Davenport Lyons has appointed two new partners Abesh Choudhury and Nicholas Yapp to its corporate and dispute resolution teams.
Douglas Close has left the Bar to join Mourant Ozannes as global head of a new international private client practice, encompassing both contentious and non-contentious trust and private client work.
The Institute of Legal Executives (ILEX) has welcomed Susan Silver as its 48th president and celebrates a 50/50 split of men and women on its council for the first time.
Legal ombudsman advises against unregulated services
The family courts need to prepare themselves for a deluge of litigants in person, MPs have warned
Secret evidence ruled out in Guantanamo claim
The judiciary is failing to attract solicitors to its ranks, according to the Judicial Appointments Commission
The Law Commission is to review the law of contempt to take into account use of online technologies
The Lord Chief Justice, Lord Judge has paid tribute to judicial independence as scandal embroils press, politicians and police
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has launched an investigation into websites that charge people for government services where those services are available directly from government at no cost or for a lower fee
MOVERS & SHAKERS
NLJ Career Profile: Nikki Bowker, Devonshires
Nikki Bowker, head of litigation and dispute resolution at Devonshires, on career resilience, diversity in law and channelling Elle Woods when the pressure is on
Ellisons—Sarah Osborne
Leasehold enfranchisement specialist joins residential property team
DWF—Chris Air
Firm strengthens commercial team in Manchester with partner appointment
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
