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26 Jun 2023

Charles Russell Speechlys announces Head of Private Office

Charles Russell Speechlys today announces the appointment of Marcus Yorke-Long as Head of the Firm's Private Office. Marcus joins Charles Russell Speechlys from Barclays Private Bank and will be based in the Firm's London office. His appointment is a further marker of the Firm's strategic intent to cater for the changing demands of its private capital clients and their businesses ahead of the official launch in September.

26 Jun 2023

Protect Children from Budget Cuts or Face Legal Action

Children's Law Centre issues pre-action letter to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, the Northern Ireland Office and the Department of Finance

26 Jun 2023

Industry-Leading Legal Benchmarking Survey from ACC and Major, Lindsey & Africa Shows that Median Total Legal Spend Increased, Driven Mostly by Larger Companies

The ACC Survey's comprehensive benchmarking data allows law department leaders to better understand current financial and operational performance metrics and identify areas for improvement.

26 Jun 2023

Legal Service Board annual report shows progress in ensuring regulation drives better legal services

The Legal Services Board (LSB) published its Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2023. It describes the work completed and the LSB's impact, focused on ensuring legal services are accessible and better meet the needs of society. The report covers the second year of the LSB's Reshaping Legal Services strategy.

26 Jun 2023

Muckle LLP further expands agriculture team with new appointment

Leading law firm Muckle LLP is further expanding its Agriculture, Estates and Private Client team by appointing solicitor, Lois Dokubo, the latest in a string of new appointments for the team.  

26 Jun 2023

Del Monte Kenya pineapple plantation at centre of human rights abuse allegations

Fruit giant Del Monte is accused of betraying its human rights pledges with allegations against security guards of violent beatings and the rape of villagers living near to its pineapple plantation in Kenya.

26 Jun 2023

The establishment of a professional paralegal standards framework: CILEX to propose new chartered paralegal qualification

Chris Bones discusses the proposed chartered paralegal qualification and the changes to CILEX that will establish paralegals as a key professional group within the professional body

26 Jun 2023

Burges Salmon appoints new partner in Employment team

Independent UK law firm Burges Salmon is pleased to announce the appointment of Katherine Flower as a new partner in its Employment Law team