Martin Day says that it is about time that Japan was jolted out of its complacency about the torture of PoWs during WWII. Martin Day is a senior partner at Leigh Day & Co. ‘Tell us about the beatings and torture!’ said Mr Nagano. Chairman of the Japanese Labour Camps Survivors Association, Arthur Titherington, tried […]

Ashurst Morris Crisp associate Shona Price – who resigned from the firm amid claims that its property department was not making up enough female partners – is joining Trowers & Hamlins’ high-profile public sector department as a partner this week. The Lawyer reported in March that Price and two assistants, Delia Kempley and Barbara Kerin, […]

CLIFFORD Chance boosted its £1m-a-year pro bono activities last week with the appointment of one of its finance lawyers, Felicity Kirk, to the new post of community legal affairs executive. Kirk’s appointment is thought to be the first time that a firm has appointed someone to co-ordinate its pro bono activities on a worldwide basis, […]

Professor Ray Wild advises on the options available to lawyers who are seeking to improve their managerial knowledge. Ray Wild is principal of Henley Management College. Lawyers have not been trained as managers, yet for many management has become a significant job requirement. This is why, despite the falling number of managers in traditional roles […]