Pulse UK

  • August 28, 2024

    Construction KC Joins Newmans Row As Full-Time Arbitrator

    David Brynmor Thomas KC has joined Newmans Row, a specialist arbitration set, from 39 Essex Chambers in a move the barrister said on Wednesday anticipates the growing appetite in the market for an independent arbitrator's services.

  • August 28, 2024

    Paul Weiss Hires TDR Capital's GC For Private Equity Team

    Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP said Wednesday that it has recruited a partner from private equity firm TDR Capital as it continues its expansion in London.

  • August 21, 2024

    Tribunal Lifts 21-Year Practice Ban, Praises Lawyer's 'Tenacity'

    A tribunal praised a solicitor for her "tenacity" on Wednesday as it restored her to the profession 21 years after she was struck off for taking a loan from a client and paying clients' money into a personal account.

  • August 21, 2024

    Thomson Reuters Buys AI Biz Started By A&O Trainee

    Thomson Reuters said on Wednesday that it has acquired an artificial intelligence company which was founded by a trainee solicitor at Allen & Overy LLP more than two years ago.

  • August 20, 2024

    Sole Practitioner Accused Of Misleading Insurers Over AML

    A sole practitioner must face a disciplinary tribunal after the Solicitors Regulation Authority accused him of giving false information to prospective insurers about anti-money laundering training at his firm, the solicitors watchdog has said.

  • August 20, 2024

    IP Firm Marks & Clerk Promotes 6 New Partners

    Marks & Clerk said Tuesday that it has elevated six lawyers to partnership across its patent and trademark teams.

  • August 27, 2024

    Linklaters Taps White & Case For Finance Head In Sweden

    Linklaters LLP said Tuesday that it has recruited a leveraged finance expert from White & Case LLP to lead its banking practice in Sweden and to boost its support to clients including banks and private equity firms.

  • August 20, 2024

    Clifford Chance 'In Shock' Over Missing Partner

    Clifford Chance said Tuesday that it is "in shock and deeply saddened" that a partner is among six passengers missing from a yacht that was reportedly chartered to celebrate the legal victory of technology entrepreneur Mike Lynch.

  • August 20, 2024

    Ex-Bird & Bird Partner Banned For Pursuing Junior Colleague

    A former partner at Bird & Bird LLP has been banned from the legal profession for five years after he admitted behaving inappropriately toward a junior female colleague and abusing his position in an attempt to pursue a sexual relationship with her.

  • August 20, 2024

    Law Firm Employee Banned After Assaulting Staff

    A former case progression officer at a specialist road traffic defense law firm has been barred from the profession after he touched two work colleagues in a sexually inappropriate manner and was convicted of assault, the solicitors' watchdog has said.

  • August 19, 2024

    Mike Lynch, Clifford Chance Pro Among Missing After Yacht Sinks

    Former Autonomy CEO Michael Lynch and a Clifford Chance LLP partner who helped him beat federal fraud charges back in June are among those missing after their chartered luxury yacht sank during a storm off Sicily early Monday during a trip reportedly to celebrate Lynch's legal victory.

  • August 19, 2024

    Charles Russell Speechlys Raises NQ Pay In London To £88K

    Charles Russell Speechlys LLP has hiked salaries of newly qualified lawyers in its London office to £88,000 ($114,188) in a move to remain competitive in a market that has seen U.S. firms set the pace on pay rates.

  • August 19, 2024

    Bipolar Solicitor Loses Bias Claim Over Offer Withdrawal

    An employment tribunal has ruled that a law firm did not know about a candidate's bipolar disorder when it reneged on a job offer because he never brought it up during the hiring process.

  • August 19, 2024

    Ex-DAC Beachcroft Paralegal Banned For Lying In Job App

    The solicitors' watchdog said Monday that it has banned a former paralegal at DAC Beachcroft LLP after he failed to disclose that he was the subject of a county court judgment during the law firm's recruitment process.

  • August 19, 2024

    Ex-Premier League Pro Loses Challenge To £120K Legal Bill

    A former Premier League footballer has lost his fight to challenge a £120,000 ($156,000) legal bill following a multimillion-pound dispute with his brother as a London court on Monday rejected his case that his fee deal was not enforceable.

  • August 19, 2024

    Ex-Finance Co. Director Denies Forcing CEO's Share Transfer

    The former director of a lending business has denied forcing the chief executive of the company to transfer shares by concocting a false fraud allegation, and told a London court that his report to a regulator was justified.

  • August 19, 2024

    Simpson Thacher To Face Tribunal Over AML Failings

    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP has been referred to a London tribunal over allegations that it failed to implement measures to lower the risk of money laundering and terrorist financing, the Solicitors Regulation Authority said Monday.

  • August 19, 2024

    Howard Kennedy's Revenue Tops £74M In New Record

    Howard Kennedy LLP said on Monday that its dispute resolution and real estate practices contributed to a record revenue of more than £74 million ($96 million), although the figure fell slightly short of the firm's £80 million growth target.

  • August 16, 2024

    Freeths Faces £7.5M Claim For Negligent Planning Advice

    A Jersey-based property developer has accused Freeths LLP of torpedoing plans for its warehouse unit, alleging the law firm failed to advise the developer that starting the demolition meant agreeing to unfavorable noise restrictions, which caused a decline in the property's value.

  • August 16, 2024

    Chinese Law Firm Beats UK Boss For Rights To Firm's Logo

    U.K. trademark officials have ruled that a Chinese law firm is the rightful owner of its logo, tossing claims from the firm's U.K. head that the company had forced him to give up the rights to the trademark.

  • August 16, 2024

    Ex-Axiom Pros Can't Get Redress For Trade Union Breaches

    Axiom Ince does not have to pay two of its former lawyers for breaches of trade union laws amid the firm's collapse because their primary office did not have enough employees, a tribunal has ruled.

  • August 16, 2024

    UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

    This past week in London has seen Barry Manilow sued by music rights company Hipgnosis, a struck-off immigration lawyer take on the Solicitor's Disciplinary Tribunal and the former CEO of a collapsed bridging loan firm start proceedings against the FCA. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

  • August 16, 2024

    Osborne Clarke Raises NQ Pay In London To £94K

    Osborne Clarke LLP said Friday that it has bumped up salaries of newly qualified lawyers in its London office to £94,000 ($121,334), after it recently reported that its international revenues had jumped by almost 20%.

  • August 23, 2024

    Orrick Gains Ex-BCLP Antitrust Pro As Partner In UK

    Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP has hired a partner to its London antitrust unit from Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP as it looks to build out a "world-class" team in the City.

  • August 16, 2024

    Redundancy Of Paralegal Over Part-Time Status Was Biased

    A regional law firm discriminated against a paralegal who could not work full-time because of her disability by making her redundant for being a part-time employee, a tribunal has found.

Expert Analysis

  • Increasing Investment Scams Can Implicate Lawyers, Too

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    With the pandemic serving as a catalyst for increased financial fraud, it's important to recognize that these scams are not only devastating for victims, they also pose a significant threat to law firms and individual solicitors who fail to do their due diligence, say James Darbyshire at the Financial Services Compensation Scheme and Heather Clark at Burness Paull.

  • UK Lawyers Can Adapt Due Diligence To Screen New Clients

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    As COVID-19-related fraud gains pace, U.K.-based practitioners should help combat money laundering by using alternative methods to verify that new clients are who they say they are, says Christopher Convey, a barrister at 33 Chancery Lane and chair of the Bar Council's Money Laundering Working Group.

  • Key Risks And Developments For UK Law Firm Culture In 2020

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    In 2020, law firms throughout the U.K. will be increasingly reshaped by rapid changes in societal expectations and advances in technology, say Helen Rowlands and Niya Phiri of Clyde & Co.

  • #MeToo Pressure On UK Businesses Is Set To Rise

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    Recent declarations by the Financial Conduct Authority and Prudential Regulation Authority indicate that sexual harassment in the U.K.'s financial services industry may lead to consequences under the newly expanded Senior Managers and Certification Regime, and other sectors are facing growing scrutiny as well, say attorneys at Covington.

  • Corporate Wrongdoing Risks Go Beyond Exec Departures

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    Recent controversy over misconduct allegations that led to the ousting of a KPMG executive reminds firms that the challenges caused by suspecting or uncovering internal wrongdoing are not so easily solved by the implicated executive's exit, says Sarah Chilton of CM Murray.

  • 2 Perspectives On Navigating The Litigation Funding Process

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    Paul Martenstyn of Vannin Capital and Daniel Spendlove of Signature Litigation share their top tips on how to get a case funded, drawing from their respective experience as a funder and a lawyer.

  • Answers To Key Legal Finance Ethics Questions

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    While there is discussion in some quarters about new regulations on commercial legal finance, the hands-off approach taken by the majority of courts and legislatures is an implicit recognition that it is already sufficiently regulated, says Danielle Cutrona of Burford Capital.

  • New Scrutiny For NDAs In Sexual Harassment Matters

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    Recent government scrutiny of nondisclosure agreements related to allegations of sexual harassment and misconduct against Steve Wynn and Harvey Weinstein raises the question of whether some uses of NDAs could amount to obstruction of justice or a violation of lawyers' ethical obligations, say attorneys at Cleary.

  • Opinion

    SRA Should Not Condemn Lawful Tax Avoidance

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    In suggesting that solicitors who facilitate tax avoidance breach its code of conduct, the Solicitors Regulation Authority fails to distinguish between legal tax avoidance and illegal tax evasion, says attorney Martin Kenney.

  • Proposed Arbitration Law May Be A Misstep For India

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    A proposed Indian law, which could have the effect of excluding non-Indians from acting as arbitrators, is threatening to undermine the country's ambition to become an important seat of international arbitration, says Sarosh Zaiwalla of Zaiwalla & Co.

  • British Overseas Territories Can Benefit From Transparency

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    British overseas territories have pushed back against a recent U.K. measure requiring them to create publicly accessible registers of companies' beneficial owners. However, considering global trends toward transparency, perhaps the territories should embrace the new rules as a force of good, says Simon Airey of Paul Hastings LLP.

  • Legal Technology Is Likely To Flourish In The UK

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    The U.K. may soon surpass the U.S. in legal technology, thanks to regulatory reform, law firm investment and an entrepreneurial environment, says Bridget Deiters of InCloudCounsel.

  • Law & Reorder: The Emergence Of The UK Legaltech Sector

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    Recent market dynamics are driving the U.K. legal industry to adopt nascent technologies in new service offerings as well as pre-existing solutions. The rise of legaltech should also lead to an increase in acquisitions by law firms striving to maintain relevance, says Jo Charles of Livingstone Partners LLP.

  • Why English Courts Are Prepared To Assist Cyber Victims

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    This year, a number of cases have illustrated how English courts are dealing with legal hurdles for cybercrime victims and making it easier to obtain a freezing order or injunction under such circumstances, says Fiona Cain of Haynes and Boone LLP.

  • Extradition To The United States: Fight Or Flight?

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    Recent extradition cases have demonstrated that individuals in the United Kingdom facing charges in the United States can either fight extradition proceedings tooth and nail, or voluntarily travel to the U.S. An approach carefully tailored to the facts of each case is required in order to best protect a requested person's interests, says Ben Isaacs of 7 Bedford Row.

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