Leor Franks
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Leor Franks is Kingsley Napley’s director of business development and marketing (www.kingsleynapley.co.uk), a board member of Queen Mary University of London Business School, and chair of the strategy & marketing group at industry body Managing Partners’ Forum (www.mpfglobal.com).
Director
Leor Franks is Kingsley Napley’s director of business development and marketing (www.kingsleynapley.co.uk), a board member of Queen Mary University of London Business School, and chair of the strategy & marketing group at industry body Managing Partners’ Forum (www.mpfglobal.com).
Business development & marketing converged during the pandemic: Leor Franks advises focusing on clients to stand out
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MOVERS & SHAKERS
Hugh James—Phil Edwards
Serious injury teambolstered by high-profile partner hire
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Freeths—Melanie Stancliffe
Firm strengthens employment team with partner hire
DAC Beachcroft—Tim Barr
Lawyers’ liability practice strengthened with partner appointment in London
NEWS
Tech companies will be legally required to prevent material that encourages or assists serious self-harm appearing on their platforms, under Online Safety Act 2023 regulations due to come into force in the autumn
Commercial leasehold, the defence of insanity and ‘consent’ in the criminal law are among the next tranche of projects for the Law Commission
The Bar has a culture of ‘impunity’ and ‘collusive bystanding’ in which making a complaint is deemed career-ending due to a ‘cohort of untouchables’ at the top, Baroness Harriet Harman KC has found
County court cases are speeding up, with the median time from claim to hearing 62 weeks for fast, intermediate and multi-track claims—5.4 weeks faster than last year
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has secured £1.1m in its first use of an Unexplained Wealth Order (UWO)
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