THIS ISSUE
Legal services provider The Partnership has been approved as the 16th alternative business structure of the Council of Licensed Conveyancers
Law Society expresses alarm over Jackson timetable
Lord McNally promises amendment to controversial regulation
Third PI law firm purchase for Quindell
Journalists, lawyers & MPs split over long-awaited report
Index finds that landscape of law firm dominance is changing
The Medical Innovation Bill is introduced
New app to facilitate separations
SRA approves first tranche of COLPs & COFAs
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Signature Litigation—Catherine Naylor
International fraud and asset recovery offering boosted by partner hire
Stevens & Bolton—Alexa Payet
Private wealth disputes team adds contentious probate specialist
Morgan Lewis—Paul Feldberg
Firm strengthens investigations and sanctions capabilities with London partner hire
NEWS
Cheshire West, which established an ‘acid test’ for deprivation of liberty safeguards, has been overturned by the Supreme Court
The Chancery Division and other segments of the High Court are to be replaced by a new Business and Property Division (BPD), in a major civil justice shakeup
Law firms that hold client money will need to file annual accountants’ reports and make a declaration, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) confirmed this week
Two district judges and a tribunal judge have been sanctioned for delays in delivering judgments and orders
Private equity (PE) investment into UK law firms halved to £250m last year, but deal volume rose, according to research by Acquira Professional Services’ Momentum private equity market tracker
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