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NLJ this week: Judge turns detective

13 November 2020
Issue: 7910 / Categories: Legal News , Procedure & practice , Civil way
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NLJ columnist DDJ Stephen Gold turns detective this week to uncover the going rates for silks, ex-judges and solicitors in the flourishing market of family law arbitration

Gold also covers recent cases and guidance on challenges to an arbitral award in a family case, in ‘Civil way’ this week, as well as the right to a fair trial, a test case regarding a council overcharging its tenants for their water, flexible tenancy and new regulations for owners of caravan sites―local authorities have been given additional powers to ensure owners are ‘fit and proper persons’ and have until July to establish a ‘fit and proper’ register.

Issue: 7910 / Categories: Legal News , Procedure & practice , Civil way
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Muckle LLP—Rachael Chapman

Muckle LLP—Rachael Chapman

Sports, education and charities practice welcomes senior associate

Ellisons—Carla Jones

Ellisons—Carla Jones

Partner and head of commercial litigation joins in Chelmsford

Freeths—Louise Mahon

Freeths—Louise Mahon

Firm strengthens Glasgow corporate practice with partner hire

NEWS
One in five in-house lawyers suffer ‘high’ or ‘severe’ work-related stress, according to a report by global legal body, the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC)
The Legal Ombudsman’s (LeO’s) plea for a budget increase has been rejected by the Law Society and accepted only ‘with reluctance’ by conveyancers
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
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