Olswang has announced that Graham Lloyd-Brunt is joining its real estate team from BLP, where he has been a partner for seven years.
Sacker & Partners LLP has promoted Caroline Legg from associate director to partner.
HLE Blogger & NLJ consultant editor David Greene recounts the experiences of a civil litigator in the criminal court
Knock-on expenses will undermine government targets
PM refuses to play it safe with PI lawyers & unions
Natural England is now able to impose civil sanctions
Family law clients to be hit heavily by legal aid cuts
Family Justice Council produce new guidelines on children giving live evidence in family proceedings
Justice Edwin Cameron of the Constitutional Court of South Africa, a leading human rights lawyer during the apartheid era, is giving the Leslie Scarman lecture in London on 25 January.
Law Society highlights the dangers of Facebook to its members
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
