All Law Gazette articles in 29 April 2019
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NewsBaker McKenzie global chair dies
Paul Rawlinson, admitted in 1988, took time out last year due to exhaustion.
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NewsClyde appoints 24 new partners in record round - but just two women
International firm Clyde & Co has today announced its biggest-ever partner promotion round – but over 90% of the new appointees are men. Of 24 lawyers elevated to equity partner status, up from 12 last year, seven are based in the UK. They are: Rebecca Armstrong, Guildford (Marine); Eleanor Coates, ...
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NewsUniversity offers ‘top-100 education’ with City firm partnership
New course incorporating year-long placement confirms predictions of two-tier training regime under SQE.
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News'Brilliant and inspirational' in-house lawyer killed in Sri Lanka blasts
Anita Nicholson, admitted in 2000, worked at mining company Anglo American.
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City watchdog cools on 'duty of care' rule for financial services firms
The UK’s markets watchdog has gone cold on the idea of a new ‘duty of care’ safeguard for consumers that would enable fresh compensation claims in the event of future financial services scandals. Last year the Financial Conduct Authority published a discussion paper on introducing a duty or legal obligation ...
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NewsFieldfisher prepares for Brexit with Dublin launch
Firm joins forces with top-20 Irish practice McDowell Purcell.
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NewsTurkish firm aims to capitalise on ‘buoyant’ London
Yuksel Karkin Attorney Partnership was former Turkish arm of DLA Piper.
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OpinionImperfect it may be, but gender pay reporting fosters an inclusive culture
While it is too soon to measure progress, the dial is shifting.
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NewsCMS promotes 21 UK lawyers to partner - including 16 women
Top ten global firm CMS has appointed 49 new partners worldwide in a record promotion round, including 21 in London. Sixteen of the 21 UK appointments are women, among a 47% female cohort globally. CMS was greatly enlarged through its three-way megamerger with Nabarro and Olswang on 1 May 2017. ...
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OpinionLetters roundup - 29 April 2019
Fare evasion charges and Law Society president election reform: your letters to the editor.
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NewsMagic circle: 29% of new partners are women
All five magic circle firms have revealed their partner intake for 2019.
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NewsNews focus: Red alert on housing legal aid
The Law Society has again exposed the worsening landscape of legal aid housing provision. Although the MoJ is piloting early support, is this really enough to revive a barren area of law?
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NewsOpen banking data tapped to speed up laundering checks
Mobile app that identifies significant unexplained sums in users’ transactions is being tested by conveyancing firms.
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FeatureGwyneth Bebb: the past explaining the present
Bebb case demonstrates the hostility women had to endure in order to achieve formal equality.
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ProfileBorn fighter
Securing accountability for violence against women and girls drives campaigning lawyer Harriet Wistrich, hears Melanie Newman
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NewsA mystery on Chancery Lane
A ‘poisoned’ dinner at number 68 led to one of the 19th century’s great miscarriages of justice.
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FeatureChips with everything
In Silicon Valley lawyers, startups and tech titans work at a relentless pace in a networked ‘ecosystem’, reports Joanna Goodman
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FeatureDo we need a specialist housing court?
View from the district bench: return of a Gazette favourite.
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