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May 24, 2024
The UK Laws That Will Pass Or Fail As Election Looms
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's decision to call an early general election to be held on July 4 has left several pieces of legislation hanging in the balance during the so-called "wash-up" period before Parliament is formally dissolved, while others have been pushed through.
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May 24, 2024
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
This past week in London has seen an IT engineer seek permission to search a landfill hiding a hard drive supposedly storing millions of pounds in bitcoin, Glencore take on legal action by American Century Investments, gold payment app Glint bring a breach of duty claim against FRP Advisory, and an ongoing dispute between a solicitor and the Solicitors Regulation Authority. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.
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May 24, 2024
White & Case Hires Funds Specialist For Lux Office
White & Case LLP has hired a private funds formation expert to join the firm as a partner in the firm's new Luxembourg office, where he will join its global mergers and acquisitions team to advise clients on assets such as private equity and real estate.
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May 24, 2024
A&O Shearman Picks 19 Participants For Tech Hub Cohort
Allen Overy Shearman Sterling, or A&O Shearman, has selected a group of 19 companies specializing in digital assets to join a seven-month program at its innovative tech incubator, Fuse, after going through 230 applications.
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May 24, 2024
Law Firm Partner Says Sorry For Expert Witness Interference
A Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP partner has apologized to a London court for overstepping in his interference with an expert witness' statement amid his client's feud with AXA XL.
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May 24, 2024
Ex-Post Office Boss Blames Scandal On Bad Legal Advice
Paula Vennells blamed the advice of her senior lawyers for not becoming aware of the wrongful prosecutions by the Post Office of innocent people based on faulty IT data, as she gave evidence to the inquiry into the scandal Friday.
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May 24, 2024
MoJ Told It Does Not Understand Its Own Legal Aid Reforms
The Ministry of Justice and the Legal Aid Agency still lack a firm grasp on the costs and benefits of the U.K.'s legal aid reforms 11 years after their introduction, a parliamentary committee said Friday.
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May 24, 2024
Plans To Cut Crown Court Backlog 'Can't Be Achieved'
Proposals to cut the Crown Court backlog to 53,000 cases by March 2025 are no longer attainable as the number has ballooned to the highest level ever recorded, a damning report by the public sector spending watchdog revealed on Friday.
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May 23, 2024
White & Case Adds Former A&O Tax Pro In Luxembourg
White & Case LLP announced it has added a tax partner to its Luxembourg office from A&O Shearman who specializes in international and Luxembourg corporate tax law.
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May 23, 2024
AI Isn't Too Dangerous For Lawyers, Master Of The Rolls Says
Lawyers and judges should not be afraid to deploy artificial intelligence, one of the U.K.'s most senior judges has said, calling on legal professionals to embrace the tech and prepare for it to transform their roles in the future.
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May 23, 2024
Ex-Post Office Boss Told Reviewing Cases Would Be Bad PR
Former Post Office boss Paula Vennells denied that avoiding becoming "front page news" influenced her decision to limit a review of past convictions based on faulty IT data in her evidence to the inquiry into the Post Office scandal on Thursday.
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May 23, 2024
Legal Services Board Appoints Comms Pro As New Leader
The Legal Services Board said Thursday that it had appointed a communications expert as its new leader to help it guide the legal sector through the "significant challenges" it is facing.
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May 23, 2024
Struck-Off Lawyer Loses Bid To Challenge Contempt Sentence
A struck-off solicitor lost her attempt on Thursday to get a second shot at reviving her appeal against a prison sentence for contempt of court as the appeals court found that she had failed to argue that she had been medically unfit to argue at her first appeal.
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May 23, 2024
White & Case Hires 2 Latham Partners In Germany
White & Case LLP has added two partners from Latham & Watkins LLP with more than three decades worth of experience between them in capital markets to its Frankfurt office.
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May 22, 2024
'Niche' Litigation Funding No Panacea For Access To Justice
Litigation funding remains too "niche" a market to solve the big problem of access to justice in the U.K., according to a study the Legal Services Board published Thursday.
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May 22, 2024
Mishcon's Int'l Arbitration Head Leaves For Littleton Chambers
Littleton Chambers said Tuesday that Mishcon de Reya LLP's head of international arbitration is set to join as silk, as the law firm names his successor to lead the firm's practice.
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May 22, 2024
DLA Piper Beefs Up White Collar Bench With Former SFO Atty
After leaving her government post in March, one of the most senior officials at the U.K.'s Serious Fraud Office, Judy Krieg, has found a home at DLA Piper LLP as a partner in its Washington, D.C. office, the firm announced Wednesday.
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May 22, 2024
Solicitor Fails To Nix Fake-Employee Fraud Conviction
A solicitor on Wednesday lost her bid to overturn her conviction for pocketing the salary of a fake employee, with a London appellate court ruling her conviction was not unsafe after the solicitor's counsel had argued the trial judge failed warn the jury a witness' evidence should be handled cautiously.
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May 22, 2024
Employment Law Biz Reprimanded Over 'Misleading' Ad
A British company offering human resources and employment law advice has been reprimanded by the U.K. advertising regulator for sending a misleading marketing letter, with the correspondence appearing to be from a public body.
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May 22, 2024
UK Gov't Calls Elections For July 4 Despite Poor Polls
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Wednesday called an early general election to be held on July 4, advancing the electoral timetable even though his Conservative Party lags decisively behind the opposition Labour Party.
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May 22, 2024
Ex-Post Office Boss Didn't Know Business Prosecuted People
Former Post Office boss Paula Vennells denied on Wednesday that she knew the organization conducted its own prosecutions, telling the inquiry into its wrongful prosecution of innocent sub-postmasters she became aware of the power to prosecute only several years after she joined.
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May 22, 2024
Aspiring Judge Can't Reopen Race Bias Case
An Asian-British solicitor has failed to persuade an employment tribunal to reconsider his race discrimination claims against a High Court judge who dismissed his application because he filed his request too late.
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May 22, 2024
Travers Smith Carves Out AI Biz From Legal Tech Arm
Travers Smith LLP said on Wednesday that it has spun out a new artificial intelligence business from its legal technology arm that it expects will form one single system for lawyers to access and create a variety of AI tools.
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May 21, 2024
Russian Litigants Abandon UK Courts As Sanctions Bite
The number of Russian litigants using London's commercial courts has collapsed in the past year amid tightening sanctions on individuals and businesses tied to the Kremlin over the war in Ukraine, a report published Wednesday said.
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May 21, 2024
Attys With AI Skills Command Pay Bumps In The US, UK
Lawyer job listings that require artificial intelligence skills carry a wage premium of up to 49% higher in some markets, according to a report released Tuesday.
Expert Analysis
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PR Perspectives: 7 Habits Of Highly Effective Legal PR
Daniela Conte at Gibson Dunn outlines practical steps that public relations professionals working in the legal industry can take to excel at their craft, including providing regular media coaching to lawyers and quantifying the value of PR work.
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Why Law Firms May Want To Set Up Charitable Foundations
An increasing number of law firms are setting up their own charitable foundations, which may be a way of achieving the goals a purposeful business wants to pursue and demonstrating to its stakeholders a tangible commitment to its professed values, says Robert Nieri at Shoosmiths.
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Client Complaint Data Offers Key Insights For Lawyers
While the Legal Ombudsman has not yet released its latest annual report to the public, we can look at last year's data to decipher what may have caused a spike in client dissatisfaction and predict what to anticipate in an effort to improve the quality of legal services, says Qarrar Somji at Witan Solicitors.
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Disciplinary Ruling Has Lessons For Lawyers On Social Media
A recent Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal judgment against a solicitor for online posts deemed antisemitic and offensive highlights the serious sanctions that can stem from conduct on social media and the importance of law firms' efforts to ensure that their employees behave properly, say Liz Pearson and Andrew Pavlovic at CM Murray.
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Law Firm Considerations In Attracting And Retaining Talent
As law firms move away from a solely seniority-based partner remuneration model toward a reward performance system, they need to look holistically at overall contribution, maintaining an effective hierarchy of entrepreneurial senior partners, diligent management and hardworking junior staff in order to incentivize the stars they wish to keep, says Catriona Watt at Fox & Partners.
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PR Perspectives: Focusing On The Truth Will Gain Trust
With a firm’s hard-won reputation at risk of being trashed if news breaks that the business has misled its stakeholders, it is far better for a public relations team to insist that external promotions be truthful, driving the organization to look critically at itself and make positive change, says Clare Rodway at Kysen PR.
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Why It's Helpful To Understand The Role Of The SRA
With the ongoing Post Office inquiry and review of the role lawyers played in the scandal, the Solicitors Regulation Authority is currently under wider public consideration, and it is worth examining its role as a regulator, says Steve Roberts at Richard Nelson.
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Tips For Hiring Adaptable Legal Talent In Uncertain Times
Amid the current period of economic and regulatory turbulence, businesses will need to consider skills that go beyond technical excellence when hiring in-house legal talent — including versatility, commercial awareness and artificial intelligence proficiency, says Jerry Temko at Major Lindsey.
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PR Perspectives: The Future For Legal Press Releases
Although press releases are used less frequently now, they still have a place in the legal public relations repertoire, alongside the commentary, articles and social media aimed at getting law firms' or barristers' chambers' messages across, says Steve Rudaini at SJR Communications.
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How Pro Bono Work Can Strengthen A Law Firm
Creating a sustainable pro bono program can enhance a law firm's reputation and make it attractive to prospective clients and talent in several ways, says Shams Merchant at Jackson Walker.
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Why Neurodiversity Support In The Legal Sector Is Important
With recent statistics revealing that high numbers of legal professionals are reluctant to disclose their neurodivergence for fear of adverse consequences, organizations and employers should develop awareness and understanding to encourage a committed source of talent with requisite skills to make a positive contribution, says Kevin Athow, general counsel at BSH Home Appliances.
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Legal Sector Will Benefit From New Data Security Standard
The U.K. Information Commissioner's Office-approved new privacy certification scheme for the legal profession will inevitably become the default for law firms, chambers and vendors to prove their U.K. General Data Protection Regulation compliance, says Orlagh Kelly at Briefed.
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PR Perspectives: Navigating UK And US Legal PR Differences
Despite apparently negligible differences between U.S. and U.K. legal systems, public relations requires an understanding of regional nuances and complex legal issues, and U.K.-based PR professionals looking to gain traction in the U.S. must adapt their strategies accordingly to achieve successful cross-jurisdictional campaigns, say Ben Finnis and Elizabeth Rincon at Greentarget.
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Spartan Arbitration Tactics Against Well-Funded Opponents
Like the ancient Spartans who held off a numerically superior Persian army at the Battle of Thermopylae, trial attorneys and clients faced with arbitration against an opponent with a bigger war chest can take a strategic approach to create a pass to victory, say Kostas Katsiris and Benjamin Argyle at Venable.
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Risks The Judiciary Needs To Be Aware Of When Using AI
Recently published judiciary service guidance aims to temper reliance on AI by court staff in their work, and with ever-increasing and evolving technology, such tools should be used for supplementary assistance rather than as a replacement for already existing judicial research tools, says Philip Sewell at Shepherd & Wedderburn.