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Issue: Vol 162, Issue 7539

22 November 2012
IN THIS ISSUE

Civitas Law have been appointed Barristers’ Chambers of the Year at the Eclipse Proclaim Personal Injury Awards 2012

Lewis Silkin LLP has opened an office in Cardiff to join its London and Oxford locations

International law firm Simmons & Simmons has appointed Simon Hilditch as an insurance litigation partner in the London office

DWF has strengthened its private client team with the appointment of Jon Gould as an associate in its Newcastle office

Eversheds has appointed partner Veronique Marquis to its financial service dispute resolution (FSDR) team in its London office

HLE Blogger Eduardo Ustaran wonders if appointing a sole EU data protection regulator is a no brainer

PI lawyers “appalled” by Ministry of Justice RTA portal proposals

Government plans to slash judicial reviews cause concern

Court of Appeal uphold sacking of train conductor

President of the Supreme Court warns against too much emphasis on consumers

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Osbornes Law—Alex McMahon, Andrew Middlehurst & Harriet McMorrin

Osbornes Law—Alex McMahon, Andrew Middlehurst & Harriet McMorrin

Homegrown hat-trick: Osbornes Law promotes three former trainees to partner

mfg Solicitors—Sarah Bradford

mfg Solicitors—Sarah Bradford

Partner arrival boosts law firm’s growing real estate team

Freeths—David Smith

Freeths—David Smith

Freeths secures major tax hire with appointment of David Smith

NEWS
The Supreme Court has clarified the scope of a director’s duty, in a case where a chairman’s good intentions went awry due to the pandemic
Digital fraud is ‘baffling policymakers, investigators, prosecutors and enforcers’, leaving ‘a massive justice gap’, the author of a government-commissioned independent review has warned
Richard Lloyd’s independent review of the Legal Services Board (LSB) has delivered a devastating verdict, accusing the super-regulator of having ‘lost its way in recent years’
The House of Commons has passed the Hillsborough Law, in a historic achievement for campaigners, survivors and families of those who died in the 1989 stadium collapse
Judicial statistics show a steady rise in the number of female judges and Asian and mixed ethnicity judges in the past ten years—however, progress in terms of representation has stalled for both Black lawyers and for solicitors
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