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
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
