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Legal Executive of the Year – Stuart Cartwright, JMW LLP Trainee of the Year – Gemma Harris, Pannone LLP Associate of the Year – David McGuirk, Eversheds  LLP Pro Bono/Community Initiative – Marcus Jamieson-Pond, Addleshaw Goddard Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year – Ben Taylor, Glaisyers LLP In House Lawyer of the Year – David

ALLOCATION OF CASES TO LEVELS OF JUDICIARY     Under paragraph 14.1 of Practice Direction 2B, the following arrangements have been made by me in Manchester in relation to case management and interim applications.   Upon allocation to track, claims in the categories of case set out below will be assigned to one of the

PROTOCOL ON DEFENCE STATEMENTS AND PLEA AND CASE MANAGEMENT HEARINGS   As Resident Judges of the three Crown Courts in Greater Manchester we are anxious to do what we can to improve case management so that , if trials are to take place, they are conducted fairly and efficiently. We also wish to reduce the

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Businessman and TV personality Theo Paphitis is asking North West law firms to get behind the Many Hands Campaign and help to make a difference to the lives of thousands of children at Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital.   The man who revived the fortunes of brands such as Ryman stationery, La Senza Lingerie and Red

PRACTICE NOTE    LOW VELOCITY IMPACT ROAD TRAFFIC CLAIMS     This Practice Note replaces the Practice Note issued by McCombe J on 14 March 2006 (as subsequently amended)   Notwithstanding the observations of Brooke LJ in Kearsley v Klarfeld [2005] EWCA Civ 1510, it has not been possible to identify suitable test cases, but

Weightmans LLP today confirmed that it is in talks with Mace and Jones and Vizards Wyeth. The firm’s managing partner hopes to agree terms shortly. Patrick Gaul, managing partner of Weightmans commented: “We confirm that we are currently in talks with the partners of Mace and Jones and Vizards Wyeth.  There is no formal agreement in place at this