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White & Case competition partner joins Brick Court in Brussels

White & Case competition partner Alastair Sutton has left the firm's Brussels office to join Brick Court Chambers as a barrister. Sutton, who joined the chambers' Brussels arm earlier this week (5 April), has been appointed by Brick Court as a door tenant. He previously spent more than 10 years with the European Commission before practising law in Brussels with Forrester Norall & Sutton, which merged with White & Case in 1998.
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Eight litigation partners quit Orrick for moves to two US rivals

Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe has seen two teams of litigators quit to join US rivals this week, writes the Am Law Daily, with a total of eight partners exiting the US top 25 firm. The partners include a New York-based quartet moving to Gibson Dunn & Crutcher's local practice, while Dechert has recruited a four-partner team to launch a Los Angeles branch.
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Volume disputes set for huge upheaval as MoJ backs Jackson on civil litigation reform

Success fees look set to be ushered in for complex commercial cases, ironically just as the Government unveiled reforms expected to severely restrict their widespread use in volume personal injury claims. The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) last week revealed its long-awaited proposals for civil litigation reform - confirming that it was to implement most of the blueprint put forward in a report last January by Lord Justice Jackson.
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Office politics - the controversies of lawyer numbers

The legal profession, usually ignored by Whitehall, finds itself currently the stuff of political debate, mostly for negative reasons. Last week the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) unveiled its long-awaited policies on reforming civil litigation costs in a minor blaze of publicity about ambulance-chasing lawyers. Within days, that typical hotbed of tabloid controversy - The Law Society's annual statistical report - was enough to start a half-baked debate about the number of fat-cat lawyers exceeding those of police officers, supposedly off the back of the twin growth engines of legal aid and the Human Rights Act.
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Rough justice – Lord Denning and the illiberal judiciary?

Over a long and in some ways remarkable legal and judicial career, Lord Denning made a significant and substantial contribution to English law and jurisprudence. Every law student will remember the decision in Hightrees and many other cases where Lord Denning changed the law. I had the pleasure of meeting him twice, twenty five years apart, and he recalled the first meeting, which surprised me. While the chill winds of constructionalism prevailed in the years after his retirement, and the House of Lords did much to undo some of the impact Denning had on English law, Denning was not always of a liberal or libertarian disposition and, at times, revealed a remarkable reluctance to admit of the fallibility of the justice system.
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Future Bar Council chair Todd QC named head of Erskine Chambers

Michael Todd QC has taken over as head of Erskine Chambers, following John Cone QC's decision to step down last month after more than five years in the role. Todd, who took up an open-ended term this week (4 April), stood uncontested for the role as the second most senior member of Erskine Chambers.
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International Edition

Forget costs reform - law's big bang will define the litigation market

In truth there were no great surprises in last week's litigation costs announcements. The claimant lobbying effort has been significant but apparently to no avail and as generally expected Lord Justice Jackson will see his recommendations implemented. There were a few points of greater interest in the county court reform consultation, notably the introduction of 'pre-action dispute management', the tripling of the small claims limit and the big mediation push. One cannot help but wonder if a national county court service is a precursor to more court closures.
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International Edition

Senior DLA partner duo quit firm to join Dechert's London arm

DLA Piper is set to see its global co-head of litigation and regulation Neil Gerrard and its EMEA head of corporate crime and investigations Jonathan Pickworth leave the firm. Gerrard and Pickworth both handed in their notice yesterday (31 March) to join Dechert's City arm, with the firm also understood to be in talks with additional DLA partners.
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Nabarro takes action against fire engine company for £1m unpaid fees

Nabarro is taking legal action against a former client over unpaid fees totalling approximately £1m. AssetCo, which manages and maintains London's fire engines, has been a client of the City firm for over five years. The firm's head of corporate Iain Newman manages the relationship.
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Former Burges Salmon agriculture head takes team to private client firm

Private client firm Wilsons Solicitors is launching an agriculture practice in Bristol with the hire of a team led by former Burges Salmon agriculture head Peter Williams. Williams, who specialises advising on property disputes, farming partnerships and banking, will join Wilsons on 1 April, where he will head up a team including Miles Farren and Ben Sharples, both of who join Wilsons as partners.
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