All Profile articles – Page 9
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FeatureOnly connect: Sarosh Zaiwalla
Sarosh Zaiwalla has always looked overseas for work – a strategy, hears Jonathan Rayner, that has brought him cases ranging from sanctioned banks to the return of ancient religious idols
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ProfileLawyer in the news: Jim Varley, Devonshires
Who? Jim Varley, partner, Devonshires, London. Why is he in the news? Represented liquidator Stephen Hunt in a landmark case concerning which directors’ duties survive the insolvency of a company. In Systems Building Services Group Limited [2020] EWHC 54 (Ch), the court ruled that a director cannot expect to be ...
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ProfileNews and the noose
‘Idealist’ Tamsin Allen acquired a taste for fighting miscarriages of justice by taking up one of the biggest causes célèbre of the post-war era. Now she has the pedlars of ‘fake news and lies’ in her sights, reports Jonathan Rayner.
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ProfileMake me a match
Why send legal work to outsourcing centres in India, when top lawyers here sit idle? Dana Denis-Smith talks to Eduardo Reyes about women in the law and her thriving 1,700-lawyer legal support business
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ProfileLeader of the pack
Three decades as a managing partner crystallised Lynne Burdon’s ‘core ideology’, the entrepreneur, mentor and author tells Jonathan Rayner
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ProfileInterview: Gerald Shamash
Gerald Shamash has represented errant members of parliament, hacking victims, and butchers’ insurers over limbs lost to sharp professional blades. Eduardo Reyes met him
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ProfileHigh Atlantic
Susan Bright, managing partner of Hogan Lovells in London, tells why partnerships are not like corporates and how she likes nothing better than a blank sheet of paper.
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ProfileAn agenda on gender
New Law Society president Christina Blacklaws is a woman in a hurry. Gender equality, disruptive technology and wellbeing in the profession are high on a crowded to-do list, she tells the Gazette.
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ProfileWriting wrongs
Prolific true-crime author James Morton has dabbled in astrology and once ran a junk shop. Anything but criminal defence.
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FeatureOne of a kind
Gary Hickinbottom, sole solicitor at the Court of Appeal, began his judicial career as a parking adjudicator. He talks about a ‘colossal’ workload and his mission to achieve a more diverse bench.
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ProfileThe Law Society Excellence Awards 2017: Excello Law
Excello Law won last year’s Law Society Excellence Award in Law Managment. Who will win in 2018? Nominate now.
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ProfileThe Law Society Excellence Awards 2017: rradar limited
rradar won Excellence in Client Service in last year’s Law Society Excellence Awards. Who will you nominate this year?
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ProfileThe Law Society Excellence Awards 2017: Simmons & Simmons
Watch this video about of Pro Bono Award finalist Simmons & Simmons at last year’s Law Society Excellence awards. Make your 2018 nominations today.
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ProfileInterview: Sandie Okoro
How can a lawyer help end world poverty and spread the benefits of economic growth? It starts with remembering to make your bed, World Bank general counsel Sandie Okoro tells Eduardo Reyes.
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ProfileThe Law Society Excellence Awards 2017: Hugh Jones
Hugh Jones Solicitors were awarded Highly Commended for Excellence in Private Client Practice in last year’s Law Society Excellence Awards. Nominations for 2018 now open.
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ProfileThe Law Society Excellence Awards 2017: Gordons LLP
Gordons LLP was awarded Highly Commended for Excellence in Diversity & Inclusion in The Law Society Excellence Awards 2017. Get inspiration for your 2018 nomination.
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ProfileThe Law Society Excellence Awards 2017: Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer won Excellence in Pro Bono in last year’s Law Society Excellence Awards. Take a look for inspiration to make your 2018 nomination.
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ProfileThe Law Society Excellence Awards 2017: CMS
CMS were awarded Highly Commended - Excellence in Diversity & Inclusion in last year’s Law Society Excellence Awards. Take a look for inspiration to make your 2018 nomination.
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ProfileThe Law Society Excellence Awards 2017: Croftons
Croftons were awarded Highly Commended - Excellence in Client Service in last year’s Law Society Excellence Awards. Take a look for inspiration to make your 2018 nomination.
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ProfileAnn Crighton: A higher calling
Former Crown advocate says CPS descended into ‘madness’ when lawyers were sidelined. So this formidable self-starter carved out a new career, hears Jonathan Rayner