A panel reporting on judicial diversity has rejected diversity quotas and targets for judicial appointments.
The Law Society’s branding has been singled out for praise in the Business Superbrands 2010 survey.
Almost 50% of applicants successful but only one solicitor-advocate award
Nearly half of all QC applicants have been successful in the latest round of competition. However, of the 129 new appointees only one solicitor gained the prestigious award.
Extra financial help for sufferers of mesothelioma and plural plaques
Mesothelioma sufferers are to be given an extra 40% of financial help, the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) has announced.
The Chilcot team has completed the first phase of its Inquiry. It has revealed few new facts, but has reminded us of those already known. They confirm what ought to be Chilcot’s blunt conclusion: our leaders took us into a war that was illegal, immoral, unnecessary, and hugely destructive.
Keith Patten questions the move towards
criminalising workplace harassment
In the famous case of The Three Little Pigs v Big Bad Wolf the house of straw built by the First Little Pig was unfortunately no match for the destructive blowing power of the said Wolf.
The Law Commission published its Tenth Programme of Law Reform in 2008, which included a project to review adult social care in England and Wales.
The Sentencing Guidelines Council (SGC) recently published its definitive sentencing guideline for organisations convicted under the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 and for health and safety offences which cause death.
A recent Court of Appeal judgment in Enviroco Limited v Farstad Supply A/S [2009] EWCA Civ 1399, [2009] All ER (D) 206 (Dec) initially caused some consternation in legal and banking circles.
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
