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February 07, 2025
The Revolving Door: Clifford Chance, Travers Make Key Moves
Over the past week, Travers Smith LLP appointed a seasoned partner to head transactions, a newly created role for the firm, Clifford Chance LLP rehired a private capital lawyer from Blackstone following a flurry of appointments to the team and Addleshaw Goddard LLP snapped up an insolvency expert from Burness Paull.
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February 07, 2025
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
This past week in London has seen Investec Bank PLC sue two diamond tycoons, London florist Nikki Tibbles file a claim against an "imitator company," a direct descendant of the Cartier family launch a claim, and a Coronation Street actor hit footballer Joe Bunney with a defamation claim. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.
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February 07, 2025
A&O Shearman Retains 84% Of London Trainees For Spring
A&O Shearman said Friday that more than 80% of its latest group of trainees in London will continue their careers at the firm as newly qualified lawyers in the spring as it boosts its pipeline of junior talent.
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February 06, 2025
Mental Health Calls From Lawyers Hit New High In 2024
A mental well-being nonprofit for the U.K. legal industry said Thursday that the number of people reaching out for support hit record levels in 2024 amid pressures that include long working hours and heavy workloads.
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February 06, 2025
Two-Thirds Of Legal Pros Harassed On LinkedIn, Survey Finds
New research has shown that 65% of professionals in the legal sector have faced harassment and trolling on LinkedIn, with almost half reporting that the harassment was of a sexual nature, experts warned Thursday.
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February 06, 2025
Claims Firm Files For Administration
A Manchester-based claims firm has filed for administration after becoming unable to pay its debts, the latest claims specialist to struggle to stay afloat.
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February 06, 2025
Ex-Bank Exec Fired For Hotel Spend Can't Sue CEO, GC
A Manchester bank's former chief commercial officer can't revive her claims against the chief executive officer and two other senior officials after already agreeing to withdraw them, an employment tribunal has ruled.
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February 06, 2025
HSF To Keep 88% Of London Trainees, Linklaters 75% Overall
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP said Thursday that it will retain nearly 90% of its trainees in its London office when they qualify as lawyers in the spring after Linklaters LLP confirmed a firmwide figure of 75%.
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February 06, 2025
Hill Dickinson Sets Ball Rolling On New Manchester Office
Hill Dickinson LLP has put the wheels in motion for its move to an upgraded office in Manchester, kicking off work on its new premises with a summer finish in mind.
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February 06, 2025
Solicitor Fined £15K Over Law Firm's AML Failings
A consultant has been fined more than £15,000 ($18,700) for allowing a law firm's client account to be used as a banking facility and not taking steps to shield the business from the risk of being exposed to money laundering, the Solicitors Regulation Authority has said.
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February 06, 2025
Mastercard Deal Battle Goes Through The Looking Glass
The landmark class action brought by Walter Merricks against Mastercard has entered "Alice in Wonderland" territory, as the credit card giant is now backing the class representative who sued it in his dispute with his litigation funder over the terms of the controversial settlement, analysts say.
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February 06, 2025
Slaughter And May Appoints New Managing Partner
Magic Circle firm Slaughter and May said Thursday that it has elected a top corporate lawyer as its managing partner, taking over from a leading litigator in the role.
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February 06, 2025
Litera Buys Microsoft Ind. Software Vendor Peppermint
With a focus on helping law firms get more out of their Microsoft applications, legal technology giant Litera acquired Peppermint Technology, a Microsoft independent software vendor, on Thursday.
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February 06, 2025
White & Case's PEP Earnings Hit Record $4M In 2024
White & Case posted the strongest profits per equity partner in its history on Thursday, with top partners each taking home $4 million in 2024 and revenue in London growing twice as fast as the global business.
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February 05, 2025
UK Gov't Data Shows Rise In Legal Sector Data Breaches
Data breaches in the U.K. legal sector have increased by more than a third, impacting 7.9 million individuals in the 12 months that ended July 1, 2024, according to an analysis released Wednesday of U.K. Information Commissioner's Office data by document and email management company NetDocuments.
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February 12, 2025
Fieldfisher Hires Corporate Pro From Withers
Fieldfisher LLP has recruited a corporate lawyer from Withers LLP to enhance its capabilities in handling complex transactions for clients in the U.K. and internationally.
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February 05, 2025
Large Orgs Facing 20 Employment Tribunal Claims Per Year
Large businesses are seeing around 20 Employment Tribunal claims per year with unfair dismissal and disability discrimination cases at the forefront, a law firm's new study has suggested.
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February 05, 2025
Guardian Beats Actor's Claim Reporters Faked Libel Evidence
Actor Noel Clarke has lost his bid to strike out The Guardian newspaper's public interest defense against his libel claim over articles about sexual misconduct allegations against him, as a London court ruled on Wednesday that his lawyers had wrongly accused journalists of fabricating evidence.
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February 05, 2025
Law Society Launches Scholarship Program For 2025
The Law Society said Wednesday that it is now accepting applications for a long-running scholarship program that it runs each year to help aspiring solicitors from lower socioeconomic backgrounds overcome barriers to entering the profession.
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February 05, 2025
Mishcon Consults On Redundancies Among Business Staff
Mishcon de Reya said Wednesday that it has begun a redundancy consultation among its business staff as the firm plans to outsource part of its operations to a new center in India.
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February 05, 2025
HSF Posts $6.3M US Loss As Kramer Levin Merger Looms
The U.S. operations of Herbert Smith Freehills made a loss of more than $6 million in the last financial year, accounts have revealed, as the firm's partners are set to cast their vote on a transatlantic merger with Kramer Levin this month.
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February 04, 2025
TLT To Take On 29 Lawyers From Broadfield In 2025
TLT LLP on Tuesday said it will add 29 lawyers from Broadfield UK this year to bolster its future energy, infrastructure and planning strengths, creating what it called one of the largest practices of its kind in Britain.
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February 04, 2025
Black Candidates Underperform On Bar Training Course
The Bar Standards Board has said that Black students continue to underperform in Bar exams compared to other groups, while the profession still favors Oxbridge graduates.
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February 04, 2025
5 More Law Firms Fined For Noncompliance With AML Rules
The solicitors' watchdog has fined five more law firms for failing to have in place measures that fully complied with anti-money laundering laws, with one being handed a £25,000 ($31,000) penalty.
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February 04, 2025
Lawfront Firms Continue Expansion With UK Purchase
Nelsons LLP said on Tuesday that it has acquired a law firm in the West Midlands, the third acquisition for the English regional firm since it joined Lawfront, a private equity-backed legal consolidator.