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Timothy Dutton QC: We must defend the English Bar

Like many at the Bar, I came to the profession out of a desire to serve justice using the skills of an advocate. This belief in justice is rooted in idealism when we are young in the profession.
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Senior IP judge Pumfrey dies at 56

A senior UK intellectual property (IP) judge, Lord Justice Pumfrey, has died at the age of 56, just a month after his promotion to the Court of Appeal. Pumfrey died of a stroke at home in the early hours of Christmas Eve. Three days earlier he had handed down his judgment on a complex dispute between mobile phone giant Nokia and Interdigital Technology Corporation.
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CJC to host summit on third-party funding

The third-party litigation funding market is a step closer to regulation with the Civil Justice Council (CJC) set to hold a meeting on the issue next year. The meeting, which is due to be held in February, will cover options for regulating the emerging market, which has seen a number of funders launch in the UK in recent times, including IM Litigation Funding and, more recently, Allianz and hedge fund MKM Longboat.
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HSBC to offer first-ever Bar student loan package

HSBC has become the first bank to strike a deal with the Bar Council and offer special loans to Bar Vocational Course (BVC) students, it was announced earlier this week (11 December). HSBC's London Barrister Commercial Centre in Fleet Street, has agreed to make loans available to Bar Students on favourable terms after reaching an agreement with the Bar Council and the four Inns of Court at the end of November.
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London alliance names 63 sets for Bar panel

Sixty-three barristers' chambers have won places on the long-awaited West London Alliance (WLA) Bar panel.
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BSB's Stobbs takes on LawSoc policy role

The Law Society has filled one of its key posts with the hire of Bar Standards Board (BSB) veteran Mark Stobbs as Chancery Lane's head of policy.
2 minute read

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City rivals do battle on 3's £250m mobile claim

A clutch of City firms have landed roles advising on 3 Mobile's £250m claim against four rival mobile phone operators, in one of the largest competition actions to hit the UK courts. Barlow Lyde & Gilbert is advising 3 on its claim against rival operators O2, Vodafone and Orange, respectively advised by Ashurst, Herbert Smith and Field Fisher Waterhouse.
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BSB to pilot Bar code compliance scheme

A pilot scheme to monitor chambers' compliance with the Code of Conduct is set to be launched under new proposals by the Bar Standards Board (BSB), it was announced today (7 December). The three-month pilot, which is due to be launched in April 2008, will see the BSB monitor barristers' chambers to test the effectiveness of its procedures for gathering and assessing information on compliance with the code.
2 minute read

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Ex-Freshfields man Shandro joins 3VB

High-profile former Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer restructuring and insolvency head Sandy Shandro is set to join 3 Verulam Buildings, it was announced today (6 December). Shandro, who left the magic circle giant in February, will join the leading commercial set as a door tenant and aim to help develop its insolvency and restructuring expertise.
2 minute read

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Aikens: 'Cut complex trials to three months'

Commercial trials should not be listed for more than three months, according to new proposals laid out by a high-level working party looking to cut the cost of complex commercial litigation. The proposals, published today (6 December) by the post-BCCI commercial litigation working party chaired by Mr Justice Richard Aikens, put forward a number of changes designed to ward off the escalating costs of large-scale commercial litigation.
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