In brief
Baroness Julia Neuberger is to chair a new Advisory Panel on Judicial Diversity, charged with recommending ways to make the judiciary more representative of the people it serves. The panel will report back to the lord chancellor, Jack Straw, in November 2009.
20 promotions mark major people investment at national law firm, Anthony Collins
Sidley adds competition litigator Elaine Whiteford in London
Charles Russell Speechlys welcomes Claudina D’Costa as Director of Client Development Marketing
