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  William Fry Hires 4 Eversheds Partners After Aborting Merger

  By Jamie Lennox

  Dublin-based William Fry LLP said Tuesday that it has recruited the corporate lead at Eversheds Sutherland's Iri...(read more)

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  Lewis Silkin Opens In Scotland With Employment Law Team

  By Ashish Sareen

  Lewis Silkin said Tuesday that it has expanded its business into Scotland with the hire of a team of three emplo...(read more)

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• Employment Lawyer Barred For Misleading Clients, Tribunal

  By Ashish Sareen

  A London tribunal has barred a lawyer from practicing after she admitted to the Solicitors Regulation Authority that she had provided misleading information to an employment tribunal and three clients when she said she had been overworked.

• Solicitor Ignored Red Flags In Property Deals, Tribunal Told

  By Lucia Osborne-Crowley

  The Solicitors Regulation Authority told a disciplinary tribunal Monday that a lawyer who displayed "manifest incompetence" when he failed to prevent a number of fraudulent or potentially fraudulent property deals should face disciplinary consequences.

• Taylor Wessing Hires Patent Team From Simmons In Holland

  By Ashish Sareen

  Taylor Wessing has hired a team of five patent litigators from Simmons & Simmons in the Netherlands, the latest move by the law firm in Europe to boost its services in cases involving the Unified Patent Court.

• Solicitors' Firm Blames Dishonest Lawyers For Missing Funds

  By Sophia Dourou

  A law firm has denied misusing the funds of a dead individual's estate, arguing that alleged sham property purchases were carried out without its knowledge by a disbarred barrister and a former director of the outfit.

• BSB Agrees To Targets After Failing Performance Assessment

  By Ashish Sareen

  The Bar Standards Board has committed to ensuring it is on track to implement reforms and improve its regulatory performance after the legal industry's oversight watchdog reported that it had failed to meet the required standards in its annual assessment.

• UK Gov't Unveils AI Strategy To Cut Court Backlogs

  By Jamie Lennox

  The Ministry of Justice has laid out its plans to use artificial intelligence to address court backlogs and other longstanding issues facing the justice system.

• Barrister Fails To Overturn Disbarment For Sexual Misconduct

  By Lucia Osborne-Crowley

  A former barrister has lost his bid to challenge his disbarment for sexual misconduct, with a court ruling that a tribunal was entitled to find that a lighter sentence would be inappropriate given his repeated offenses and lack of insight.

• Ex-GSK Lawyer Drops Probe Case After Losing Bid For Docs

  By Adele Redmond

  A former lawyer for GSK has abandoned his claim that he was forced to quit by an unfair investigation into his alleged misconduct at a work event after an employment tribunal dismissed his bid to force greater disclosure from the pharmaceutical giant.

• Mayer Brown Hikes New Lawyers' Pay By 11% To £150K

  By Ashish Sareen

  Mayer Brown LLP said Thursday that it is now paying newly qualified lawyers at its London office £150,000 ($198,000), putting it on a par with law firms in the Magic Circle.

• Spencer West Partner Rebuked After Drink-Driving Conviction

  By Ashish Sareen

  A lawyer at Spencer West LLP has been reprimanded after he was convicted for driving a motor vehicle while he had an excess amount of alcohol in his system, the Solicitors Regulation Authority said Wednesday.

• Slater And Gordon Swings To Profit Despite Revenue Drop

  By Ashish Sareen

  Slater and Gordon Ltd. has swung back to recording a pretax profit even though revenue declined as it manages costs and repositions to focus on higher-value and more complex legal services.

• Oft-Penalized Deutsche Bank Finds New GC From Freshfields

  By Sue Reisinger

  Deutsche Bank AG on Tuesday said a senior partner at Freshfields LLP who specializes in corporate criminal defense will become its new general counsel on Sept. 15.