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Issue: Vol 161, Issue 7472

29 June 2011
IN THIS ISSUE

The current review of legal training leads Geoffrey Bindman to ponder his own experience

The regulator of the Bar in England in Wales has announced that it will be working with Bevan Brittan LLP to progress its plans for regulating legal businesses.

Birkett Long has strengthened its partnership with five new partner promotions and three associate promotions—including promoting two non-solicitor staff members to the role of partner for the first time.

The lord chief justice has announced, in concurrence with the lord chancellor, the appointment of four presiding judges.

Sacker & Partners LLP, has recruited three solicitors: Anna Copestake, Katy Harries and Lauren Vose. The appointment takes the firm’s total number of pension lawyers to 53.

Committee attacks bid to end retrieval of clinical negligence success fees

High Court rejects evidence after witness no-show

AXA has become the first insurer to stop accepting referral fees from personal injury lawyers, after publication of a report into the “racket” by former justice secretary Jack Straw

Lord Rodger of Earlsferry, justice of the Supreme Court and former lord advocate, has died at the age of 66

Improved judicial case management would have a greater impact on the area
of defamation law than a new Act of Parliament, according to the Civil Justice Council (CJC)

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Signature Litigation—Catherine Naylor

Signature Litigation—Catherine Naylor

International fraud and asset recovery offering boosted by partner hire

Stevens & Bolton—Alexa Payet

Stevens & Bolton—Alexa Payet

Private wealth disputes team adds contentious probate specialist

Morgan Lewis—Paul Feldberg

Morgan Lewis—Paul Feldberg

Firm strengthens investigations and sanctions capabilities with London partner hire

NEWS
Cheshire West, which established an ‘acid test’ for deprivation of liberty safeguards, has been overturned by the Supreme Court
The Chancery Division and other segments of the High Court are to be replaced by a new Business and Property Division (BPD), in a major civil justice shakeup
Law firms that hold client money will need to file annual accountants’ reports and make a declaration, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) confirmed this week
Two district judges and a tribunal judge have been sanctioned for delays in delivering judgments and orders
Private equity (PE) investment into UK law firms halved to £250m last year, but deal volume rose, according to research by Acquira Professional Services’ Momentum private equity market tracker
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