Issue: Vol 161, Issue 7485

Profession reacts to the arrival of “Tesco law”

Thomas Eggar LLP today has recruited James Pavey as partner with a focus on rural business and estates.

DWF has recruited partner Hilary Ross, a regulatory expert, to join its London office. Hilary is noted for her expertise in health and safety, food law as well as marketing and advertising.

Simmons & Simmons has appointed Juliet Reingold as its new head of energy and infrastructure.

Lord Phillips, President of the Supreme Court, has today announced that he will retire as the most senior judge in the UK at the end of this legal year.

Finers Stephens Innocent LLP has announced that Mark Stephens has been appointed as the new chairman of the board of directors at the Design and Artists Copyright Society (DACS)...

Nottingham based firm Rothera Dowson has retained its place in the Legal 500, receiving recommendations for seven areas of its work.

A Home Office ban on foreign spouses settling in the UK until they are 21 has been ruled unlawful by the Supreme Court

David Greene predicts how the profession will respond to (& survive) the law’s “Big Bang”

Stephen Hockman QC considers the future of human rights in the UK