The College of Law has won a £1.8m contract to train hundreds of civil servants at the Land Registry over a five-year period. The college has helped to redevelop the Land Registry Qualification, a distance-learning course, which will also be available to outside solicitors and their support staff from September this year. The college’s chief executive Professor Nigel Savage said: “We’re excited by the prospect of extending the course to conveyancing practitioners.”
Carboni quits Linklaters for the Bar
Linklaters London IP head Anna Carboni is to leave the firm to join Wilberforce Chambers. The move will come as a blow to Linklaters’ IP business, which in line with a number of other practice groups at the firm has been undergoing a shake-up in strategy and headcount. Last November, The Lawyer reported that two […]