Business secretary proposes major reforms to competition law
Female lawyers paid on average £50,000 less
Derby-based law practice Bakewells has merged with leading East Midlands firm Nelsons Solicitors
Greater number of corporate manslaughter prosecutions
Conveyancers must search further
Hogan Lovells is expanding its global litigation and arbitration practice with the recruitment of a litigation team from Linklaters in Moscow
Thea Bennun has joined Stephens Scown LLP in Exeter as a solicitor in the family law team
SRA consultation on solicitors' fines
Hill Dickinson has acquired the majority of DLA Piper’s defendant insurance practice in Sheffield and Manchester
Computer patent applications at all time high
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
