on wellbeing services alone to defend workplace stress claims after a High Court decision awarding almost £1m to an overworked employee
Andy Burnham's brand of 'Manchesterism' could offer fresh thinking on legal aid and access to justice if it reaches Westminster, according to Roger Smith, NLJ columnist and former director of JUSTICE
The constitutional fallout from a change of prime minister, rather than the politics, is under scrutiny as questions arise over the limits of executive authority in a leadership transition
The legal profession is undergoing a fundamental shift from selling services to creating technology-enabled products, according to Professor Luke Mason, Head of School of Law at Regent's University London
back-to-top-scroll