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Issue: Vol 161, Issue 7474

14 July 2011
IN THIS ISSUE

Moore Blatch Resolve has promoted senior solicitor, Anne Cassidy, to the firm’s partnership.

DWF has appointed director Jason Cropper and senior associate Sian Wall from Pannone to its regulatory team.

The Law Society and Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has announced three appointments to the SRA Board.

Calls for self-regulator to be scrapped in wake of News International scandal

A former prima ballerina has lost her legal claim for an overnight carer

The Law Commission has proposed reforms to the way the five public services ombudsmen work

Companies embroiled in “recession” disputes are increasingly turning to alternative methods
of resolution

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Clarke Willmott—Megan Bradbury

Clarke Willmott—Megan Bradbury

Corporate team welcomes paralegal in Southampton

Howard Kennedy—Paul Moran

Howard Kennedy—Paul Moran

London firm strengthens real estate team with partner appointment

Cripps—Radius Law

Cripps—Radius Law

Commercial and technology practice boosted by team hire

NEWS
Pathfinder courts—renamed ‘Child focused courts’—are to be rolled out nationally, following a successful pilot where backlogs halved and cases were resolved up to seven and a half months faster
The Court of Appeal has unanimously dismissed a £385,000 costs order against a father, in a case that centred on what is required to meet the threshold of ‘reprehensible or unreasonable’ behaviour
Centuries-old burial laws would be overhauled, under Law Commission proposals to address the burgeoning problem of shortage of cemetery space
The government has committed an extra £32m to women’s charities and services tackling addiction, trauma, abuse and homelessness
The Financial Ombudsman is poised for major reform to return it to a simple, impartial dispute resolution service
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