Mackrell Turner Garrett has appointed a new criminal lawyer.
DAC Beachcroft LLP and Canadian firm McCague Borlack have agreed to enter into a formal association with effect from this month.
Lord Woolf to co-chair “inquiry into inquiries” for CEDR
Employer’s & public liability portal “drop-outs”
Copyright protection for certain artistic works could be extended to 70 years plus the life of the creator, bringing UK law into line with that of other EU member states.
The Co-operative Legal Services (Co-op LS) is to recruit a further 3,000 people to its legal team, creating the largest consumer law business in the UK.
Gillie Christou and Maria Ward, social workers in the Baby P case, have lost their unfair dismissal appeal (Christou and Ward v London Borough of Haringey UKEAT/0298/11).
Barristers are branching out by setting up fixed-price consumer businesses.
The pace of legislative change has slackened, according to research by Sweet & Maxwell.
Ryanair Holdings plc v Office of Fair Trading and another [2012] EWCA Civ 643, [2012] All ER (D) 168 (May)
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Hugh James—Phil Edwards
Serious injury teambolstered by high-profile partner hire
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Freeths—Melanie Stancliffe
Firm strengthens employment team with partner hire
DAC Beachcroft—Tim Barr
Lawyers’ liability practice strengthened with partner appointment in London
