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Issue: Vol 161, Issue 7494

13 December 2011
IN THIS ISSUE

Jennifer James presents the Ghost of Christmas Trees Past

DWF has promoted eight of its lawyers as partners or directors.

Jamie Maples, a lawyer at Weil Gotshal & Manges, has been made partner...

Taylor Wessing has hired partner Joanne Kelly from Manches.

Rosamond McDowell has replaced Andrew Dixon as head of Collyer Bristow’s market tax and estate planning practice.

HLE blogger Deborah L Parry wonders if supermarkets are off their trollies

“World-leading” court complex launches on London’s Fetter Lane

Marketing opportunities missed through ignorance of social media

APIL calls for employers' liability insurance bureau

Supreme Court to hear Prudential v HMRC appeal

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Muckle LLP—Phoebe Gogarty

Muckle LLP—Phoebe Gogarty

North East firm welcomes employment specialist

Browne Jacobson—Colette Withey

Browne Jacobson—Colette Withey

Partner joins commercial and technology practice

Ellisons—Lizzy Firmin

Ellisons—Lizzy Firmin

Chief operating officer joins equity partnership

NEWS
Mazur v Charles Russell Speechlys [2025] EWHC 2341 (KB) has restated a fundamental truth, writes John Gould, chair of Russell-Cooke, in this week's NLJ: only authorised persons can conduct litigation. The decision sparked alarm, but Gould stresses it merely confirms the Legal Services Act 2007
The government’s decision to make the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) the Single Professional Services Supervisor marks a watershed in the UK’s fight against money laundering, says Rebecca Hughes of Corker Binning in this week's NLJ. The FCA will now oversee 60,000 firms across legal and accountancy sectors—a massive expansion of remit that raises questions over resources and readiness 
The High Court's decision in Parfitt v Jones [2025] EWHC 1552 (Ch) provided a striking reminder of the need to instruct the right expert in retrospective capacity assessments, says Ann Stanyer of Wedlake Bell in NLJ this week
Paige Coulter of Quinn Emanuel reports on the UK’s first statutory definition of SLAPPs under the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023in NLJ this week
In this week's NLJ, Sophie Houghton of LexisPSL distils the key lesson from recent costs cases: if you want to exceed guideline hourly rates (GHR), you must prove why
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