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Issue: Vol 162, Issue 7541

04 December 2012
IN THIS ISSUE

Where a court hearing is aborted because of court staff error...

Is it common practice to refuse a party his costs on an interlocutory civil hearing...

A civil claim runs alongside an application for financial remedies and the two cases are to be heard together...

Can the court make a suspended order for possession of a dwelling by consent...

Snippets from The Reduced Law Dictionary by Roderick Ramage

HLE Blogger Sarah Lewis explores the debate surrounding whole life tariffs

The Forum of Insurance Lawyers has elected Greenwoods Solicitors’ partner Rod Evans as its president for 2013

Christopher Murray is to retire from Kingsley Napley both as senior partner and from the partnership

Harrison Clark, has welcomed Adam Finch as partner and head of financial services litigation, based in Cheltenham

Leeds Metropolitan University has appointed Tom Macdonald as head of the Leeds Law School

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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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