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‘A brilliant lawyer with vast experience’ – Brick Court mourns death of leading competition barrister
James Flynn KC died on 10 October after a short illness
Capsticks expands construction expertise with Mills & Reeve, Bevan Brittan partner hires
Duo includes experienced construction law experts Catherine Kay and Matthew Phipps
UK lawyers reflect on World Mental Health Day
Messages of support underline need for legal profession to prioritise mental health in workplace
Howard Kennedy bolsters disputes bench with hires from Paul Hastings, Mishcon de Reya
Contentious insolvency lawyer Crispin Daly and international arbitration specialist Heidrun Walsh join London firm as partners
Quillon Law bolsters fraud practice with Covington & Burling partner hire
Ian Hargreaves links up with former Addleshaw Goddard colleagues at London disputes boutique
Arbitration barrister Baloch exits 3 Verulam Buildings for Essex Court
Experienced senior junior swaps sets in rare lateral move between commercial chambers
Judge reprimanded for love letter to step down as CAT president
Mr Justice Marcus Smith will be replaced by former president Sir Peter Roth on an interim basis
IBA endorses first international treaty on AI governance
Support for European convention on AI builds on IBA’s AI report launched at annual conference in Mexico City last month
Women KCs celebrate 75th anniversary of first appointments
Lady Chief Justice hosts event to mark progress since first two women took silk in 1949
Law Society lines up with City and regional counterparts to oppose SRA penalty proposals
High-profile challenges to changes to SRA’s financial penalties regime demonstrate widespread opposition
Senior roles for women at Mexican law firms rank lowest among sectors
While women account for 39% of lawyers at law firms in Mexico, just 17% occupy senior roles, an IBA report finds
London’s 9 Stone Buildings dissolves as members join Tanfield and Selborne Chambers
Seventeen tenants move their practice as London barristers’ chambers closes after more than a century
Pump Court Chambers suffers multi-million pound alleged fraud loss
High Court judgment reveals £2.75m alleged fraud committed by former employee in set’s credit control department
White & Case launches Tokyo disputes practice with Orrick partner hire
Shinsuke Yakura joins having led Orrick’s Tokyo office
Hausfeld hires commercial litigation partner from Covington & Burling in London
Greg Lascelles has been involved in landmark High Court and FCA disputes and Supreme Court cases
Prominent arbitration lawyers launch new boutique in Europe
WilmerHale’s Maxi Scherer and Niuscha Bassiri of Hanotiau & van den Berg team up for ArbBoutique
Former ICSID secretary general launches disputes boutique with Steptoe veteran
Meg Kinnear joins forces with former Steptoe & Johnson partner Lucinda Low for new DC firm
Firms asked to help trainees stranded by ‘imminent closure’ of US firm’s London office
City of London Law Society writes to firms as it seeks homes for six current and four future trainees of Armstrong Teasdale
Singapore Convention Week stresses ‘dialogue and innovation’
Singapore’s law minister praises multilateralism and warns of ‘much more challenging outlook for businesses and lawyers’
Mike Lynch: the legaltech pioneer embroiled in an epic transatlantic legal fight
Autonomy founder killed in Sicily yacht sinking had secured a memorable victory, but other legal battles loomed, reports Ben Rigby