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Herbert Smith receives more funding for creation of over 60 Belfast jobs

Herbert Smith is to receive additional public funding of more than £500,000 for the expansion of its newly-launched Belfast base. The firm, which has already been offered £208,000 by Invest Northern Ireland to support the launch of the 'nearshoring' venture, is set to recruit 12 further fee earners in the coming months, with at least 49 more jobs expected to be created over the next five years.
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Top London sets size up initiative to allow QCs to practise in Singapore

UK Queen's Counsel (QCs) could be granted advocacy rights in Singapore for the first time in more than a decade as a result of a consultation by the country's Ministry of Law. The consultation, issued last month in response to growing numbers of commercial disputes in the country and a shortage of litigation lawyers, proposes granting a handful of licences to foreign lawyers such as QCs or senior counsel from Australia or Hong Kong.
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UK body tries to bolster role of arbitration in India but local courts guard their patch

For arbitration lawyers in India, the April ruling from the country's Supreme Court must have felt depressingly familiar. In a dispute with a railway concessionaire, Tantia Construction, the Indian Government failed to convince the court that the parties' arbitration clause prevented India's high courts and Supreme Court from hearing the case.
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Ex-Simmons chief Dawkins quits for Bingham's 
London arm in wake of senior partner election

Simmons & Simmons' former managing partner Mark Dawkins is set to join the London office of US law firm Bingham McCutchen. Dawkins, who stepped down as Simmons' managing partner at the end of April, is expected to join the firm's securities and financial institutions litigation group as a partner in early September after a sabbatical.
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Justice: RIP? Milly Dowler case sees justice system face trial by media

This week, Levi Bellfield received a whole life sentence for the murder of Milly Dowler. Milly was abducted on 21 March 2002; her remains found on 18 September 2002. Until her remains were found, police categorised Milly as a missing person. The Crimewatch programme which featured news of her disappearance included a direct appeal to her.
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Ex-Simmons chief Dawkins quits for Bingham after senior partner defeat

Simmons & Simmons' former managing partner Mark Dawkins is set to join the London office of US firm Bingham McCutchen. Dawkins, who stepped down as Simmons' managing partner at the end of April, is expected to join the US firm's securities and financial institutions litigation group as a partner in early September after taking a sabbatical over the summer.
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Beachcroft sees £3m negligence claim dismissed by High Court

Beachcroft has seen a £3m negligence claim brought against the firm by Britannia Hotels Group founder Alex Langsam dismissed by the High Court. Langsam had alleged that the firm failed to properly advise him on a professional negligence claim he lodged in 2002 against accountants and tax advisers Hacker Young, which led to a £1m settlement in January 2006.
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International Edition

Through the grapevine - the attempts to update century-old laws on hearsay evidence

With Guernsey's laws on admissibility of hearsay evidence over a century old, an update was sorely needed. So, what has changed? Ogier's Simon Davies tells all
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International Edition

BSB to work with Bevan Brittan on regulation of Bar-focused Tesco law ventures

The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has appointed Bevan Brittan to help develop its plans to regulate legal business structures ushered in by the Legal Services Act. The appointment comes after the BSB took a decision in April to extend its remit to regulate advocacy-focused alternative business structures (ABSs), legal disciplinary practices and barrister-only entities.
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