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Issue: Vol 161, Issue 7482

20 September 2011
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Cripps Harries Hall LLP has recruited Ruth Napier as its new head of business development.

IBB Solicitors has announced a merger with Chalfont St Giles based Brown & Co, as part of its expansion plans in the region.

Marccus Partners, specialists in cross-border transactions, have announced new recruits in their Paris office.

Some county courts are following a policy of automatically transferring low value road traffic damages claims...

PI lawyers unimpressed by Jack Straw’s proposals for motor insurance reform

PI lawyers unimpressed by Jack Straw’s proposals for motor insurance reform

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has come under fire for its decision to intervene in a key religious discrimination case before the European Court of Human Rights

The arrival of alternative business structures (ABSs) could be as dramatic for the legal profession as the “Big Bang” of the 1980s, justice secretary Ken Clarke has said

Proposed reforms of cohabiting couples’ legal rights have been shelved for the duration of this parliamentary term

A new, more flexible trainee solicitor model has been launched for City law firms and in-house legal departments

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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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