Business secretary proposes major reforms to competition law
Female lawyers paid on average £50,000 less
Derby-based law practice Bakewells has merged with leading East Midlands firm Nelsons Solicitors
Greater number of corporate manslaughter prosecutions
Conveyancers must search further
Hogan Lovells is expanding its global litigation and arbitration practice with the recruitment of a litigation team from Linklaters in Moscow
Thea Bennun has joined Stephens Scown LLP in Exeter as a solicitor in the family law team
SRA consultation on solicitors' fines
Hill Dickinson has acquired the majority of DLA Piper’s defendant insurance practice in Sheffield and Manchester
Computer patent applications at all time high
MOVERS & SHAKERS
NLJ Career Profile: Nikki Bowker, Devonshires
Nikki Bowker, head of dispute resolution at Devonshires, on career resilience, diversity in law and channelling Elle Woods when the pressure is on
Ellisons—Sarah Osborne
Leasehold enfranchisement specialist joins residential property team
DWF—Chris Air
Firm strengthens commercial team in Manchester with partner appointment
An Italian financier has lost his bid to block his Australian wife from filing divorce papers in England on the basis it was no longer her domicile of choice
