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Lucky Breaks

SEC and shareholders are taking a hard look at 10b5-1 plans.
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Inside Counsel

SuperConference 2007

Knowledge, insight and best practices from InsideCounsel's 2007 conference.
13 minute read

International Edition

Barristers' £10m bonanza from London super-panel

At least £10m in legal fees will be up for grabs, it has emerged, after five London boroughs kicked off a tender process to appoint barristers to their new combined panel. The West London Alliance - comprising Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow and Hounslow councils - launched the tender process last week (22 June), with more than 75 major chambers understood to be taking part. Each borough is expected to contribute up to £2m in fees over the panel's four-year term.
2 minute read

International Edition

CEDR adds Sandelson and Lord Woolf to team

The Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR) has appointed four high-profile mediators including former Lord Chief Justice, Lord Woolf, and Clifford Chance London managing partner Jeremy Sandelson. The pair join former Court of Appeal judge Sir Henry Brooke and high-profile Australian mediator Alan Limbury on the CEDR Solve Direct Panel. In January, the 36-member panel also appointed former International Bar Association president Francis Neate.
1 minute read

International Edition

Mark Stobbs: A closer look at the Bar code

It often surprises people to learn that the Bar's Code of Conduct only came into existence in 1981. The first edition looks very restrictive, with passages specifying acceptable alternative occupations for barristers; detailed rules about where chambers could be established; and rules setting out what was permissible to put on a business card.
4 minute read

International Edition

Outer Temple nabs rival's CEO in practice revamp

Outer Temple Chambers has appointed a new commercial director in a continuing shake-up of its practice management, havign lured a senior administrator from Doughty Street Chambers. Christine King, who was chief executive officer at Doughty Street, joins Outer Temple next week (2 July) in the newly-created role as the set looks to implement a strategy of growth.
2 minute read

International Edition

BSB rules out restrictions on freebies

The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has come down against introducing explicit restrictions on barristers offering hospitality to solicitors, citing a 'blush test' as a useful guide to preventing improper conduct. The decision - which follows a consultation on hospitality by an 18-member BSB committee led by Brick Court Chambers' Charles Hollander QC - found no evidence that hospitality had influenced instruction decisions.
1 minute read

International Edition

Goldsmith to quit as Attorney General

The Attorney General, Lord Goldsmith, is to stand down this week after six years in the role, it was announced on Saturday (23 June). Goldsmith, the Government's top legal adviser, has overseen some of Whitehall's most controversial decisions in recent years, including the legality of the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
2 minute read

International Edition

Four top litigators launch mediation chambers

Four senior mediators have launched a dispute resolution chambers as the battle to capture work outside of the courtroom continues. The civil and commercial mediators are led by the former head of Littleton Chambers, Michel Kallipetis QC, and will form Independent Mediators, which will operate in the same way as chambers, with self-employed independent barristers.
2 minute read

International Edition

Judiciary under fire as duo's conduct is questioned

The judiciary has come under fresh scrutiny this week after a retiring senior judge's details appeared prematurely on a mediation website and another continued working until days before his high-profile trial for indecent exposure.
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