The legal sector can look back at 2024 as one of its busiest ever, one transatlantic merger completed, salaries for newly qualified lawyers hitting record highs, and the first enforcement action against the solicitors' watchdog over the Axiom Ince debacle.
The legal sector can look back at 2024 as one of its busiest ever, one transatlantic merger completed, salaries for newly qualified lawyers hitting record highs, and the first enforcement action against the solicitors' watchdog over the Axiom Ince debacle.
A partner with Osborne Clarke LLP who represented Nadhim Zahawi "believed he was acting properly" when he sent an allegedly threatening email to a blogger scrutinizing the former Conservative chancellor's tax affairs, his counsel told a tribunal on Thursday.
Europe's high court said in a landmark decision Thursday that member states can prohibit "purely financial investors" from holding stakes in law firms without violating the bloc's free market laws.
The legal industry has seen ongoing leadership changes in 2024, with law firms increasingly turning to business-savvy leaders to oversee operations and better compete in a challenging market.
Gateley PLC has denied deliberately concealing the fact that its client, a former chief executive officer for a meat supplier, would be excluded from reacquiring his company, and said the ex-CEO knew he'd have no stake in the purchase.
