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Appleby secures Isle of Man launch with local merger deal

Appleby has become the first global offshore firm to launch an office on the Isle of Man with a merger with local firm Dickinson Cruickshank. The tie-up, set to go live on 1 October, will gift Appleby an additional 38 lawyers, including 11 partners, taking its total partnership to 73 across its nine offices.
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Sumption replaces Grabiner as Rock dispute nears conclusion

The Northern Rock shareholders dispute has entered its final day of appeal, with Jonathan Sumption QC replacing Lord Grabiner QC for the Government throughout the appeal process. The three-day trial, which kicked off earlier this week (10 June) in the Court of Appeal, sees more than 150,000 private shareholders appealing a February decision which scuppered the shareholders' attempts to secure improved compensation following the nationalisation of the lender.
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Eversheds secures Tyco-style mandate from Smiths Group

Eversheds has been appointed as the preferred legal adviser for technology company Smiths Group in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The law firm will provide commercial, litigation, employment, real estate and company secretarial advice across the region, with London-based head of international litigation and dispute management John Heaps acting as the relationship partner to Smiths. Eversheds will use its global account management system - first developed for its relationship with Tyco - with the London Stock Exchange-listed Smiths.
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Freshfields Olympic team gets on track as work gathers pace for 2012 Games

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has stepped up its involvement in the London 2012 Olympics, with dispute resolution partner Raj Parker playing a hands-on role in drafting anti-doping regulations for the Games. Parker is one of a number of Freshfields partners to get involved since the firm was appointed as the official law firm to the Olympics at the beginning of February by the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG).
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CC litigation trio join Gibson Dunn in New York

Gibson Dunn & Crutcher has hired two litigation partners from Clifford Chance's (CC's) New York office, including the magic circle firm's former global litigation head Mark Kirsch. The firm has recruited Kirsch and fellow partner Joel Cohen, with CC counsel Christopher Joralemon also joining as a partner.
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Senior legal figures join forces with accountants for mediation group

Lord Woolf and Cherie Booth QC are heading up a scheme in association with the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) which will see accountants and lawyers mediating alongside each other. The ICAEW has put together a group of senior lawyers and accountants who will work together to advise on high-value business disputes for FTSE 250-level companies.
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CC reshapes US litigation as two more partners leave

Clifford Chance (CC) is set to see another two litigation partners leave in New York, Legal Week has learnt. Securities litigators Joel Cohen and George Schieren are both preparing to exit the firm's US arm, with the departures leaving the firm with four litigators in New York.
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E-disclosure: Lay your cards on the table

Determining proportionality in litigation has long been a bit of a string-measuring exercise. However, the gap between opposing parties has become wider than ever in recent years as the move from paper to electronic business documents has resulted in an explosion of document volume involved in discovery exercises. Now, it seems, the UK courts are catching up with the issue.
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Bar Council calls on firms to fund civil litigation

City law firms could help fund some civil litigation cases as part of sweeping proposals to overhaul litigation funding mechanisms in the UK. Guy Mansfield QC, acting on behalf of the Bar Council, is considering asking firms to invest in a fund that would be used for cases such as professional negligence, personal injury and employment disputes, which currently come mainly under the 'no win, no fee' banner.
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Dewey shakes up Paris arm with three-partner management committee after exit of local chief

After a succession of senior departures from its Paris office, Dewey & LeBoeuf has moved to plug the gap for its French managing partner with a three-partner management committee. The firm lost its Paris managing partner in April when firmwide international arbitration co-head Eric Schwartz left the position to launch a French base for US rival King & Spalding.
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