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04 March 2022
Issue: 7969 / Categories: Legal News , Profession , Career focus
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NLJ this week: Standing out in a crowded careers field

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How do you make yourself stand out from the crowd when you’re starting your law career, along with all the other talented professionals? Writing in this week’s NLJ, Tom Moyes, training partner, Blacks Solicitors, shares some tips and advice

Moyes looks at what ‘standing out from the crowd’ really means, and why practice makes perfect when it comes to improving your communication skills. Do not let setbacks or knockbacks put you off―Moyes writes: ‘Even the most competitive candidates can expect to receive some rejections and failures… everyone makes mistakes and it’s not always possible to succeed on the first try’. Resilience and perseverance go a long way in law.

For more insight into overcoming obstacles and achieving career success, visit NLJ’s new jobs hub at www.newlawjournal.co.uk/content/nlj-jobs-careerhub.

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Hogan Lovells—Lisa Quelch

Hogan Lovells—Lisa Quelch

Partner hire strengthens global infrastructure and energy financing practice

Sherrards—Jan Kunstyr

Sherrards—Jan Kunstyr

Legal director bolsters international expertise in dispute resolution team

Muckle LLP—Stacey Brown

Muckle LLP—Stacey Brown

Corporate governance and company law specialist joins the team

NEWS

NOTICE UNDER THE TRUSTEE ACT 1925

HERBERT SMITH STAFF PENSION SCHEME (THE “SCHEME”)

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND BENEFICIARIES UNDER SECTION 27 OF THE TRUSTEE ACT 1925
Law firm HFW is offering clients lawyers on call for dawn raids, sanctions issues and other regulatory emergencies
From gender-critical speech to notice periods and incapability dismissals, employment law continues to turn on fine distinctions. In his latest employment law brief for NLJ, Ian Smith of Norwich Law School reviews a cluster of recent decisions, led by Bailey v Stonewall, where the Court of Appeal clarified the limits of third-party liability under the Equality Act
Non-molestation orders are meant to be the frontline defence against domestic abuse, yet their enforcement often falls short. Writing in NLJ this week, Jeni Kavanagh, Jessica Mortimer and Oliver Kavanagh analyse why the criminalisation of breach has failed to deliver consistent protection
Assisted dying remains one of the most fraught fault lines in English law, where compassion and criminal liability sit uncomfortably close. Writing in NLJ this week, Julie Gowland and Barny Croft of Birketts examine how acts motivated by care—booking travel, completing paperwork, or offering emotional support—can still fall within the wide reach of the Suicide Act 1961
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