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International Edition

Quadrant names Gerrard as new chief exec

Quadrant Chambers has appointed Tim Gerrard to the newly-created role of chief executive. Gerrard, who joined the set in March from Jersey-based trust manager Hawksford International, where he was chief operating officer, fills the new position 18 months after the early retirement of chambers director Gordon Armstrong.Armstrong served as senior clerk and chambers director since 1984. During his time in office the set expanded from a small operation at 2 Essex Court, where it specialised in admiralty law, to a commercial chambers comprising 44 barristers at Quadrant.
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Inside Counsel

Taylor Wessing Releases Second Annual Global IP Index

Study assesses best and worst IP jurisdictions across the globe.
2 minute read

International Edition

Website charges aspiring barristers for job applications

A website charging prospective barristers to apply for entry-level jobs has come to the attention of Legal Week. The site, 3rdsix.co.uk, charges pupils in return for access to vacancies for so-called 'third six' pupillages, which are undertaken by candidates unable to find a tenancy after the compulsory 12-month pupillage. The site, which claims to have 366 pupillage seekers and 35 barristers' chambers registered, charges pupils £14.99 per year in membership, while chambers pay £149.99 per posted vacancy.
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International Edition

Jackson to review complex commercial disputes

Large-scale commercial disputes will come under the remit of Lord Justice Rupert Jackson's review into the high cost of civil litigation, Jackson said today. Jackson's 650-page preliminary report issued earlier today warns that the commercial courts are not a 'sacred territory' and that his findings will still apply to complex commercial cases.The news comes despite earlier concerns about whether potential procedural changes to litigation should apply to complex, multi-party disputes in the higher courts as well as to commoditised cases in the lower courts.
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International Edition

Litigation support and e-discovery

KPMG Forensic, Kroll Ontrack and Ernst & Young on the key issues in litigation support.
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Corporate Counsel

Take Two

Just before press time, the English Court of Appeal released its first reaction to West Tankers.
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Corporate Counsel

Told With Ill Will, Even Truth is Grounds for Libel Suit

E-mail humiliating employee leads to defamation suit.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Deere & Co. Successfully Defends 401(k) Fee Suit

Employer doesn't need to tell workers about fee-sharing.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Pre-emption Rejection

Decision in Wyeth v. Levine stops short of foreclosing state failure-to-warn drug suits.
8 minute read

Corporate Counsel

London Falling

ECJ decision in West Tanker minimizes advantages of private dispute resolution.
7 minute read

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