The City of London Law Society has recently formed a new specialist working group
SAV Credit Limited, has appointed Stephen Rowland to the newly-created role of general counsel and chief administration officer.
UK200Group, the association of independent chartered accountancts and lawyers, has launched a training course to help solicitors maximise their profit potential.
A London council acted unlawfully in failing to refer a homeless teenager to its children’s services department when processing his housing application, the Court of Appeal has held.
Court holds human rights of Former F1 boss were not breached
Lord Justice Wilson and Jonathan Sumption QC have been appointed justices of the Supreme Court
Banks drop fight over payment protection insurance
The legal profession and government legal bodies have made a concerted effort to broaden the profile of the judiciary, according to the first progress report of the Judicial Diversity Taskforce.
Proposals to allow employers to report injuries at work only where the employee has been off for seven days could put workers at greater risk, APIL has warned
Councils would have a statutory duty to work with the NHS under radical proposals to reform adult social care law.
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Haynes Boone—Jeremy Cross
Firm strengthens global fund finance practice with London partner hire.
DWF—Stephen Webb
Partner and head of national planning team appointed
mfg Solicitors—Nick Little
Corporate team expands in Birmingham with partner hire
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
