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2-3 Gray's Inn Square takes on new tenants

Local government and planning set 2-3 Gray's Inn Square has taken on three new housing tenants, expanding the set to 52 members. Bryan McGuire, Kelvin Rutledge and Sian Davies all joined 2-3 Gray's Inn from Field Court Chambers last month. The trio will focus primarily on housing and community care.
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International Edition

Shell's $450m payout hailed as class action breakthrough

US-style class action disputes took another step towards entering Europe's legal market last week after a groundbreaking shareholder action settlement between Shell and some of its investors.
3 minute read

International Edition

Bar plans reporting system for poor performers

Poorly performing barristers will be reported by judges and colleagues to the Bar Council under new proposals drawn up by the body to improve the quality of advocacy at the Bar. A consultation on the measures, which will see underperforming barristers reported to a newly created non-disciplinary body, dubbed the Bar Quality Advisory Panel, was launched by the Bar Council today (10 April).
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International Edition

BCCI working group to back hands-on stance from judges

A top-level working party is set to call for a greater use of court sanctions by UK judges in a bid to ward off escalating legal costs in large commercial litigation.
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International Edition

Bar group floats capping BVC places and relaxing funding in access push

The Bar Council may limit the number of places available on the Bar Vocational Course (BVC) and force course providers to reveal students' chances of gaining a pupillage as part of a shake-up of the profession's recruitment rules.
2 minute read

International Edition

Unlocking the door to the Bar

The long-awaited report by Lord Neuberger's working party on widening access to the Bar was officially unveiled today (5 April). The report sets out a number of proposals for boosting access and diversity within the Bar.
7 minute read

International Edition

Jonathan Karas QC: Dumbing down for diversity

"Social inclusion," as Frank Furedi, professor of sociology at Kent University notes, "is one of those fashionable concepts like transparency and accountability which everyone uses but rarely defines ... social inclusion is generally accorded the status of a public virtue".
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Supreme Court to Hear Landmark Superfund Suit

A lot of people weren't happy with the Supreme Court when it decided Cooper Industries Inc. v. Aviall Services Inc. in 2004. In that case, the High Court overturned the precedents of nine circuit courts and ruled that a landowner who voluntarily paid to clean up a polluted site couldn't...
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Progressive Hit With $60 Jury Verdict

When Progressive Halcyon Insurance Co. branch manager Jerry Johnson informed employee Kelly Hackworth that her position was to be "re-leveled," she considered it just another blow in an already hostile work environment. A jury agreed and entered a $60 million verdict Feb. 22 against the Ohio-based insurance behemoth. Hackworth, who...
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Corporate Counsel

Texas Technology Firm Beats Canon

Austin, Texas-based Nano-Proprietary Inc., a small research and patent licensing firm, scored a major victory Feb. 22 against the world's third-largest patent holder, Tokyo-based Canon Inc. The ruling, which concludes a long-fought contract dispute, may thwart Canon's plans to enter the high-end TV market. At issue was Nano-Proprietary's patent for...
3 minute read

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