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April 12, 2024
BSB Urged To Hire Senior Exec To Oversee Enforcement
The Bar Standards Board should improve the way it deals with cases of alleged misconduct by barristers by creating a new senior executive role and giving staff better support, an independent review found Friday.
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April 19, 2024
Lewis Silkin Brings Back Disputes Pro From Hausfeld
Lewis Silkin LLP has rehired a technology and insolvency expert from Hausfeld LLP in a bid to boost its commercial disputes practice.
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April 12, 2024
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
This past week in London has seen footwear brand Dr. Martens hit online retailer Temu with a passing off claim, Welsh soccer club Swansea sue its former head coach Russell Martin, Russian diamond tycoon Dmitry Tsvetkov file a claim against his former business Equix Group Ltd., and U.S. bank Omega Financial Corporation hit African oil and gas company Tende Energy with a claim. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.
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April 12, 2024
6 Questions For Steve Howe, Reddie & Grose's New Chairman
Steve Howe, Reddie & Grose LLP's new chairman, told Law360 that a growing number of clients are turning to the firm for advice on inventions that involve the use of artificial intelligence technology. Here, Howe talks about IP with Law360.
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April 12, 2024
Firms Urged To Be Patient With Trainees Over New SQE Exam
The solicitors qualifying exam introduced in 2021 has led some law firms to withdraw offers to trainees, but experts advise firms to curb knee-jerk reactions and embrace a long-term vision to navigate the changes to a new system.
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April 12, 2024
LSB Widens Probe Into Solicitors Regulation Authority
The Legal Services Board said Friday that it will scrutinize how the solicitors' watchdog handled the downfall of SSB Group Ltd., as it broadened its ongoing investigation into the authority.
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April 12, 2024
Kingsley Napley Launches 'Enhanced' Carers' Leave
Kingsley Napley LLP said Friday that it will provide a week's paid leave for employees to care for children, elderly parents or disabled relatives, a move that exceeds its statutory obligations and sets a precedent for other firms in the industry.
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April 12, 2024
Top Law Firm Debts Exceed £5B As Clients Delay Paying Bills
Leading law firms in the U.K. have seen their debts exceed £5 billion ($6.2 billion) over the past year as they tackle financial shortfalls arising from moving offices and dealing with clients that delay payment of bills, an accounting firm said Friday.
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April 12, 2024
Clyde & Co. Must Face Ex-Client's Pared-Back Negligence Suit
Clyde & Co. LLP must face part of a construction magnate's negligence claim over a failed legal case concerning a soured investment, after a London judge tossed part of the case on Friday but ruled that one aspect of it had a real prospect of success.
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April 11, 2024
Ex-Sidley Partner Says CPS Did Not Disclose Prosecution Info
A former Sidley Austin LLP partner, a former senior KPMG LLP official and a banking adviser have hit back at the Crown Prosecution Service in the men's £66 million ($82.8 million) claim over a failed tax fraud prosecution, arguing that their prosecutor hid important information from them.
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April 11, 2024
Law Firm Denies Thwarting Driver's Injury Claim
JMW Solicitors has pushed back at accusations by an injured delivery driver that it filed his compensation claim against the wrong defendant to avoid a conflict of interest with a valuable client.
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April 25, 2024
Mishcon Hires IP Pro Angela Fox From Maucher Jenkins
Mishcon de Reya LLP said Thursday that it has recruited the former head of dispute resolution at Maucher Jenkins to its intellectual property team, boosting its strengths in a full spectrum of trademark, copyright and design matters.
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April 11, 2024
Ex-Post Office Boss Denies 'Cover Up' Of IT Bugs
A former Post Office boss has denied trying to "cover up" the fact that senior members of the organization knew the IT system used to prosecute hundreds of innocent sub-postmasters was faulty, as he gave evidence to an inquiry Thursday.
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April 11, 2024
Solicitor Struck Off For Misleading Client Over PI Claim
A former Slater and Gordon personal injury lawyer who admitted that he misled a client about the status of her claim for more than 15 years was struck off by a tribunal on Thursday.
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April 11, 2024
Sidley's UK Revenue Grows By 12% Despite Economy Woes
Sidley Austin LLP performed strongly 2023 in London even as the U.K. economy stuttered throughout the year, the firm said on Thursday, with revenue growing by more than 12%.
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April 10, 2024
Fieldfisher Launches Milan Office With Five Partners
Fieldfisher LLP announced on Wednesday that it has opened an office in Milan with five partners as it charts a new course for its business in Italy after it ended its association with a local law firm late last year.
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April 10, 2024
Former Judge Says Post Office Prosecutions Made No Sense
A former senior judge who oversaw a mediation scheme between the Post Office and people it wrongly prosecuted based on faulty IT data said the organization's case "didn't make sense," as he gave evidence to the inquiry into the scandal on Wednesday.
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April 10, 2024
Gowling Bolsters UK Biz With 4 New Partners
Gowling WLG has promoted four of its lawyers to partner across each of its four practice groups, continuing the firm's global hiring spree.
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April 10, 2024
Ex-BigLaw Atty In OneCoin Scam A Flight Risk, Feds Say
A former Locke Lord LLP partner who was convicted of laundering proceeds from the OneCoin cryptocurrency scam has "every incentive" to flee the country, prosecutors told a New York federal judge, arguing he shouldn't be allowed to stay out on bail while his appeal is pending.
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April 10, 2024
SocGen GC Departs For Finance Giant TP ICAP
Financial services firm TP ICAP said Wednesday that it has hired a top lawyer from Societe Generale in London to serve as its general counsel for Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
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April 17, 2024
McDermott Adds PE Pro From Sidley
McDermott Will & Emery LLP has hired a private equity specialist from Sidley Austin LLP as a partner as the firm continues to grow its transactions practice in London.
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April 10, 2024
DWF Expands Global Risks Offering With 2 New Partners
DWF LLP has expanded its global risks offering by hiring energy and marine insurance experts Gary Walkling and Franco D'Andrea as partners.
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April 10, 2024
Mishcon Apprentice Showed 'Egregious Disregard' To Tribunal
An employment judge has dismissed a disability discrimination claim brought against Mishcon de Reya LLP by a former solicitor-apprentice at the firm after she missed the tribunal hearing to go on a trip abroad for her birthday.
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April 10, 2024
Macfarlanes Withdraws Offers For Unsuccessful Trainees
Macfarlanes LLP said Wednesday that it has decided to rescind contract offers for students who didn't pass the solicitors qualifying exam on their first attempt, as the new American-style assessment continues to wreak havoc in the sector.
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April 10, 2024
Legal Tech Biz Launches AI-Powered Deals Database
Legal technology company Litera said Wednesday it has launched a new artificial intelligence-powered tool that creates a unified source of information for law firms wanting to access key details from corporate deals they have worked on.