DJ Freeman's head of commercial litigation Liz Hartley is leaving to join Reynolds Porter Chamberlain on 1 November. Hartley specialises in media and IT disputes. One of her major clients for the past 15 years, Associated Newspapers, publisher of the Daily Mail, is already advised by Reynolds Porter on commercial matters. Hartley said: “RPC is becoming an increasingly important player in the fields of media and computer law and I am looking forward to building one of the leading practices in this field.”
Learning from cradle to grave
Martin Richardson looks at a shake-up of training which should lead to continual professional development for solicitors. Martin Richardson is professional development consultant at Berwin Leighton and vice-chair of the Legal Education and Training Group. Lawyers do not like change, but there is plenty of it on the training front at the moment. The colleges […]