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20 November 2013
Issue: 7585 / Categories: Movers & Shakers
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Paula Warnock & Clare Edwards—Hill Dickinson

Two promotions in employments & pensions team

The Sheffield office of law firm Hill Dickinson has promoted two solicitors within its employment and pensions team. With over 15 years’ experience in pensions, Paula Warnock has been promoted to associate, and will act on behalf of clients within the Manchester and Sheffield offices of Hill Dickinson. Paula’s recent cases include advising on member disputes, winding up solvent and insolvent schemes and corporate transactions. Joining Hill Dickinson as a trainee solicitor in 2011, Clare Edwards qualified in September and has been appointed as an assistant solicitor and will work under Angela Brumpton for a number of national and international companies in areas including retail, sport, social housing and education. 

Issue: 7585 / Categories: Movers & Shakers
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Jurit LLP—Caroline Williams

Jurit LLP—Caroline Williams

Private wealth and tax team welcomes cross-border specialist as consultant

Freeths—Michelle Kirkland Elias

Freeths—Michelle Kirkland Elias

International hospitality and leisure specialist joins corporate team as partner

Flint Bishop—Deborah Niven

Flint Bishop—Deborah Niven

Firm appoints head of intellectual property to drive northern growth

NEWS
Talk of a reserved ‘Welsh seat’ on the Supreme Court is misplaced. In NLJ this week, Professor Graham Zellick KC explains that the Constitutional Reform Act treats ‘England and Wales’ as one jurisdiction, with no statutory Welsh slot
The government’s plan to curb jury trials has sparked ‘jury furore’. Writing in NLJ this week, David Locke, partner at Hill Dickinson, says the rationale is ‘grossly inadequate’
A year after the $1.5bn Bybit heist, crypto fraud is booming—but so is recovery. Writing in NLJ this week, Neil Holloway, founder and CEO of M2 Recovery, warns that scams hit at least $14bn in 2025, fuelled by ‘pig butchering’ cons and AI deepfakes
After Woodcock confirmed no general duty to warn, debate turns to the criminal law. Writing in NLJ this week, Charles Davey of The Barrister Group urges revival of misprision or a modern equivalent
Family courts are tightening control of expert evidence. Writing in NLJ this week, Dr Chris Pamplin says there is ‘no automatic right’ to call experts; attendance must be ‘necessary in the interests of justice’ under FPR Pt 25
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