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Issue: Vol 161, Issue 7463

28 April 2011
IN THIS ISSUE

How useful will the Law Society’s Conveyancing Quality Scheme be to lawyers? Angela Dass reports

The court’s decision in Noble v Owens illustrates why judgments are and should be final, says Lisa Sullivan

IBB Solicitors has announced a number of promotions with the appointment of two new equity partners and two new fixed share partners.

RBS has appointed Mike Littlewood as head of its professional services team within the bank’s corporate and institutional banking division

An expert in industrial disease claims has been appointed vice-president of the not-for-profit Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL).

RPC has appointed Nicholas Wilcox as a senior associate in the broadcast media team.

Olswang has recruited Campbell Forsyth who joins the firm as partner in the IP group.

Pinsent Masons has hired Andrew Masraf to head the firm’s corporate & tax group.

Roger Smith reflects on detainees, masterly performances & Daily Mail fulmination

There is a fine line between protection & unfairness in sex discrimination cases, says Peter Breakey

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Kennedys—Samson Spanier

Kennedys—Samson Spanier

Commercial disputes practice bolstered by partner hire

Bird & Bird—Emma Radcliffe

Bird & Bird—Emma Radcliffe

London competition team expands with collective actions specialist hire

Hill Dickinson—Chris Williams

Hill Dickinson—Chris Williams

Commercial dispute resolution team in London welcomes partner

NEWS
Judging is ‘more intellectually demanding than any other role in public life’—and far messier than outsiders imagine. Writing in NLJ this week, Professor Graham Zellick KC reflects on decades spent wrestling with unclear legislation, fragile precedent and human fallibility
The long-predicted death of the billable hour may finally be here—and this time, it’s armed with a scythe. In a sweeping critique of time-based billing, Ian McDougall, president of the LexisNexis Rule of Law Foundation, argues in this week's NLJ that artificial intelligence has made hourly charging ‘intellectually, commercially and ethically indefensible’
From fake authorities to rent reform, the civil courts have had a busy start to 2026. In his latest 'Civil way' column for NLJ this week, Stephen Gold surveys a procedural landscape where guidance, discretion and discipline are all under strain
Fact-finding hearings remain a fault line in private family law. Writing in NLJ this week, Victoria Rylatt and Robyn Laye of Anthony Gold Solicitors analyse recent appeals exposing the dangers of rushed or fragmented findings
As the Winter Olympics open in Milan and Cortina, legal disputes are once again being resolved almost as fast as the athletes compete. Writing in NLJ this week, Professor Ian Blackshaw of Valloni Attorneys examines the Court of Arbitration for Sport’s (CAS's) ad hoc divisions, which can decide cases within 24 hours
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