Wragge & Co’s 15-strong private client team is moving to the Birmingham office of Mills & Reeve. The team is led by partner Gary Barber and includes nine additional fee-earners and five support staff. Their arrival will double the size of Mills & Reeve’s private client team in Birmingham, led by former Martineau Johnson partner Matthew Hansell. Hansell said that private client work was an integral part of Mills & Reeve’s strategy. First revealed on www.thelawyer.com, 3 March
Clown court
For a spot of courtroom drama, all eyes turned last week to a battle of the titans. Two of the bar’s greats – Lord Grabiner QC and Jonathan Sumption QC – are going head-to-head again in the battle of the vases: Taylor Thomson v Christie’s. Some of you may have missed the equally compelling viewing […]