Profiles – Page 58
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Profile£15.75m Wedgwood collection saved
Karl Bamford fought to save the historic pottery collection from being sold at auction to pay off debts.
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ProfileInterview: Keith Schilling
Schilling has built a fearsome reputation in high-profile divorce, libel and privacy cases. But he says it’s not too late to reinvent his firm.
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ProfileGambling Act test case win
Ryan Mowat acted for a Mayfair casino in legal battle with Phil Ivey over £7.8m poker ‘winnings’.
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ProfileInterview: David Howarth
Fundamental assumptions that underpin our approach to the law are wrong, says David Howarth, academic and former MP for Cambridge.
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ProfileJudicial review over welfare cut
Councils intervened in review against government decision to cease safety-net local welfare provision.
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ProfileHigh Court mesothelioma victory
Harminder Bains helped an asbestos victims group win a challenge to government plans to reduce payments to mesothelioma sufferers.
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ProfileInterview: Timothy Kirkhope
The Conservative MEP and one-time solicitor talks about the importance of the European parliament and his dislike of the human rights ‘industry’.
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ProfileMy legal life: Sally Defriend
Lawyer, criminal law team, legal directorate, Ministry of Justice
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ProfileEmployment tribunal decision overturned
EAT found that the ET judge had not properly explained the basis upon which he had reached his decision.
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ProfileInterview: Gavin Tyler
Pioneering managing partner Tyler personifies Cripps’ ‘core value of openness’.
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ProfileChallenge to Russian spying powers
Philip Leach is acting for a Russian journalist who is challenging the surveillance powers of that country’s security service.
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ProfileMy legal life: Stuart Whittle
Information services and operations director, Weightmans, Liverpool.
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ProfileCouncil sued over playground safety
Nicola Bailey-Gibbs acted for mother of child who fell from playground slide and fractured her skull.
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ProfileDamages for victimised Met police officer
Kiran Daurka acted for a black woman police officer after a tribunal found the officer had been treated in a ‘vindictive and spiteful’ manner.
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ProfileInterview: Desmond Hudson
The now retired chief executive reflects on an eventful eight years at the Law Society.
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