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June 12, 2024
Rimon Hires 5 Partners, Expands Global Transactions Team
A team of five partners focusing on transactional, finance and corporate matters has joined Rimon PC across several countries to represent investors, asset managers, credit funds and other clients.
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June 12, 2024
SRA Files Legal Claim Against Post Office
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has filed a legal claim against the Post Office as part of its ongoing investigation into the Horizon IT wrongful prosecution scandal.
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June 12, 2024
Trustpilot Dodges Law Firm's Bad Review Libel Claim
Trustpilot on Wednesday won its attempt to block a debt recovery law firm's libel claim, convincing a London court that there was no prospect of proving that bad reviews on its website cost the firm a contract with Three Mobile.
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June 12, 2024
EY US And Docusign Partner On Contract Intelligence
Accounting giant EY and digital contract platform Docusign have formed a new partnership that will expand EY's contract intelligence offerings.
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June 19, 2024
King & Spalding Hires 5 Finance Pros From Cadwalader In UK
King & Spalding LLP has boosted its partnership ranks in London with the hire of five finance lawyers from rival U.S. law firm Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP.
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June 19, 2024
Top Indian Advocate Becomes 3VB Full-Time Tenant
An eminent advocate who once held the second-highest legal post in India became a full tenant at 3 Verulam Buildings, after he had spent more than a decade as an associate member.
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June 12, 2024
Judge Warned For 'Liking' Anti-Israel Post On Social Media
A judge has been issued with a formal warning after he said he inadvertently "liked" a post on social media that claimed that Israel would face repercussions over the ongoing war in Palestine, the judicial conduct watchdog has said.
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June 12, 2024
Sweden's Karnov Buys Danish Legal Info Biz For $46M
Swedish professional services provider Karnov Group AB said Wednesday it has agreed to acquire the Danish legal information unit of J.H. Schultz Information A/S for 478 million Swedish krona ($46 million) to help build its generative AI business.
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June 11, 2024
KC Tapped To Run Probe Of Bullying, Harassment At The Bar
The Bar Council on Wednesday named a leading human rights silk to spearhead its upcoming probe into "unacceptable" levels of bullying, harassment and discrimination at the bar.
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June 11, 2024
KC Advised Post Office To Remove Judge From Horizon Trial
A top barrister advised the Post Office to get a High Court judge to recuse himself from a trial dealing with wrongly prosecuted subpostmasters or else risk losing all litigation brought by the subpostmasters, the barrister recalled in an inquiry hearing Tuesday regarding the scandal.
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June 11, 2024
Tories Pledge To Tackle Court Backlog, Carry On Rwanda Plan
The Conservative Party announced a slew of justice plans on Tuesday to cut the criminal court backlog, support third-party litigation funding and abandon international human rights commitments, if necessary, to pursue its Rwanda migrants policy.
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June 11, 2024
Hogan Lovells Hikes London NQ Pay To £135K
Hogan Lovells said Tuesday it has upped its pay packet for newly qualified lawyers in London by 12.5% from £120,000 to £135,000 ($172,000), making it the latest firm to join an escalating pay war in the English capital.
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June 18, 2024
Fieldfisher Hires Linklaters RE Pro To Open Brussels Practice
Fieldfisher LLP has hired a real estate specialist from Linklaters LLP to launch a new practice in Belgium as it ramps up its services to clients in transactional matters and litigation.
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June 11, 2024
Travers Smith Recruits Funds Partner From Blackstone
Travers Smith LLP said Tuesday that it had hired a retailization specialist from Blackstone Inc.'s credit and insurance arm as a partner, fortifying its ability to advise fund managers on products previously only available to financial institutions.
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June 11, 2024
Shakespeare Martineau Adds Finance Pro From Blake Morgan
Shakespeare Martineau LLP has hired a finance and banking specialist as a partner at the firm's new offices on the south coast of England, where he will work with new and existing clients across a range of sectors.
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June 11, 2024
Freeths Doubles Office Space In Liverpool
Freeths LLP has doubled its office space in Liverpool after the law firm recently posted record revenues in the northwest English city amid a surge in demand for legal services.
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June 11, 2024
Sunak Pledges Further Tax Cuts In Election Manifesto
Rishi Sunak said on Tuesday that his Conservative Party would establish a tax system that "rewards work" by slashing a range of levies if it wins the general election, including another cut in the national payroll tax by 2027.
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June 10, 2024
Global Law Firm Experiments With 3 Generative AI Tools
London-headquartered international firm Ashurst LLP has been experimenting with three different generative artificial intelligence tools and found these tools can help with writing first drafts more quickly and efficiently, according to a report released Monday.
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June 10, 2024
Fladgate Hires Construction Pro From Memery Crystal
Fladgate LLP has recruited the former head of construction and engineering at Memery Crystal LLP as a partner in a move to boost its capabilities representing clients in major projects.
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June 10, 2024
England's Top Judge Urges KCs To Boost Junior Advocacy
The country's most senior judge has urged top barristers to give opportunities to junior counsel to practice their advocacy skills in court, as part of ongoing efforts to boost gender diversity in the bar.
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June 10, 2024
Starmer Could Crack Judicial Crisis, Former CPS Chiefs Say
Keir Starmer's lead in the polls as the general election in July approaches has sparked hopes among criminal justice advocates that the Labour leader — a former top prosecutor — will implement reforms as prime minister.
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June 10, 2024
Judge Urges Resilience Amid Erosion Of Trust In Int'l Courts
A leading British judge has urged the legal profession "to hang on in there" amid escalating global unrest that is eroding trust in international courts.
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June 10, 2024
Lawyer Struck Off After Mishandling Client Cash
Former lawyer Dominic Macknight has been struck off the roll of solicitors after admitting to moving money from his firm's client account into the law firm's office account, and therefore violating the rules of the profession, a tribunal ruled on Monday.
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June 10, 2024
Law Firms Urged To Step Up Support For Carer Employees
New research shows that two-thirds of carers who work in the legal sector have been juggling their caring responsibilities alongside their career, underscoring the need for law firms to offer better support for carers within the legal profession.
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June 17, 2024
Hogan Lovells Adds Insurance Pro From Slaughter And May
Hogan Lovells has bolstered its London corporate insurance practice by tapping a former senior counsel from Slaughter and May as a partner.