All articles by Ben Rigby
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NewsTwo solicitors among lady chief justice’s first High Court list
Five of the 11 judicial appointments went to women.
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NewsBurnett bows out with slew of solicitor judge appointments
Three women feature, including a rare solicitor CBE appointed to circuit bench.
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NewsCrucial hearing in Mastercard litigation begins
The Competition Appeal Tribunal is set to hear arguments on a complex EU law issue worth billions of pounds.
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NewsProminent Russian lawyer sanctioned by UK
Firm's co-founder 'part of an opaque financial network connected to Putin'.
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NewsCity solicitors appointed to High Court bench
Law Society welcomes two appointments despite decline in successful applications for deputy roles.
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NewsJust two solicitors among latest High Court appointees
Law Society urges reforms to selection process.
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NewsDisclosure: exchange of letters not enough, says Flaux
Chancellor of the High Court calls for 'genuine and meaningful co-operation'.
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NewsCity seeks competitive edge in arbitration
City of London Law Society launches new committee to speak for arbitration practitioners.
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NewsTributes paid to 'much-loved' judge who died in traffic incident
Matthew Mawdsley, formerly of St. John's Buildings, was appointed to the district bench earlier this month.
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NewsBarristers face Beijing ban on Hong Kong national security law cases
Hong Kong chief executive warns of external forces who have 'never stopped interfering'.
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NewsFlagship civil claims centre to close in merger
Salford Money Claims Centre set to merge with Northampton under HMCTS reform programme.
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NewsUkraine Bar Association opens to foreign members
For an annual £171, UK lawyers and others can become international participants of the association.
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NewsCourt staff asked to report strikers' data for Raab
Data on absent barristers will go to the deputy prime minister, according to HMCTS email.
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NewsExclusive: legionella threatens legal London’s return to work
Lawyers working at Lincoln’s Inn have been warned not to go in to their offices following the discovery of the bacterium.
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FeatureCountry pursuits
Solicitors serving the rural economy must be versatile enough to cope with the ‘jigsaw of life’, hears Ben Rigby
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Army law: uniform instructions
Some press reports estimate that up to one in four of the army’s lawyers face being cut. And the overall picture for the army is one of drastically reduced headcount – the Ministry of Defence’s Future Force 2020 plans will see the army cut 20,000 regular soldiers by 2020, with ...
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Southern comfort
The Economist once described Australia as a country that ‘never makes the front pages of foreign newspapers’. But from the perspective of many UK lawyers, that description no longer rings true. Ashurst’s prospective tie-up with Blake Dawson has shown that City interest in Australia as a hub for Asia-Pacific expansion ...
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How networks can help law firms break into emerging markets
For lawyers who wonder where growth in demand for legal services could come from, the following numbers are instructive. According to the Financial Times, emerging markets M&A volume was up in 2010 by more than two-thirds to date at $575.7bn, while European volume has increased by barely a fifth to ...
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How legal services reforms will affect high street firms
A glimpse of the future can be found in unlikely places. Nigel Haddon, chairman of the Law Society’s Law Management Section (LMS), caught one in a local supermarket. And he heard it, too. Haddon was at his local Co-op when he was ‘surprised to hear advertising ...
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What the legal services reforms could mean for City law firms
Nothing defines the City of London quite as much as its propensity to check the bottom line –the importance of which has been underlined by the financial crisis and renewed attention to risk management. The downturn brought dark days for London lawyers. With liquidity at an all-time low, funds were ...