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  • August 9, 2007 |

    Clarion appoints Port as employment head

    Clarion Solicitors has hired senior Addleshaw Goddard lawyer Richard Port to head up its employment practice. Port joined the newly-launched Leeds firm last month as a partner after a spell with Addleshaws' local arm, where he was a senior associate. Port becomes the 13th partner at Clarion, which was forged following an unusual buy-out by six junior equity partners at legacy Leeds and Harrogate practice McCormicks earlier this year.

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  • August 8, 2007 |

    National leaders reap benefits of hot development market up north

    Nabarro and Eversheds are the latest firms to secure mandates on development schemes in the north of the UK as the region increasingly becomes a hunting ground for property lawyers.

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  • August 8, 2007 |

    Transylvanian families

    What are trainees for? Okay, so The Diary can think of a thousand unprintable answers City partners might offer to that question, but at Addleshaw Goddard the answer is... bricklaying.

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  • August 1, 2007 |

    Addleshaws partner joins Field Fisher IP team

    Field Fisher Waterhouse has hired an Addleshaw Goddard partner Hamish Porter to bolster its intellectual property (IP) department. Porter specialises in IP litigation, with a particular focus on copyright and trademarks. His clients include the British Horseracing Board. The appointment will bring the total number of partners at Field Fisher to 104, with a 15-partner IP team headed by Nick Rose.

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  • August 1, 2007 |

    Banks call in big guns in response to OFT charges

    A raft of law firms have bagged roles representing banks after the Office of Fair Trading launched a claim last week in relation to overdraft charges. Clifford Chance is advising Barclays, Slaughter and May is advising Nationwide and Addleshaw Goddard has been instructed by Clydesdale. Ashurst, Linklaters, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Lovells have also won roles advising Abbey National, Royal Bank of Scotland, HSBC and Lloyds TSB respectively.

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  • August 1, 2007 | International Edition

    Restrictive covenants 'ineffective and inappropriate', say top lawyers

    Covenants are outdated and do little to protect a law firm. Georgina Stanley reports on the results of the latest Big Question survey

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  • August 1, 2007 |

    Restrictive covenants 'ineffective and inappropriate', say top lawyers

    Covenants are outdated and do little to protect a law firm. Georgina Stanley reports on the results of the latest Big Question survey

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  • July 25, 2007 |

    Ex-Garretts partners face £300k London Eye claim

    Tourist attraction the London Eye has launched a negligence claim against the legacy partners of defunct law firm Garretts over advice it provided back in 2000.

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  • July 25, 2007 |

    Deal Week Dispatch: 25/7/2007

    Deal Week Dispatch brings readers an early taster of news from Legal Week's unparalleled Deal Week section, with Allen & Overy, Dentons and Gibson Dunn among the deal-doers.

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  • July 19, 2007 |

    Big four secure world-beater status as top 50 breaks £10bn

    London's big four have secured their place among the emerging global elite after what will be seen as a breakthrough year for the UK's leading law firms.

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