Leading environmental lawyer Charlie Hopkins has left Leigh Day & Co to join rival firm Bindman & Partners. Hopkins, who has joined Bindmans as a consultant, said he wanted to focus on “sharp-end” environmental actions. “Bindmans has given me a great deal of freedom in the work I want to develop,” he said.
German lawyers' registration passes from ministry to Bars
The German Federal Bar has won an important step in a long-standing battle with the Ministry of Justice to bring the registration of new lawyers under the control of local Bars. A resolution passing control from the Ministry of Justice to the local Bars was made at the general assembly of the German Federal Bar […]