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Issue: Vol 168, Issue 7787

29 March 2018
IN THIS ISSUE

Criminal barristers have voted to take direct action from Sunday, 1 April in response to the revised Advocates’ Graduated Fee Scheme (AGFS), which is due to take effect on the same day.

Without an injection of faith & finance from the government, Richard Hoyle predicts a bleak future for the young Criminal Bar

Mark Rowlands reports on the value a chief executive can add to a modern set of chambers

What safeguards for human rights post-Brexit? Geoffrey Bindman reports

In a new series, Michel Reznik reports on increased support for the Financial Services Tribunal & the momentum for change

The inevitable lot of mankind? Amy Proferes on ‘mistake’ in Schedule 4 of the Land Registration Act 2002

Anomalies persist in the protection of pregnant women against dismissal, as Charles Pigott explains

Laura Hughes & Rebecca Dziobon provide an overview on the scope & nature of non-matrimonial property

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Gibson Dunn—London partner promotions

Gibson Dunn—London partner promotions

Firm grows international bench with expanded UK partner class

Shakespeare Martineau—six appointments

Shakespeare Martineau—six appointments

Firm makes major statement in the capital with strategic growth at The Shard

Myers & Co—Jess Latham

Myers & Co—Jess Latham

Residential conveyancing team expands with solicitor 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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