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We’re delighted to have promoted five Solicitors to Partner in our annual round of promotions, taking our total number of Partners to 55! Two Solicitors, Rachel Orgill-Harris and Natalie Swales, have been promoted in our Banking, Corporate & Governance team. Carlos Fernandes, from our Securitisation team, Joanna Bouloux from Real Estates & Projects, and Pauline

In October last year, our client, Mr Owen Paterson was found by the House of Commons Committee on Standards to have, in the Committee’s words, “used his privileged position as a Member of Parliament to secure benefits for two companies for whom he was a paid consultant…” The Committee described Mr Paterson’s alleged actions as “an egregious case of paid advocacy.”

We are delighted to have retained all of our newly-qualified solicitors for the fourth consecutive year.

The Legal 500 United Kingdom 2023 recommend Devonshires as a Top-Tier Firm across a number of practice areas and mention over 30 of our key lawyers.

We are pleased that Devonshires have once again been represented strongly in the annual Best Lawyers UK rankings!

The Government has now revealed how it intends to use the proposed amendments to the Building Safety Bill to force the hands of those who have “played a role” in the development of buildings over 11 metres tall with “life-critical” fire safety defects that require remediation. The Government has threatened to prohibit planning permission and Building Control sign-off for developers who do not voluntarily comply with commitments to fund and carry out or fund the necessary remedial works.

The Times has published its list, now in its fourth year, of the top 200 legal practices in England and Wales. We first made this list in 2021 and are delighted to have retained our listing for 2022.

Law firm Devonshires has added nine new hires to its London office.

Devonshires are instructed by Uniworld River Cruises Inc, owners of River Countess.

With many Covid-19 disputes being dealt with by arbitration instead of court proceedings, the market is being left without legal precedent as to how to deal with these types of cases.

On Monday 4th October, nine new Trainee Solicitors joined the firm (pictured above). This brings our current total Trainee Solicitor count to 18.

We are delighted to have ranked highly in the most recent Legal 500 Guide!