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Lawyers in Debrett’s

29 January 2014
Issue: 7592 / Categories: Legal News
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Legal names make society list

Lawyers have been listed in a special category of influential society catalogue, Debrett’s. The Debrett’s 500 People of Today, published this week, includes a list of lawyers and legal campaigners compiled by Lord Grabiner, head of chambers at One Essex Court. They include celebrity solicitor Keith Schilling, the Supreme Court’s Baroness Hale and Lord Neuberger, Lord Leveson, Linklaters partner Charles Jacobs, chief executive of Citizens Advice Gillian Guy, and Baroness Lawrence. 

Issue: 7592 / Categories: Legal News
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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
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