US-based White & Case is expanding its Asia practice. The firm's Hong Kong office has brought two Chinese lawyers into its China practice group. Hao Mei-Ying and Chao Xia join as associates. Meanwhile, Dennis Soliven, who has spent a year in the firm's New York office, is being transferred to Hong Kong to develop its Philippines practice.
Lord Irvine hints at magistrates' areas cuts
THE Lord Chancellor, Lord Irvine of Lairg, has given a strong indication that he is preparing to halve the number of magistrates’ areas in England and Wales from 96 to 42. He told the annual general meeting of the Magistrates’ Association that such a move would correspond with the current reorganisation of the Crown Prosecution […]
