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March 14, 2025
Ex-Cooley Lawyer Hit With 6-Month Suspension For Stalking
A former solicitor at Cooley LLP has been suspended from practicing after he was convicted by a criminal court of stalking a woman, a London tribunal said in a judgment published on Friday.
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March 14, 2025
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
The past week in London has seen J.P. Morgan face action by the founder of Viva Wallet in an ongoing feud over the company's takeover, retailer Next Group contest a claim by the home ware brand owned by private members' club Soho House, and the venue of the Wimbledon Championships sue a local group opposed to its plans to build new tennis courts on protected land in Wimbledon Park.
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March 14, 2025
Struck-Off Lawyer Can't Lift Ban After Misleading HMRC
A former consultant solicitor who misled HM Revenue and Customs to get a refund on stamp duty land tax has failed to have his professional ban lifted as a London court ruled on Friday that the sanction was fair and justified.
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March 14, 2025
Ex-Addleshaw Partner Fined For Corporate Client Overcharge
A former partner at Addleshaw Goddard LLP has been fined for making irregular transfers of billed client time worth more than £1 million ($1.3 million) that caused at least one client to be overcharged, a London tribunal said Friday.
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March 14, 2025
Travers Smith Opens One Door In Europe, Closes Another
Travers Smith LLP said Friday that it plans to set up shop in Brussels — but that it will close its one-lawyer Paris office later in 2025.
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March 13, 2025
Mishcon To Seek Pardon For UK's Last Hanged Woman
Mishcon de Reya LLP said Friday it will lead the legal case pursuing a pardon for Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in the U.K., 70 years after the firm's founder took on the case before her execution.
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March 13, 2025
Right To Switch Off May Not Provide Respite For Lawyers
While lawyers are split on whether a more formal right to switch off can ever be feasible in a traditionally workaholic profession, many already find that after-hours emails can often wait until the next business day for a response.
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March 13, 2025
Solicitor Fined Over Disclosure Failure With Insurer
The former owner of a defunct property law firm has been fined more than £4,000 ($5,177) for providing misleading information to an insurer when she was looking to renew her professional indemnity insurance, the Solicitors Regulation Authority has said.
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March 13, 2025
UN Judge Convicted Of Modern Slavery Offenses In UK
A United Nations judge was convicted of modern slavery Thursday after a British jury found that she had forced a woman to be her unpaid nanny.
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March 13, 2025
Ex-Timberland GC Takes Legal Reins At Perfect Moment
A former longtime lawyer at footwear and clothing company Timberland is set to remain in the apparel industry with her next role as the first general counsel at Perfect Moment Ltd., the luxury lifestyle brand announced Thursday.
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March 13, 2025
Lewis Silkin Adds Deloitte Legal TM Head As Partner
Lewis Silkin LLP has recruited the head of trademarks at Deloitte Legal as part of a three-person team move to boost its intellectual property offering to clients.
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March 13, 2025
More Law Firms Fined Over Breaches Of AML Rules
Two more law firms have been fined after they did not take steps to mitigate against the risk of money laundering, the solicitors' watchdog has said — as it continues to sanction outfits that fail to meet their compliance obligations.
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March 12, 2025
Small Law Firms Face Huge Hurdles In Era Of Big Pay
Lawyers at smaller law firms are significantly less happy than their peers at bigger players, and experts say that's no surprise given the burden of increasing regulatory demands and growing salary pressures from the top of the market.
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March 19, 2025
Constantine Law's New White Collar Partner Brings SFO Edge
The newest partner on Constantine Law Ltd.'s regulatory team, veteran white collar crime lawyer John Milner, is looking forward to helping the consultant-led firm expand its corporate crime capabilities.
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March 12, 2025
Simpson Thacher Fined £300K For AML Compliance Failures
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP was fined £300,000 ($389,0000) by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal on Wednesday for failing to implement measures to lower the risk of money laundering.
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March 12, 2025
AI Poised To Upend Law Firm Pricing, Training, Survey Says
In-house attorneys expect to see lawyers gaining additional skills and law firms changing their pricing models in the next decade as artificial intelligence technology transforms the sector, a survey published Wednesday by Simmons & Simmons LLP found.
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March 19, 2025
Ropes & Gray Opens Paris Office With Clifford Chance Trio
Ropes & Gray LLP said Wednesday it has debuted in Paris with three former Clifford Chance LLP partners, with the boss of the new office attesting that the Magic Circle firms don't offer clients the best route to the U.S. market.
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March 12, 2025
Law Society To Launch Practical Support For In-House Lawyers
The Law Society is set to launch practical help for in-house lawyers with whistleblowing and other ethical decisions, as part of the profession's ongoing efforts to address the challenges highlighted by the Post Office scandal.
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March 12, 2025
DWF Taps Ex-Kennedys Managing Partner As Adviser
DWF LLP said Wednesday that it has hired Kennedys' former global managing partner to help the law firm hit its growth ambitions, after it recently recorded a big jump in revenue after being acquired by a private equity firm.
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March 19, 2025
Pierson Ferdinand Hires Former Magistrate From Walkers
Pierson Ferdinand LLP has recruited Daniel Hayward-Hughes, a former magistrate and associate with Walkers, as a junior partner in its international disputes practice as the firm continues to grow its London office a year after its launch.
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March 11, 2025
The 2025 UK Lawyer Satisfaction Survey
British lawyers are generally happy with their jobs, although stress is endemic to the profession, and financial stress, in particular, is eating away at those working in smaller firms, according to a new Law360 UK Pulse survey.
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March 11, 2025
Are Lawyers In The UK Happy With Their Jobs?
Lawyers in the U.K. are mostly content with their jobs — but stress and financial worries risk undermining their work-life balance, a new survey from Law360 UK Pulse has revealed.
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March 11, 2025
Bar Standards Board Chair To Leave In Latest Regulator Exit
The chair of the Bar Standards Board is set to leave the agency, becoming the latest high-ranking official to leave one of the industry's regulators in recent weeks.
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March 11, 2025
Clyde & Co Hires RPC White Collar Quartet
Clyde & Co. LLP said Tuesday that it has recruited Sam Tate, the former head of white-collar crime at Reynolds Porter Chamberlain LLP, as its global head of regulatory and investigations, along with three other RPC hires.
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March 11, 2025
SRA Calls Apprenticeship Funding Cuts 'Regressive'
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has said that removing levy funding for solicitor apprenticeships would be "a regressive move" as the government plans to overhaul the system in England to introduce more, less costly training.