DAC Beachcroft has appointed financial services specialist Jayne Bennett as a partner in its Financial Institutions Group.
John Cooper QC, 25 Bedford Row, has been appointed special adviser to the Shadow Minister for Local Government and Communities.
His Honour Judge Peter Thornton QC took up his post as the first Chief Coroner of England and Wales this month.
Doncaster based law firm, Atherton Godfrey now has a Polish speaking member on its legal team.
Patricia Robertson QC has been appointed Vice Chair of the Bar Standards Board (BSB). She will take up the position in January 2013.
Parental rights should not trump children’s welfare, says Robert Micklem
Is the clock ticking for squatters? Mark Tempest reports
Simon Duncan continues to explore who has the right to sue former directors under s 217 of the Insolvency Act 1986
Clive Freedman & Christopher Harris expose the dangers of unilateral communications
Trade Agency Ltd v Seramico Investments Ltd C-619/10, [2012] All ER (D) 66 (Sep)
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NLJ Career Profile: Ling Ong, London Market FOIL
Ling Ong, partner at Weightmans and president of London Market FOIL, discusses her biggest inspirations, the challenges of AI and the importance of tackling unconscious bias
DWF—Imogen Francis
Director and head of IP team joins in Birmingham
Penningtons Manches Cooper—five promotions
Firm boosts partnership and costs practice with five senior promotions
From blockbuster judgments to procedural shake-ups, the courts are busy reshaping litigation practice. Writing in NLJ this week, Professor Dominic Regan of City Law School hails the Court of Appeal's 'exquisite judgment’ in Mazur restoring the role of supervised non-qualified staff, and highlights a ‘mammoth’ damages ruling likened to War and Peace, alongside guidance on medical reporting fees, where a pragmatic 25% uplift was imposed
