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K&L Gates hires LG City disputes partner

K&L Gates has strengthened its commercial disputes practice in its City office with the hire of LG litigation partner Thomas Ross, who will join the firm later this month. Ross, who specialises in banking litigation work, represents clients across a variety of complex commercial disputes including banking, financial services, fund and asset management and pensions matters.
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Kennedys continues Belfast growth with hire of local litigation head from Arthur Cox

Kennedys has boosted its Belfast arm with the hire of Arthur Cox local litigation and dispute resolution head Amanda Wylie. Wylie joined Kennedys at the close of last year, bringing with her two associates - Frances Thompson and Megan Boyd.
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LSB pushes for law firms and chambers to publish diversity data

The Legal Services Board (LSB) has released proposals that could see law firms and barristers' chambers in the UK forced to publish data about the diversity of their workforce. The proposals, which have been backed by charities including Mencap, Sense and the Sutton Trust, come as part of the LSB's increased focus on diversity in the legal sector and opening up the profession to prospective lawyers from non-traditional backgrounds.
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Case study: TLT

TLT is one of the few law firms to have grown rapidly during the boom years and still come through the recession in good shape. Created in 2000 following the merger of Lawrence Tucketts and Trumps, the firm has more than tripled in size over the last decade. Revenue at the Bristol-based outfit now stands at £41m. Profit per equity partner is £285,000. Mergers with niche banking and financial services practice Lawrence Jones in 2005 - which saw TLT establish a London base - and commercial firm Constant & Constant in 2007 have played a large part in that growth.
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Daily Mail on the naughty step over legal reporting

In an entertaining post which also raises the serious issue of journalistic responsibility, the Nearly Legal blog has put a Daily Mail "family law expert" on the naughty step in relation an article on a recent Supreme Court decision on the meaning of domestic violence in housing cases. According to the respected housing law blog, the Mail article - 'Shout at your spouse and risk losing your home: It's just the same as domestic violence, warns woman judge' - demonstrates "why the Mail is not a paper of record for case reports." In addition:
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Offshore: So near, yet so far away

We are now over two years on from the onset of the liquidity crisis, but many hedge funds remain suspended, with investors unable to access their investments through redemptions while fund managers seek to realise residual portfolio assets in difficult markets. Inevitably, some investors have lost patience with the process and have turned to the courts for redress. In two of the world's major funds domiciles, the Cayman Islands and the British Virgin Islands (BVI), two very different views have emerged from the courts providing salient lessons on the way in which hedge funds continue to operate.
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Pinsents and LG strengthen London practices with one partner hire apiece

LG and Pinsent Masons have expanded their respective partner ranks with two hires in the City. Pinsents has appointed Virginie Colaiuta as a partner in its international arbitration team in London. She joins from the Paris arm of US firm Hughes Hubbard & Reed.
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SJ Berwin brings in new litigation partner for Dubai office

SJ Berwin has grown its Dubai arm with the hire of Al Tamimi regional arbitration head Mark Hoyle as a partner for its local litigation and arbitration practice. Hoyle joined the City law firm on 1 February from the Dubai office of Al Tamimi. He marks the third partner for SJ Berwin's local practice. He specialises in litigation and arbitration with a particular focus on the United Arab Emirates, Iraq, Kuwait and Afghanistan.
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Linklaters and Skadden advise on high-stakes BP-Rosneft injunction

Linklaters is advising BP on a high-stakes dispute after Russian shareholders of the UK company's local joint venture (JV) TNK-BP launched a claim to halt BP's planned alliance with Russian oil giant Rosneft. Linklaters London head of litigation Michael Bennett was instructed to advise BP, after the billionaire shareholders who make up the Alfa-Access-Renova (AAR) consortium that owns 50% of TNK-BP filed for an injunction in the High Court earlier this week to block the planned Rosneft partnership.
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Judge ordered to stand down from Mills & Reeve professional negligence case

Mr Justice Peter Smith has been ordered to stand down from presiding over a professional negligence case involving Mills & Reeve. Smith has been recused from the case by the Court of Appeal for expressing strong views unfavourable to Mills & Reeve.
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