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BBC, ITN and Sky News lobby David Cameron to lift ban on court TV

The BBC, ITN and Sky News have called on Prime Minister David Cameron to push through new legislation allowing courtroom proceedings to be televised. In a joint letter sent today (6 February) the three broadcasters urge the Prime Minister to make "timely progress" by including the Bill lifting the prohibition on cameras in court in this May's Queen's Speech.
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Private equity house takes majority Parabis stake in law firm LBO first

Private equity house Duke Street has acquired a majority stake in the Parabis Group, the parent company of insurance litigation law firms Plexus Law and Cogent Law. The deal, which values Parabis between £150m and £200m, is subject to approval from the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA), but is expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2012.
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Funds for feuds - litigation funding in Jersey

The Valetta Trust litigation has paved the way for the use of litigation funding in Jersey for the first time. Bedell Cristin's Lisa Springate and Robert Gardner report
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Hogan Lovells set to name London litigator as sole chairman

Hogan Lovells has put forward London real estate litigation chief Nicholas Cheffings as the firm's new sole chair, with the appointment set to be confirmed by a partnership vote next week. Cheffings, currently the London representative on the firm's post-merger board, was also a member of legacy Lovells' partnership council prior to its May 2010 merger with US firm Hogan & Hartson.
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Market liberalisation leads to a romance between funders and the BVI and Cayman

Harney's Ian Mann assesses the growing scope for litigation funders to back disputes in offshore jurisdictions
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Court of Appeal rules fixed share partners are not employees

The Court of Appeal has upheld an Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) ruling that fixed share partners are not employees and, as such, are not eligible to claim for unfair dismissal.
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'No win, no fee' litigation reforms pushed back by six months

The implementation of Lord Justice Jackson's reforms of 'no win, no fee' conditional fee arrangements (CFAs) has been pushed back for six months until April 2013. The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) announced the delay earlier this week (30 January), with the decision taken to allow law firms and legal businesses more time to prepare themselves for the implications of the changes.
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Slaughters takes MF Global dispute role; court docs reveal hourly rates

Slaughter and May has been called in to advise on a multimillion-dollar dispute relating to the high-profile liquidation of US broker MF Global. An application by MF Global's trustee, James Giddens, to retain Slaughters as UK counsel was made in the New York courts at the close of last year, with approval subsequently granted.
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Former CC partner returns to firm as co-head of international arbitration

Clifford Chance (CC) has rehired Jason Fry, the secretary general of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) International Court of Arbitration, as co-head of its international arbitration group in a double hire from the court. Fry, who will co-head CC's litigation group alongside Audley Sheppard, will join the firm's Paris office in September. He was previously a CC partner from 1999 until he joined the ICC in 2007.
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Court strikes out part of £10m negligence claim against Pinsents

Pinsent Masons has successfully won part of its bid to overturn a £10m negligence claim brought against the firm by former client, Shepherd Construction. The firm applied to strike out parts of Shepherd's claim relating to the firm's advice, with the company arguing Pinsents had a continuing duty to advise it of changes in the law.
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