Issue: Vol 160, Issue 7433

Akzo Nobel ruling weakens in-house professional privilege

Beachcroft has appointed Mark Sutton to its specialist and international risks group and associate Louise Watson-Jones to its commercial health team.

Finders were the official sponsors of the 2010 Association of Women Solicitors (AWS) annual awards which took place at the Law Society in London on 9 September.

Richard Beavan is the latest acquisition at Boodle Hatfield, bringing experience in public company takeovers, private company acquisitions and disposals.

Steven Friel joins Brown Rudnick’s London office from Davies Arnold Cooper as a partner in the litigation department.

Isabel Burón and Pablo Guillén have been promoted to partner at Davies Arnold Cooper LLP. Isabel and Pablo are both based in DAC’s Madrid office.

Baroness Butler-Sloss has received an honorary degree of doctor of laws from the University of Wolverhampton.

If we are both a nation of animal lovers and a nation of serial litigators, what does it say about our attitude towards risk that we’re happy to fork out £12 a month on an insurance policy to cover our cat’s vet fees but not willing to pay to cover the risk of being sued?

Azmina Gulamhusein examines employers’ attitudes to mental illness

Siobhan Jones explores the effects of unfair prejudice & “guarantee stripping” in company voluntary arrangements