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March 14, 2024
Burford Capital Sees Revenues Leap In 'Extraordinary Year'
Burford Capital announced Thursday that revenues in its standalone business had almost quadrupled in 2023 to nearly $1 billion as it saw high volumes of cases reach a conclusion in the aftermath of the pandemic.
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March 14, 2024
Rosenblatt Faces Wasted Costs Bid In Nigeria Oil Spill Case
Rosenblatt faces costs proceedings brought by Shell after a London judge ruled Thursday that the firm did not have authority to act on behalf of the majority of claimants in a case over an 2011 oil spill off the coast of Nigeria.
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March 14, 2024
Aid Charity Fired Lockdown 'Shisha Cave' Whistleblower
A humanitarian charity made an employee redundant in retaliation for her blowing the whistle about colleagues smoking and potentially taking illegal drugs in its offices during a COVID-19 lockdown, a U.K. employment tribunal has ruled.
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March 14, 2024
The 2024 UK Lawyer Satisfaction Survey
Work-life balance has gotten worse for more than a third of the 279 lawyers surveyed, and less than half are able to manage all the daily tasks required of them more than some of the time. Respondents were more positive about salaries, billable hours, opportunities for advancement and return-to-work policies at their firms.
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March 21, 2024
McDermott Hires Cooley M&A Specialist Michal Berkner
McDermott Will & Emery LLP has appointed deals specialist and Cooley LLP lawyer Michal Berkner as a partner in its transactions division, in a move to help it grow its mergers and acquisitions practice.
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March 21, 2024
DWF Hires Clyde & Co. Pro David Wynn As New Partner
DWF LLP has bolstered its global insurance practice by hiring David Wynn as a new partner from Clyde & Co. LLP, where he headed the global legacy solutions practice for the past 10 years.
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March 13, 2024
Clyde & Co. Denies Negligence, Calls Ex-Client's Claim 'Loser'
Clyde & Co. LLP urged a London judge Wednesday to block a construction magnate's $88 million negligence suit against his former lawyers in a lost suit over a failed investment, arguing that the claim for which they acted for him was a "loser at all times."
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March 13, 2024
Stewarts Plans To Increase Office Space In London By 40%
Stewarts Law LLP is expanding the amount of space it occupies in its London office by more than 40% as it looks to build on the progress it has made in meeting its sustainability targets.
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March 20, 2024
4-5 Gray's Inn Square Hires Spanish Barrister
4-5 Gray's Inn Square has recruited a Spanish barrister-arbitrator with experience in sitting as a judge, positioning the chambers to attract Latin American clients as arbitration concerns in the European Union push investors to look for common-law forums.
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March 13, 2024
'Revolving Door' Of Duty Solicitors Must Stop, UK Gov't Says
The U.K. government is weighing up options to address the "revolving door" in criminal legal aid that has seen the number of duty solicitors plummet, a justice minister said Wednesday.
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March 13, 2024
SRA Bars 2 'Dishonest' Ex-Irwin Mitchell Employees
The solicitors' watchdog has barred an ex-paralegal and a former chartered legal executive at Irwin Mitchell LLP after they were found to have been dishonest, adding to the number of staff from the firm who have recently been sanctioned for misconduct.
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March 13, 2024
Dim View Of How Firms Handle Bias May Mask Wider Progress
Just 10% of lawyers think their firm handles episodes of discrimination and harassment well, according to a new Law360 report — but solicitors say that figure may not reflect the legal sector's progress on tackling these issues.
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March 20, 2024
King & Spalding Hires Paul Hastings Finance Pro
King & Spalding LLP has appointed Paul Hastings LLP finance expert Peter Schwartz as partner in its London office in a bid to boost its European corporate practice.
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March 13, 2024
Taylor Wessing's Legal App Teams Up With Fundraising Site
Taylor Wessing LLP said on Wednesday that its app designed to help startup companies manage their legal requirements has worked with an investment platform to offer growing businesses a "competitive" edge during fundraising.
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March 13, 2024
All Post Office Convictions To Be Quashed Through New Law
The government introduced landmark legislation on Wednesday that will exonerate hundreds of people wrongfully convicted as the result of the Post Office scandal.
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March 12, 2024
IPhone Users' £853M Battery Suit Gets OK On Funding Revamp
Apple must face an £853 million ($1 billion) class action claim alleging it concealed problems with iPhone batteries after Britain's antitrust tribunal said Tuesday that a revised litigation funding deal overcomes the hurdle recently thrown up by the country's highest court.
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March 12, 2024
UK Conveyance Co. TM Group Acquires Lawtech Software
TM Group, a U.K.-based real estate due diligence platform used by law firms, announced Tuesday that it has acquired technology provider Lawtech Software Group.
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March 12, 2024
Immigration Lawyer Caught In Sting Loses Strike-Off Appeal
An immigration lawyer lost his appeal on Tuesday to stay on the rolls, after he was caught by an undercover journalist recommending that a client gather false documents for a visa application, with a London court ruling that his appeal was "totally without merit."
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March 12, 2024
Welsh Law Firm Fined For Failings In Property Deal Fraud
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has slapped a Welsh law firm with a £19,383 ($24,773) fine for sending £110,000 to an unrelated third party during a fraudulent property sale.
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March 12, 2024
Equity Partners Fare Best, But It's A Grim Climb Up The Ranks
Even as equity partnerships become increasingly difficult to come by, the lawyers who do manage to snag them report being far happier at work even when hours are long, according to a new Law360 report.
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March 12, 2024
Charity Continues Annual Campaign To Teach Kids About Law
An education charity has relaunched an annual campaign to encourage teachers to introduce students to the world of law, and improve awareness of the judicial system in England and Wales.
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March 12, 2024
White & Case Posts Strong Global Revenue Despite UK Dip
White & Case LLP said Tuesday that robust activity in the financial restructuring and insolvency sectors pushed up its global revenue in 2023, although persistent uncertainty in the market led financial performance in London to dip slightly.
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March 11, 2024
New Arbitration Firm Has 'Hit Ground Running,' Founders Say
Three international arbitration specialists who worked at Dechert LLP in France before they left to launch a boutique firm said on Monday that the new business has "hit the ground running" since it opened in January.
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March 11, 2024
Woodsford Affiliate Prevails In Fee Feud With SF Firm
An affiliate of British litigation funder Woodsford has secured a $1.8 million arbital award and $1.2 million in interest from a San Francisco law firm following the 2019 settlement of a lawsuit against Google, a Delaware federal judge confirmed Monday.
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March 11, 2024
Lawyers Say 'Stale' $88M Negligence Suit Is Too Late
A Cayman Islands law firm and two barristers asked a London court on Monday to toss out a construction magnate's $88 million negligence suit against them and Clyde & Co. LLP, arguing he waited too long to bring his case.