header-logo header-logo

ALL CHANGE

04 October 2007
Issue: 7291 / Categories: Legal News , Profession
printer mail-detail

In brief

Robert Williams, editor of the Law Reports, published by the Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for England and Wales (ICLR), is retiring after 31 years. Williams is leaving on 31 December this year to be replaced by Clive Scowen, who is the present managing editor. A graduate of law from the University of Bristol, Scowen was called to the Bar at Inner Temple in 1981. He has been at the ICLR for 24 years working as a reporter for seven years, for 10 years as a deputy editor and for one year as a managing editor. He worked as a councillor for the London Borough of Harrow from 1990 to 2002.

Issue: 7291 / Categories: Legal News , Profession
printer mail-details

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Quinn Emanuel—James McSweeney

Quinn Emanuel—James McSweeney

London promotion underscores firm’s investment in white collar and investigations

Ward Hadaway—Louise Miller

Ward Hadaway—Louise Miller

Private client team strengthened by partner appointment

NLJ Career Profile: Kate Gaskell, Flex Legal

NLJ Career Profile: Kate Gaskell, Flex Legal

Kate Gaskell, CEO of Flex Legal, reflects on chasing her childhood dreams underscores the importance of welcoming those from all backgrounds into the profession

NEWS
Overcrowded prisons, mental health hospitals and immigration centres are failing to meet international and domestic human rights standards, the National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) has warned
Two speedier and more streamlined qualification routes have been launched for probate and conveyancing professionals
Workplace stress was a contributing factor in almost one in eight cases before the employment tribunal last year, indicating its endemic grip on the UK workplace
In Ward v Rai, the High Court reaffirmed that imprecise points of dispute can and will be struck out. Writing in NLJ this week, Amy Dunkley of Bolt Burdon Kemp reports on the decision and its implications for practitioners
Could the Supreme Court’s ruling in R v Hayes; R v Palombo unintentionally unsettle future complex fraud trials? Maia Cohen-Lask of Corker Binning explores the question in NLJ this week
back-to-top-scroll