Alison Wright highlights the importance of equipping today’s lawyers for tomorrow’s legal & insurance scene
Murray Heining provides an overview of the new qualification for costs lawyers
Geoffrey Bindman QC calls for fairer funding for legal education
Regan predicts that significant reforms can be expected this year
Dominic Regan predicts the likely civil procedure developments for 2014
Solicitors fear more wills claims could follow Neuberger decision to rectify error
Questions over Mayor’s link to TfL’s ban of controversial bus advert
Law Society guide warns against firms hiring only in their own image
Legal names make society list
Raising dough for Legal Support Trust
MOVERS & SHAKERS
NLJ career profile: Liz McGrath KC
A good book, a glass of chilled Albarino, and being creative for pleasure help Liz McGrath balance the rigours of complex bundles and being Head of Chambers
Burges Salmon—Matthew Hancock-Jones
Firm welcomes director in its financial services financial regulatory team
Gateley Legal—Sam Meiklejohn
Partner appointment in firm’s equity capital markets team
Walkers and runners will take in some of London’s finest views at the 16th annual charity event
Law school partners with charity to give free assistance to litigants in need
Could the Labour government usher in a new era for digital assets, ask Keith Oliver, head of international, and Amalia Neenan FitzGerald, associate, Peters & Peters, in this week’s NLJ
An extra bit is being added to case citations to show the pecking order of the judges concerned. Former district judge Stephen Gold has the details, in his ‘Civil way’ column in this week’s NLJ
The Labour government’s position on alternative dispute resolution (ADR) is not yet clear
