newscast newham: one of three london boroughs instructing the new-look panelMills & Reeve and Trowers & Hamlins have landed plum roles on a groundbreaking new joint panel of legal advisers for a trio of London boroughs.

The two national firms won the coveted appointments last month ahead of a raft of top 20 national rivals, after Waltham Forest, Newham and Tower Hamlets councils unveiled a major shake-up of their rosters of regular advisers.