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Steptoe & Johnson adds LIDW26 co-chair to London disputes team from Clyde & Co
Professor Loukas Mistelis joins as an arbitration partner, marking another high-profile exit from Clyde & Co
Former Lord Mayor of London and ex-Lord Chancellor among lawyers recognised in King’s Birthday Honours
Alastair King and David Gauke both received knighthoods, while ex-Treasury Solicitor Susannah McGibbon KC (Hon) received a damehood
Seven UK Court of Appeal judges appointed
Two women and an Asian judge among appointees as Sir Richard Snowden joins Supreme Court
Ex-Civil Justice Council funding review members hit out at government reform delays
One year on, review co-chair Dr John Sorabji and Nicholas Bacon KC have decried inertia over their recommendations, reports Ben Rigby
IBA launches Artificial Intelligence Institute to focus on responsible AI governance
Initiative spearheaded by IBA presidents Jaime Carey and Claudio Visco, with Farzana Dudhwala serving as its first director
Innsworth loses judicial review challenge to Mastercard settlement
Walter Merricks hails ‘total victory’ as High Court dismisses funder’s challenge to distribution of £200m settlement
McDermott continues London litigation growth with Brown Rudnick partner hire
Jessica Lee brings crypto and blockchain expertise to firm’s London disputes bench
Ex-Briefed recruiter launches specialist legal recruitment agency focused on Bar, law firms
Legal sector recruitment consultant Elliott Rogers to launch EJR Recruitment this week
DAC Beachcroft boosts London commercial disputes practice with Signature partner hire
Paul Brehony joins as UK firm ramps up international work with office launches and alliances across the Middle East, Asia, Australia and the Americas
High Court unveils new Business and Property Division as Chancery Division overhauled
Judge-led reform to unify group of specialist civil courts handling complex and often international litigation
Arbitration must protect its legitimacy, LIDW keynote speakers warn
Lord Neuberger, Toby Landau KC and Karyl Nairn KC all used their International Arbitration Day keynotes to argue that reform is needed to preserve confidence in a successful system on a lively opening...
Frontier disputes set to test international legal frameworks, LIDW panel says
Deep-sea mining and commercial space activity may fuel rise in geopolitical disputes
New Scottish advocates’ stable launches
Thirty-one advocates set up Scotland’s first new stable of advocates in almost 20 years to form 1Six Chambers
SRA begins search for new chair as Law Society and Bar Council announce future leadership
Anna Bradley to step down from the SRA board, while the Law Society elects next deputy vice president and the Bar names vice chair
Fieldfisher, Clyde & Co and BCLP jostle for senior arbitration talent with interconnected London hires
Fieldfisher raids Clyde & Co but loses partner to BCLP, while Clyde & Co restocks from Womble Bond Dickinson
The LCIA’s future lies in careful renewal, not wholesale reinvention
As London International Disputes Week returns, it offers the London Court of International Arbitration a chance to show what institutional renewal looks like in practice, writes Ben Rigby
CMS strengthens arbitration practice with London partner hire from BCLP
George Burn joins CMS’s London practice as London International Disputes Week opens with International Arbitration Day
Hogan Lovells hires Hughes Hubbard arbitration team in Paris
Sébastien Bonnard joins with three team members as transatlantic firm bolsters arbitration bench ahead of Cadwalader merger
Duxton Hill Chambers expands in London with Anglo-Australian silk arrival from Essex Court
Move follows last month’s addition of a former Allen & Gledhill counsel in its Singapore group practice
New judicial diversity board launches amid concerns over talent pipeline
Board is tasked with improving diversity across all judicial appointments in England and Wales