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Issue: Vol 161, Issue 7485

12 October 2011
IN THIS ISSUE

Profession reacts to the arrival of “Tesco law”

Thomas Eggar LLP today has recruited James Pavey as partner with a focus on rural business and estates.

DWF has recruited partner Hilary Ross, a regulatory expert, to join its London office. Hilary is noted for her expertise in health and safety, food law as well as marketing and advertising.

Simmons & Simmons has appointed Juliet Reingold as its new head of energy and infrastructure.

Lord Phillips, President of the Supreme Court, has today announced that he will retire as the most senior judge in the UK at the end of this legal year.

Finers Stephens Innocent LLP has announced that Mark Stephens has been appointed as the new chairman of the board of directors at the Design and Artists Copyright Society (DACS)...

Nottingham based firm Rothera Dowson has retained its place in the Legal 500, receiving recommendations for seven areas of its work.

A Home Office ban on foreign spouses settling in the UK until they are 21 has been ruled unlawful by the Supreme Court

David Greene predicts how the profession will respond to (& survive) the law’s “Big Bang”

Stephen Hockman QC considers the future of human rights in the UK

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Gateley Legal—Caroline Pope & Bob Maynard

Gateley Legal—Caroline Pope & Bob Maynard

Construction team bolstered by hire of senior consultant duo

Switalskis—four appointments

Switalskis—four appointments

Firm expands residential conveyancing team with quadruple appointment

mfg Solicitors—Claire Pope

mfg Solicitors—Claire Pope

Private client team welcomes senior associatein Worcester

NEWS
The controversial Mazur ruling, which caused widespread uncertainty about the role of non-solicitors in litigation work, has been overturned on appeal
Two landmark social media cases in the US could influence social media regulation in the UK, lawyers predict
Barristers have urged the government to set up Nightingale-style specialist courts, with jury trials, to prioritise rape, sexual assault and domestic abuse trials
Victims of violent crimes who suffer life-changing injuries receive less than half the financial support today than those in the 1990s, according to a senior personal injury lawyer
Rising numbers of cases, an increase in litigants in person and an overall lack of investment is piling pressure on the family court, the Law Society has warned
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