Sentences with phrase «head of legal practice»

Debbie Farman, the head of legal practice, said the move was «a natural progression» for Jordans given the range of services it already provided, on top of which it can now offer legal advice.

• the introduction of two new roles in every new firm: the Head of Legal Practice and Head of Finance and Administration who will ensure compliance with licence requirements;

However, Amanda Stevens, group head of legal practice at Hudgell Solicitors, said: «The consultation proceeds on the assumption that soft - tissue injuries are inconsequential and do not need compensation — when the reality is very different.»

Jessica Farmer, head of legal practice at HB Public Law, said: «We are delighted to be in a position to start taking trainees again.

Based at the Southampton office, Damian is a partner and head of legal practice for the firm's personal injury team.

A key factor in selecting Liberate is the case management systems» flexibility and its ability to ingest new cases from our front end web systems» says Olufunso Idowu Head of Legal Practice.

Not exact matches

European legal firm, Eterna Law, which has a major presence in the Commonwealth of Independent States, has appointed a new Head of Practice following growing international real estate investment demand.

We'll also let 56 year old men marry 6 year old girls and practice male - male relations as often as possible to protect the purity of women before we marry several of them and cover them from head to foot, restrict their movement, disallow legal protection of them, etc..

Concussion or Sports - Related Head Injury: Code 20 -2-324.1 (2013) requires each local board of education, administration of a nonpublic school and governing body of a charter school to adopt and implement a concussion management and return to play policy that includes the following components: 1) an information sheet to all youth athletes» parents or legal guardians informing them of the nature and risk of concussion and head injury, 2) requirement for removal from play and examination by a health care provider for those exhibiting symptoms of a concussion during a game, competition, tryout or practice and 3) for those youth that have sustained a concussion (as determined by a health care provider), the coach or other designated personnel shall not permit the youth athlete to return to play until they receive clearance from a health care provider for a full or graduated return to pHead Injury: Code 20 -2-324.1 (2013) requires each local board of education, administration of a nonpublic school and governing body of a charter school to adopt and implement a concussion management and return to play policy that includes the following components: 1) an information sheet to all youth athletes» parents or legal guardians informing them of the nature and risk of concussion and head injury, 2) requirement for removal from play and examination by a health care provider for those exhibiting symptoms of a concussion during a game, competition, tryout or practice and 3) for those youth that have sustained a concussion (as determined by a health care provider), the coach or other designated personnel shall not permit the youth athlete to return to play until they receive clearance from a health care provider for a full or graduated return to phead injury, 2) requirement for removal from play and examination by a health care provider for those exhibiting symptoms of a concussion during a game, competition, tryout or practice and 3) for those youth that have sustained a concussion (as determined by a health care provider), the coach or other designated personnel shall not permit the youth athlete to return to play until they receive clearance from a health care provider for a full or graduated return to play.

Dick Dadey, head of the New York - based Citizens Union, noted that while the practice is legal, this year's pitch is tone deaf to public sentiment, given the recent flurry of pay - to - pay probes.

Back in 2002 a group of educational travel companies came together and pioneered a robust verification scheme which featured an audit of all members every year by independent experts By measuring against a comprehensive code of practice that had been developed with, amongst others, health & safety experts, teachers» unions», head teachers» associations, outdoor advisors and top legal advice, the audit ensures all aspects of a company's business was examined, this includes worldwide health & safety management, financial security, consumer protection, fair terms and conditions and, for when it does go wrong, a commitment to independent arbitration.

[It] will be of practical interest to all lawyers aiming to build their law firm or in - house legal team; whether you are a managing partner, a senior partner or running an in - house legal department, a practice head, business director or a partner seeking to contribute to the growth of the firm».

In the series of videos below, Legal Week writer and consultant Dominic Carman talks to Kroll global cybersecurity practice leader Jason Smolanoff and EMEA cyber practice head Andrew Beckett about the findings of the survey and the key issues for GCs to consider.

Hanover, Md (March 2, 2017)-- Major, Lindsey & Africa (MLA), the world's leading legal search firm, today announced that Ashish (Ash) Raivadera has joined the firm's Partner Practice Group as Head of Private Practice for South Asia, and will lead operations at the newly opened Major, Lindsey & Africa (Singapore) Pte. Ltd..

In my capacity as Head of Office, I manage a team of specialist lawyers who provide legal services in number of practice areas: corporate, intellectual property, banking, litigation, arbitration, hospitality and employment.

Clifford Chance corporate head Guy Norman and private equity head Jonny Myers talk to Legal Week about restructuring the German corporate practice and explain how the firm's global private equity team can compete with US rivals following a string of exits.

October 25, 2016 — New York, New York — Head of Weil's Capital Markets practice Alexander Lynch will be presenting at KPMG and the NYSE's «New York IPO Bootcamp» to discuss legal considerations associated with IPOs.

Prior to returning to private practice, Richard was General Counsel at EDS Canada for 18 years where he headed a team of lawyers and contract professionals with responsibility for the legal aspects of EDS» business in Canada.

Richard Elliott, executive director of the Canadian HIV / AIDS Legal Network, said: «It's unthinkable to me, as the head of an organization that works on human rights issues, that we might see in 2013 in Canada a law school that is permitted to train people for the practice of law, adopt a policy that overtly discriminates on the basis of sexual orientation.

When considering where legal tech may head in the future, we could see the introduction of technology to practice areas like immigration, where regulations could be placed into an application that would be more accessible to people.

Organised by the Legal Support Network, the event is aimed at practice managers and directors, heads of operations and heads of finance at small and mid-tier law firms.

John Barnett, head of Tax at Burges Salmon, says: «Sarah comes to the firm with a huge amount of experience and expertise in the area of tax, having worked in legal, accountancy and consultancy practices as well as in academia.

Prior to joining Brown Law Group, Mr. Price was the head of the Employment Litigation Group for Bank of America's Legal Department where he practiced for 34 years.

In this video, Legal Week editor Georgina Stanley talks to Smith & Williamson head of professional practices Giles Murphy about the key points of interest to emerge from an analysis of the limited liability partnership accounts of the UK's 50 largest law firms.

A survey of 30 UK and US law firms by Legal Week found that 57 % of those firms now have at least one global practice head, department co-chair or deputy chair based in Asia, with the majority of these appointed since the start of 2010.

M&A practice head John Reiss remarked, «This complex «carveout» transaction required coordination among 11 of the firm's offices around the world to provide legal advice across multiple jurisdictions, including Belgium, China, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Slovakia, Spain, the United Arab Emirates, U.K. and the United States.»

Zylpha's head of development, Nigel Spicer said: «The increase in demand for our bundling systems, from both legal practices and local authority lawyers, has been quite dramatic.»

You know the story: precocious toddler, argumentative adolescent, decent head on my shoulders... What I didn't know is that I would stop practicing, build a prosperous legal services company and consult on some of the largest and most complex class action cases in U.S. history.

Dottie Burch, the head of the practice group, has years of experience as a lifelong equestrian and as an equine attorney, enabling her to offer targeted legal advice which is relevant and practical in an equine context.

That meant turning the whole basis upon which the in - house legal team was funded and structured on its head, by introducing private sector principles and practices whilst still operating from within the heart of the public sector.

In this video, Legal Week editor Georgina Stanley talks to Giles Murphy, head of professional practices at Smith & Williamson, about the insight that can be gained on the financial performance of the UK's largest law firms, based on a closer analysis of the information in their LLP accounts.

In this video, Legal Week editor Georgina Stanley talks to Giles Murphy, head of the professional practices group at Smith & Williamson, about the limited liability partnership (LLP) accounts of the UK's 50 largest law firms and what we can learn from them.

Duncan Gardiner heads the practice from the Bradford office, which is the sole holder of the legal aid franchise for clinical negligence work in the Bradford area.

Wardynski, Poland, Krzysztof Wojdyło, Partner and Head of New Technologies Practice: «We believe that lawyers should increase their interest in new technologies... we were thrilled to accept the proposal to host the Warsaw edition of the Global Legal Hackathon.

«Highly experienced» practice head Lisa Geary «has a knack of explaining complex legal issues in a straightforward and helpful way» and Emma Brecknock «is very experienced and particularly helpful when dealing with leases and licences».

Prior to joining Sherrards, Hayley headed up the commercial department of a North London legal practice.

Juridice.ro, the reputed Romanian online platform for legal news and updates, requested the opinion of Partner Marius Pătrăşcanu, head of the firm's insolvency practice group, with respect to the new Romanian Insolvency Code.

Berwin Leighton Paisner at the end of July launched a senior corporate counsel legal tech discussion portal and Legal IT Insider spoke to head of strategic client technology, Bruce Braude about how it will work in praclegal tech discussion portal and Legal IT Insider spoke to head of strategic client technology, Bruce Braude about how it will work in pracLegal IT Insider spoke to head of strategic client technology, Bruce Braude about how it will work in practice.

As part of a recent piece of my own independent research I asked senior in - house lawyers and heads of legal: «If you read a publication that doesn't seem to offer an insight or grip the issue, does it affect your view of that practice group?».

In many cases, when it comes legal technology (like practice management software, eDiscovery, or legal research) some lawyers would rather just avoid the conversation all together instead of trying to wrap their heads around the benefits (many, by the way) of using technology to manage a more efficient practice.

Mike Wilson, partner and head of real estate, said: «Kerry's wealth of experience will be a great asset to our real estate team as we continue to deliver the high standards of legal practice our clients have come to expect from us.»

You want to keep practicing law? It will take quite a bit more endurance with Rio Tinto sending over $ 100 million in legal work to India. The days of high associate pay, and higher partner profits may soon be gone completely with document review work heading to India at 1 / 7th the cost of the big firms.

If there's a possibility it can be leveraged to better practice and serve clients...» I spoke with him about his company, CuroLegal, his views on legal tech, and ideas about where the practice of law is heading over the next few years.

Typically, we work with senior and managing partners, general counsel, leaders of chambers, heads of legal, practice area heads and support services directors.

We discussed the e-discovery issues with which clients are struggling, key best practices for navigating the current market for discovery, the power of analytics, and where the legal industry is headed in 2017, among other topics.

As the head of the firm's Litigation Practice in the Americas, Dennis advises boards, CEOs, and corporate general counsels on how to avoid litigation through business and legal solutions.

For several years running The European Legal 500, Chambers & Partners have highly recommended the team led by Elena Trusova as one of the strongest in Russia and Elena is named recommended individual in her practice areas: «Department head Elena Trusova is well known for trade mark protection and litigation work and has practical experience of handling high - profile cases.»

Paul Garland, Head of Kemp Little's IP & Litigation practice and Rebecca Halford - Harrison, IP & Litigation Partner, are listed as leading individuals in Legal 500 and Chambers UK.

In the spirit of Jeff Carr's recent letter reproduced on The Dialogue to outside counsel on delivering value with integrity, Silvia uses two emails, one from a CFO to the Legal Department, and the other from the CMO of a major law firm on the panel to the Head of the Corporate Practice.

For one thing, the legal industry spends less than one per cent on research and development compared with an average of 3.5 per cent for the typical U.S. business, according to Dan Jensen, head of Nextlaw Labs, a business accelerator focused on investing in, developing and deploying new technologies to transform the practice of law and an autonomous, wholly owned subsidiary of global law firm Dentons LLP.