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
Boodle Hatfield—Tom McLaughlin
Boodle Hatfield welcomes new employment partner, Tom McLaughlin
Arc Pensions Law—Victoria Thompson-Hill, Jonathan Mason & Georgi Ivanov
National specialist pensions law firm strengthens team with three new appointments
Jurit—Christian Abletshauser
Jurit appoints Christian Abletshauser to lead family law practice
A longer time limit for employment tribunal claims, new charity law thresholds, property tribunal recruitment and appellate guidance on small-claims costs feature in the latest Civil Way round-up
