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Issue: Vol 162, Issue 7532

04 October 2012
IN THIS ISSUE

Leading regional law firm, Harrison Clark, has launched a new licencing and regulatory service

Simmons & Simmons has appointed Ross Miller as a partner in London

Berrymans Lace Mawer has expanded its footprint into Dublin with a new office

Stephens Scown LLP has expanded the family law team in its Devon & Cornwall office with the appointment of solicitor Marissa Prince

International law firm Eversheds has received its licence to practice in Beijing

Law firms exposed as liquidators appointed at large insurer

Court of Appeal: no protection for whistle-blowing partners

Over-50s to benefit from new legal service provider

Concern over profit margins

Warning over rise in self-represented litigants

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

NLJ Career Profile: Nikki Bowker, Devonshires

NLJ Career Profile: Nikki Bowker, Devonshires

Nikki Bowker, head of litigation and dispute resolution at Devonshires, on career resilience, diversity in law and channelling Elle Woods when the pressure is on

Ellisons—Sarah Osborne

Ellisons—Sarah Osborne

Leasehold enfranchisement specialist joins residential property team

DWF—Chris Air

DWF—Chris Air

Firm strengthens commercial team in Manchester with partner appointment

NEWS
The High Court’s refusal to recognise a prolific sperm donor as a child’s legal parent has highlighted the risks of informal conception arrangements, according to Liam Hurren, associate at Kingsley Napley, in NLJ this week
The Court of Appeal’s decision in Mazur may have settled questions around litigation supervision, but the profession should not simply ‘move on’, argues Jennifer Coupland, CEO of CILEX, in this week's NLJ
A simple phrase like ‘subject to references’ may not protect employers as much as they think. Writing in NLJ this week, Ian Smith, barrister and emeritus professor of employment law at UEA, analyses recent employment cases showing how conditional job offers can still create binding contracts

An engagement ring may symbolise romance, but the courts remain decidedly practical about who keeps it after a split, writes Mark Pawlowski, barrister and professor emeritus of property law at the University of Greenwich, in this week's NLJ

Medical reporting organisation fees have become ‘the final battleground’ in modern costs litigation, says Kris Kilsby, costs lawyer at Peak Costs and council member of the Association of Costs Lawyers, in this week's NLJ
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