Profiles
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ProfileLawyer in the news: Gaelyn Fuhrmann, Wiggin
Successfully represented the Guardian in a libel challenge brought by actor Noel Clarke concerning allegations of sexual misconduct published by the newspaper.
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ProfileFrom start to finish - Interview with Patrick Allen
It took beer and a bank loan to set up Hodge Jones & Allen. As he retires from the doughty campaigning firm that bears his name, Patrick Allen looks back with Catherine Baksi on a long and occasionally turbulent journey in the law.
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ProfileMy legal life: Nicola Welchman, Bloomsbury Square Employment Law
Founding partner of Bloomsbury Square Employment Law in London.
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ProfileLawyer in the news: Richard Lewis, Hogan Lovells
Acted for Ukrainian bank Privatbank in its successful action in the English courts to recover $1.9bn misappropriated by its former owners.
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ProfileLawyer in the news: Shazia Yamin, Mishcon de Reya
Acted pro bono for Mums for Lungs and ClientEarth, which successfully applied for legal documents in the ongoing ‘dieselgate’ collective action to be unredacted.
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ProfileMy legal life: Richard Tinkler, Wolsey Probate
Head of probate at Wolsey Probate, Anglia Research’s in-house legal team, Ipswich.
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ProfileLawyer in the news: John Gould, Russell Cooke LLP
Gould is the lead solicitor representing the Save Wimbledon Park group, which opposes the extension of the Wimbledon tennis site.
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ProfileLawyer in the news: Claire Gordon, Farrer & Co
The firm, representing the wife in the third-largest divorce settlement in English legal history, secured a landmark family court ruling on coercive influence in marital agreements.
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ProfileObituary: Gareth Rhys Edwards
A 'mad, infuriating, kind, wise, generous and consummately professional Welshman' who hated injustice, unfairness or prejudice.
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ProfileLawyer in the news: James Cockburn, Harcus Parker
Firm acted for class representatives in the Court of Appeal, which ruled that litigation funding agreements amended in light of the Supreme Court’s ruling in PACCAR are legally enforceable.
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ProfileMy legal life: Susanna McGibbon KC, Treasury Solicitor
This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Government Legal Department.
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ProfileLawyer in the news: Lucy Stewart-Gould, Stewarts
Firm represented Clive Standish in a landmark case concerning non-matrimonial property.
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ProfileSarah Sackman KC MP: 'Access to justice is a form of empowerment'
With Sir Brian Leveson’s review of the Crown courts imminent, justice minister Sarah Sackman proposes a ‘bold modernisation initiative’ to reduce the backlog in cases. And in the civil sphere, she tells Michael Cross that technology can ‘democratise access to justice’.
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ProfileMy legal life: Zoe Mortimer and Alexandra Geelan, Hemisphere Consultants
Commercial law specialists providing legal services to female- and minority-led businesses.
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ProfileLawyer in the news: Francis McEntegart, MC Legal
Represents Ben McDonald, from Bootle, who set up pet products company Boss Pets earlier this year.
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ProfileMy legal life: Young Legal Aid Lawyers
This year marks the 20th anniversary of Young Legal Aid Lawyers.