Civil

James Eadie QC, of Blackstone Chambers, has been appointed First Treasury Counsel. Eadie will join Jonathan Swift of 11KBW, handling the government’s complex civil law matters. Eadie, who was called to the Bar in 1984 and took silk last year, acted as counsel to Lord Woolf’s inquiry into BAe following the Saudi arms investigation by the Serious Fraud Office. He replaces Philip Sales QC of 11KBW.

Desmond Browne QC reviews the state of the profession in 2009 

Don’t face a wasted costs claim. Open your eyes to the power and mechanics of litigation technology, says Chris Dale 

The European Parliament is supportive of the Commission’s 2008 proposal to extend the European Judicial Network, so as to, inter alia, open it up to the legal profession. (“EJN” http://ec.europa.eu/civiljustice/index_en.htm)