Anna Bradley predicts a bright future for alternative business structures
Reynolds Porter Chamberlain LLP is to open an office in Singapore with the hire of insurance and reinsurance partner Mark Errington from Barlow Lyde & Gilbert (BLG).
Hill Dickinson has appointed Sean Williams as partner in the private client team...
Hogan Lovells has hired partner Patric McGonigal to its international litigation and arbitration practice in Tokyo.
James Harrison examines the impact of bankruptcy on marriage
Malcolm Dowden examines the impact of devolution on the UK’s waste law
Lucy Wyles dives headfirst into the latest personal injury developments
Practitioners should tread carefully around product liability claims, says Karen O’Sullivan
For CPR telephone hearings, approved providers are now Kidatu (0800 279 0405) and Arkadin (020 8600 0751).
Obsession Hair and Day Spa Ltd v Hi-Lite Electrical Ltd [2011] EWCA Civ 1148, [2011] All ER (D) 228 (Oct)
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Thomson Hayton Winkley—Jordan Wallace
Thomson Hayton Winkley strengthens family law team
Ward Hadaway—Barnaby Rosenthall
Construction lawyer returns to Ward Hadaway in Teesside role
Bird & Bird—Shahin Baghaei
Bird Bird hires leading legal transformation expert
Jonathan Fisher KC highlights that it now accounts for around 40% of criminal offences, with roughly 70% involving technology, and argues that the UK cannot simply prosecute its way out of the problem. Detection, investigation and prosecution all require improvement, while different fraud types demand tailored responses.
