Finers Stephens Innocent LLP has hired three new partners. Rachael Spalton, Adam Walford and Simon Malkiel joined the firm on 1 May.
Part 2: Jon Robins continues his predictions on how deregulation will affect the legal services market
Could time be up for the Taplin test, asks Mark Benney
Will a Victorian statute prevent local councils selling off our museums & libraries to make ends meet? Paul Letman investigates
Christopher Stirling reports on setting aside dispositions to third parties in matrimonial proceedings
Boris Cetnik & Malcolm Keen reflect on the ramifications of Baker v Quantum
Andy Creer & John de Waal consider the effect of the decision in Murphy v Wyatt
Feed-in tariffs: thinking big, or redefining small, asks Malcolm Dowden
Mensch und Natur AG v Freistaat Bayern C-327/09, [2011] All ER (D) 23 (May)
Barr and others v Biffa Waste Services Ltd [2011] EWHC 1003 (TCC), [2011] All ER (D) 25 (May)
MOVERS & SHAKERS
NLJ Career Profile: Maryam Syed KC, Church Court Chambers
From childhood dreams of the Bar to some of the country's most challenging cases, Maryam Syed KC explains why she has never stopped standing up for others
DAC Beachcroft—Richard Breavington, Rachel Ford & Daniel Guilfoyle
DAC Beachcroft significantly expands Cyber team, hiring three Cyber partners
Browne Jacobson—Professor Clive Kay
Browne Jacobson appoints senior healthcare leader Professor Clive Kay as strategic adviser
Jonathan Fisher KC highlights that it now accounts for around 40% of criminal offences, with roughly 70% involving technology, and argues that the UK cannot simply prosecute its way out of the problem. Detection, investigation and prosecution all require improvement, while different fraud types demand tailored responses.
