Courting the regions

Claimants will no longer be forced to come to Lond...
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Medical care 'lottery' for detainees

A top forensic physician has criticised the qualit...
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Societies seek united front

The City of London Law Society and the Law Society have begun meeting formally to discuss potential areas of co-operation, the Gazette has l...

'Fragmentation' fears over regulation review

A review of solicitor regulation must not be allowed to fragment the profession, sole practitioners have warned. Hamish McNair, chairman...

Lawyer In The News

Gulley Shimeld

Gulley Shimeld

Who? Gulley Shimeld, 31, associate in the corporate group at City firm Lovells. Why is he in the news? Won the Law Society Excellence Awards Junior Lawyer of the Year for his pro bono work on behalf of ParalympicsGB, Britain’s team at the Beijing Paralympic Games. Background: Born in Austra...