Thomas Eggar has appointed Richard Jordan to replace Patricia Woolgar as head of its private client group.

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Hammonds has elected a new head for its Manchester office, with Jane Haxby taking over from Jonathan Edwards.

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CMS Cameron McKenna has emphasised its commitment to growing its emerging markets presence with the recruitment of a seven-strong private equity team that was once part of Linklaters CEE ‘flying squad’.

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The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) may be forced to keep the door shut on its graduate training programme for the second year running after an organisation-wide recruitment freeze.

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Transatlantic behemoths remain resolute in spite of dramatic year-on-year reductions in City revenues

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Clifford Chance is set for a radical overhaul of its associate bonus system, with the maximum award now open only to senior associates and payments no longer based primarily on hours worked.

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Field Fisher Waterhouse (FFW) has revealed its three-year strategy, known as the ’Virtuous Triangle’, and has even gone as far as trademarking the term.

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North West firm Mace & Jones has been named as a defendant in a £60m professional negligence claim alongside Kings Chambers’ John Hoggett QC.

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Centrica is set to launch a tender for its first-ever legal panel.

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Ireland’s High Court will today (12 April) decide the fate of insurer Quinn Group and whether to ­confirm its administration formally.

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