Issue: Vol 159, Issue 7393

Trowers & Hamlins, Manchester has appointed Lynn James as a partner to its property dispute resolution practice.

Pauline Sibbit, partner at Sacker & Partners LLP, has been elected as chairman of the Association of Pension Lawyers (APL) for a two-year period.

Specialist healthcare law firm Capsticks has hired three new lawyers to join its Birmingham office.

Specialist insurance litigation practice Plexus Law, part of the Parabis Group, has recruited three new partners:

Nick Anstee, a senior director at SJ Berwin, has commenced his term as lord mayor of the City of London.

Janis Clandon has joined the family law department of Lancashire law firm Marsden Rawsthorn as a senior solicitor.

Tariq v Home Office [2009] All ER (D) 100 (Nov)

Seaga v Harper [2009] UKPC 26, [2009] All ER (D) 44 (Nov)

R (on the application of the Health and Safety Executive) v Wolverhampton City Council [2009] EWHC 2688 (Admin), [2009] All ER (D) 60 (Nov)

In its 60th year, the legal aid scheme, in common with the rest of the public sector, has to live within its means.