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Matrix Chambers founder Cherie Booth QC is suing private investigator Glenn Mulcaire and News Group Newspapers.

A group of legal associations have launched a landmark scheme to enable the resolution of family disputes through arbitration, it was announced today.

Zhong Lun W&D has inked a strategic alliance with 30-lawyer City firm DKLM as it endeavours to maintain its London presence following the recent departure of its nine-member City team.

A former Macfarlanes partner has been freed from jail a month into his one-year sentence for drink-driving.

Eversheds has posted a 100 per cent newly qualified (NQ) retention rate for its spring 2012 intake.

Covington & Burling is the latest US firm to show recovery from the slump, revealing an increase in revenue and average profits for 2011.

Allen & Overy (A&O), Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton and White & Case all took roles advising on Greece’s £110bn bailout.

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Hogan Lovells and SJ Berwin won mandates on Westfield’s sale of its share of three non-core shopping centres to Hermes Real Estate, in which the property fund manager acquired Westfield’s half share in the £400m portfolio covering complexes in Belfast, Guildford and Tunbridge Wells.

The Court of Appeal has refused protestors camped outside London’s St Paul’s Cathedral  permission to appeal Mr Justice Lindblom’s ruling that they could be removed from the site.

Squire Sanders is to launch a shipping team in London following the hire of three partners.

Field Fisher Waterhouse (FFW) has hired Wedlake Bell corporate partner and practice head Tim Bird.

Co-operative Legal Services’ (CLS) is launching a legal apprenticeship framework as part of its assault on the profession.

Sidley Austin has hired Linklaters partner Stephen Blackshaw for its City corporate practice.

Osborne Clarke’s Spanish alliance member has launched in Madrid with a five-partner team in a move that almost doubles the size of the firm.

In a landmark order made today, the Chennai High Court in India has cleared foreign lawyers from flying in and out of India to advise on foreign law, as well as clearing the way for legal process outsourcing (LPO) companies to operate in the country.

German independent Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek has posted strong financial results for a second successive year, with turnover up 8.5 per cent between 2010 and 2011.

The High Court has given permission for a claim to be served via Facebook in what is believed to be a first for a commercial case.

International cigarette and tobacco company Philip Morris International has appointed Kraft Foods general counsel Marc Firestone to head its legal department as current general counsel David Bernick resigns.

International cigarette and tobacco company Philip Morris International has appointed Kraft Foods general counsel Marc Firestone to head its legal department as current general counsel David Bernick resigns.

Midlands firm Wright Hassall has launched a sports management arm for professional athletes and snared an Aston Villa player as its first client.