Profiles – Page 67
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Interview: Stephen Denyer
It is not unusual to plan for the future, or to ask questions about how key changes might affect a business’s prospects. But few, if any, law firms do so as publicly as the £1.9bn-turnover global elite firm Allen & Overy. The results of the firm’s collective reflections – on ...
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Interview: Karen Todner
The Gazette owes Theresa May a debt of thanks for telling parliament when she did that ‘Pentagon hacker’ Gary McKinnon will not be extradited to the US. Just two days later, his solicitor, Karen Todner, received a standing ovation as she collected the Law Society Gazette Legal Personality of the ...
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Interview: Sadiq Khan, shadow boxer
Sadiq Khan was in characteristically energetic mode at the Labour party conference recently, headlining fringe events on criminal justice, youth offending and human rights. Last week he paused for reflection at Portcullis House opposite parliament, allowing the Gazette an opportunity to ascertain how far Labour has progressed with justice policy ...
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Interview: Michael Todd QC
Catherine Baksi talks with Michael Todd QC, chairman of the Bar Council, about the future of the bar and the challenges it faces.
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Interview: Mike Schwarz
Criminal law specialist Mike Schwarz of Bindmans landed the accolade of private practice solicitor of the year at the Law Society Excellence Awards. He speaks to the Gazette about fighting ‘institutional corruption of the legal process’
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Interview: Christina Blacklaws
Catherine Baksi talks to Christina Blacklaws, who this week began her new role as a director of the Co-operative Legal Services - which aims to start offering family law services once it has been granted a licence to operate as an alternative business structure.
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Interview: Rabinder Singh QC
On 10 October Rabinder Singh QC will be sworn in as a judge in the Queen’s Bench division of the High Court. The ceremony will mark the end of an illustrious 22-year career at the bar.
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Interview with LSC chief executive Carolyn Downs
Carolyn Downs, who took over as chief executive of the Legal Services Commission in March, gave an interview to the Gazette this week. It was her first media interview since taking over her role at the LSC. Here is what I asked her, and her full responses.
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Interview: John Davidson, legal chief at SABMiller and GC100 chair
Some indicators suggest things are getting better for business. In the UK, one of the casualties of the recession, now Lloyds Banking Group, announced in March that it expects to turn a profit this year; while fellow casualty Royal Bank of Scotland last week received a ratings upgrade from stockbroker ...
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Interview: SRA chairman on a new conduct code, ABSs and a critical 18 months
The contrast between Charles Plant and his predecessor as SRA board chair, Peter Williamson, is marked. Mettlesome intellects both, of course, but Williamson's restless, staccato intensity has been supplanted by a measured - perhaps even slightly aloof - circumspection. If Plant has the demeanour of ...
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Interview: TNT UK legal director and new C&I group chair John Bleasdale
For a man who has retrained throughout a career spanning civil law, criminal law, the public sector, private practice and in-house practice, it comes as no surprise that education is at the top of John Bleasdale’s agenda. As new chair of the Commerce & Industry Group, the association of in-house ...
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In-house interview: how ITV is rewriting its role with external firms
Barry Matthews works in TV. He is also a solicitor. Matthews is legal affairs director of ITV’s brand and commercial unit, part of a 90-strong legal team providing support for one of the most heavily regulated businesses in the land.
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In-house interview: James Ormrod, legal affairs director for HP
The Gazette begins a series of interviews with top in-house counsel by talking to James Ormrod, legal affairs director for HP UK, Ireland, Middle East, the Med and Africa.
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Interview: Jackson discusses civil justice at proportionate cost
Though it is a ‘mere’ 663 pages – rather than the expected 1,000 – there is no getting away from the fact that Lord Justice Jackson’s preliminary report on civil litigation costs is a weighty tome in every respect.
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Interview: Christopher Greenwood - QC, law professor and now ICJ judge
His appearance is jovial and his demeanour reflects his occupations. He is precise – he is a barrister after all – and measured, because he teaches undergraduates. But his recent election as one of the 15 permanent judges at the UN’s International Court of Justice (ICJ) raised eyebrows – Northern ...
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Interview: Dominic Grieve, shadow justice secretary
Britain could have a Conservative government in little over a year, or even sooner. What would that mean for solicitors? Catherine Baksi spoke to Dominic Grieve QC, the shadow justice secretary, to find out.
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Interview: lawyer and MEP Diana Wallis
Eurocrats feature more rarely in the Gazette than their power over the UK's legal system might warrant. It would be fair to say that some of the most important legislative changes in recent years have emanated from Europe – the Human Rights Act, for example, is barely out of the ...
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Interview: Helen Broughton
Helen Broughton describes herself as one of Liverpool’s ‘imports’, arriving in the city in 1979 from Blackpool.