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December 11, 2024
Forsters Settles Developer's £3M Negligent-Advice Claim
Forsters LLP has ended legal action from a property developer client who alleged that the law firm owed the company £3 million ($3.6 million) in compensation after the developer mistakenly terminated a building contract based on the firm's advice.
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December 11, 2024
HSF Launches Work Placement Scheme For Former Staff
The global law firm Herbert Smith Freehills LLP said on Wednesday it has launched a new "alumni talent network" to enable former employees to take on work placements for clients that require support on short- and long-term projects.
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December 11, 2024
Barrister's 'Boy's Club' Post Misrepresented Judge, BSB Says
The barristers' regulator argued at a tribunal Wednesday that charges it had brought against a well-known barrister over her social media posts which said a judge's decision in a domestic abuse case had "echoes of [the] boys club" misrepresented the judge.
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December 11, 2024
Mishcon De Reya Fights Ex-Director's Forced Quitting Claim
Mishcon de Reya LLP pushed back Wednesday as a former cyber sales director in London argued to an employment tribunal that he was forced to quit after being unfairly subjected to performance improvement measures.
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December 18, 2024
K&L Gates Hires Restructuring Pro From Katten In London
K&L Gates LLP has hired a restructuring specialist from Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP to boost its legal services to clients ranging from corporate trustees to private credit funds and financial institutions.
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December 10, 2024
Bar Council Slams Delay In Sidhu Harassment Case
The Bar Council urged the regulator for English barristers Tuesday to handle serious complaints more efficiently after sexual misconduct proceedings against the former head of the Criminal Bar Association took two years to reach a conclusion.
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December 10, 2024
11 EY Law Energy Finance Lawyers Join Hunton
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP said Tuesday that it has hired 11 energy and project finance lawyers from EY Law as the U.S. law firm continues to expand its operations in London.
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December 10, 2024
Law Firm Settles Dispute Over Driver's Injury Claim
JMW Solicitors has settled a claim brought by an injured delivery driver who accused the firm of refusing to file his compensation claim against the right defendant because the company was an existing client.
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December 10, 2024
Barrister's 'Boys Club' Tweet Case Hits Disciplinary Snag
Disciplinary proceedings against a well-known barrister and legal academic hit a snag Tuesday after a tribunal panel retired to decide whether social media posts she had made saying a judge's decision had "echoes of [the] boys club" would even amount to misconduct.
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December 10, 2024
Travers Smith's Managing Partner Elected To Serve 2nd Term
Travers Smith LLP said Tuesday that managing partner Edmund Reed has been elected to serve an extended second term in office as it looks to ensure the success of its business, despite continuing to see key partners exit in 2024.
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December 10, 2024
Human Rights Lawyer Spared Prison For Legal Aid Fraud
Former human rights lawyer Philip Shiner was spared prison on Tuesday for making a fraudulent application for legal aid on behalf of Iraqi detainees bringing claims against British soldiers who served in Iraq.
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December 16, 2024
Hausfeld Hires Freshfields Competition Pro In London
Hausfeld LLP said Tuesday that it has hired an antitrust litigation expert from Freshfields as a partner in London as the firm looks to handle a growing workload of competition law redress claims.
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December 09, 2024
Top 100 Firms Propel UK Legal Sector Revenues To £47B
The U.K.'s legal services sector generated more than £47 billion ($60 billion) in revenues in 2023, largely fueled by growth in income from the top 100 law firms, a report from a financial services industry body revealed Tuesday.
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December 09, 2024
Lawyer Fined For Nondisclosures About Mafia-Linked Project
A partner at an Italian firm was fined £50,000 ($64,000) and reprimanded by a London legal disciplinary tribunal Monday after he admitted failing to declare previous findings made against him in Italy and the U.K. related to failed investments in a 'Ndrangheta mafia-linked real estate project.
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December 09, 2024
DLA Piper Moves To New Office In Leeds
DLA Piper announced Monday that it has moved its staff in Leeds to a new base, after it recently appointed a new office managing partner in the Yorkshire city.
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December 09, 2024
Paul Weiss Nearly Triples Partnership Class With 34 Boosts
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP has promoted 34 attorneys to partner effective Jan. 1, nearly triple the number of its 2024 class.
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December 09, 2024
Jo Sidhu Committed Sexual Misconduct, Tribunal Finds
The former head of the Criminal Bar Association, Jo Sidhu KC, was found on Monday to have committed sexual misconduct against a young female aspiring lawyer while being cleared of charges over exchanging "disgusting" sexual messages with another.
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December 06, 2024
Disbarred Solicitor Can't Sue Over Inn's Rejection, BSB Says
A disbarred solicitor cannot sue over his failed applications to join a barristers' inn because he already appealed the same claim to the High Court, the Bar Standards Board argued to an employment tribunal Friday in a bid to get his disability discrimination case dismissed.
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December 06, 2024
Civil Service Regulator To Face Whistleblower's Case
An employment judge has reinstated an employee's whistleblowing complaints against the Civil Service Commission, after conceding that he hadn't fully considered some of the evidence at first glance.
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December 06, 2024
Dechert More Than Doubles Its Partner Class
Dechert LLP announced Thursday that it has more than doubled its partner class from last year's, elevating 13 attorneys from seven global practices and six U.S. and European offices.
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December 06, 2024
Gateley Sued Over 'Unviable' Housing Development Advice
In a negligence claim against Gateley PLC, a housing developer alleges a law firm later acquired by Gateley gave advice during the purchase of two development sites in Surrey that ultimately stopped the sites from becoming profitable.
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December 06, 2024
Watchdog Approves New Barrister Apprenticeship Standard
The Bar Standards Board has approved a new framework for barrister apprenticeships as it looks to widen access to the profession to aspiring advocates from less advantaged backgrounds.
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December 06, 2024
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
This past week in London has seen Burberry file a copyright claim against discount store B&M, the former owner of Charlton Athletic file a debt claim against the football club, and British Airways and the U.K. government face a class action brought by flight passengers taken hostage at the start of the First Gulf War. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.
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December 06, 2024
BonelliErede Adds 2 Private Equity Partners From Chiomenti
BonelliErede has hired two experienced private-equity specialists as partners, as the Italian law firm looks to capture a greater slice of the growing market both domestically and abroad.
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December 06, 2024
SRA Seeks To Be Joined As Creditor After Axiom Collapse
The English solicitors' watchdog asked a London court on Friday to allow it to be added to the list of creditors to Axiom Ince Ltd., the law firm that collapsed after its managing partner allegedly misappropriated £65 million ($83 million) of client money.