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Issue: Vol 161, Issue 7483

27 September 2011
IN THIS ISSUE

IP specialist Harrison Goddard Foote has hired European and chartered patent attorney Hsu Min Chung as a partner.

The Bar Standards Board has appointed five new lay board members...

Crutes Law Firm has recruited three graduates across its offices in Newcastle and Teesside.

DWF has kicked off its Paralegal Academy with the recruitment of six new apprentices.

Roger Smith reports on some recent issues of language

Can the cost of correcting discrimination be too high, asks Alex Fox

Ian Smith observes the plight of those seeking justice in employment tribunals

Brent McDonald investigates a defendant’s liability for injuries sustained by a claimant in a subsequent incident

Clare Renton reports on a sea change in international relocation cases

Peter Lampitt considers if building works can constitute harassment

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

WSP Solicitors—David Ashcroft & Jessica O’Shea

WSP Solicitors—David Ashcroft & Jessica O’Shea

Commercial property and child law teams expand with senior hires

Duxton Hill Chambers—Lucas Bastin KC & Joshua Hiew

Duxton Hill Chambers—Lucas Bastin KC & Joshua Hiew

Set expands London and Singapore offering with senior international disputes hires

Gilson Gray—Gregor Duthie & Stephen Forsyth

Gilson Gray—Gregor Duthie & Stephen Forsyth

Firm strengthens real estate and litigation teams with partner promotions

NEWS
Behind the profession’s polished exterior, lawyers are ‘internally drained rather than physically tired’, according to a stark assessment of burnout in legal practice
Five years after the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 came into force, concerns remain that the family courts continue to minimise allegations of abuse in child contact disputes
Uber has built a formidable strategy for insulating itself from liability for drivers’ conduct, but the legal terrain differs sharply between the US and England and Wales
The House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Act 2026 marks a constitutional watershed by severing the centuries-old link between hereditary titles and automatic membership of the upper chamber
The Civil Justice Council’s review of Part III of the Solicitors Act 1974 could mark the end of what one commentator calls an ‘outdated’ and overly technical regime governing solicitor-client fee disputes
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