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New partner: Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Stephen Gillespie will continue his European-leveraged and acquisition finance practice at the firm.
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NewsNew partner: Everys Solicitors
Financial remedy relief expert Zoe Porter has joined Everys Solicitors as a partner.
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News‘Named and shamed’ barrister can continue to practise
Bar Tribunals and Adjudication Service stops Tariq Rehman from taking on new clients – but he can still practise.
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NewsEx-justice minister earns £60k for legal consultancy
Jonathan Djanogly continues work for former firm, while Jack Straw earns £100,000 for speaking and consultancy.
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NewsPrint body gets ABS licence to create spin-off
British Printing Industries Federation creates spin-off legal subsidiary.
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NewsCentralised assessment of aspiring solicitors ‘unthinkable’
People ‘should not be able to walk in off the street and take the exams’, Law Society tells the SRA.
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NewsTravel-ban plans need more scrutiny
Powers to seize passports need more judicial oversight - and legal aid for detainees - joint human rights committee reports.
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NewsAuction raises £8k for JR on legal aid cuts
Judicial review into legal aid crime duty contract tender process to be heard this week.
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News‘Native’ Silicon Valley firm heads to London
Technology and life sciences specialist Cooley opens its first office in Europe.
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NewsQuindell appoints new team as sale talks continue
Group announces the recruitment of City big-hitters Richard Rose and Jim Sutcliffe.
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NewsSolicitor warning over legal aid disputes
Rebecca Stevens has worked more than 100 hours pro bono for parents fighting adoption battle.
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City solicitor appointed commissioner
Stephen Lewis of multinational firm Clyde & Co has been appointed a law commissioner for commercial and common law.
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British rights bill pushed back
Conservatives admit draft replacement for Human Rights Act not yet ready.
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NewsUS moves to liberalise are ‘just the beginning’
Washington state bar also proposing allowing non-lawyers to own stakes in law firms.
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New Law Society chief starts job
Catherine Dixon took up her post as chief executive of the Law Society last Monday.
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NewsTribute to ‘shop front’ solicitor pioneer
Kasturi Kalra fought against regulations restricting lawyers to premises disconnected from the public.
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NewsM&A returns to pre-crisis levels
City lawyers predict that efforts by China to relax regulations will boost cross-border investment.
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NewsFirm fined for failing to disclose tax avoidance
SRA says firm had an obligation to disclose to both the purchaser and lender all information material to the transaction.
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NewsFirm boosts role of Labour ex-minister
Baroness Symons to lead government-relations practice at DLA Piper.