Pulse UK

  • September 03, 2024

    Norton Rose Hires Insurance Pro From Eversheds Sutherland

    Norton Rose Fulbright said Tuesday that it has hired an insurance specialist as a partner from Eversheds Sutherland to boost its strengths representing companies in the sector on corporate and regulatory matters.

  • September 03, 2024

    Linklaters Hires German Restructuring Pro From White & Case

    Linklaters LLP has recruited a restructuring and insolvency expert from White & Case LLP in Germany amid an increase in work that has been fueled by market volatility over the past 18 months.

  • September 03, 2024

    Lawyer Accused Of Misleading Over Costs Fights To Ax Case

    A solicitor accused of misleading a client over his costs asked a tribunal on Tuesday to strike out the case against him, claiming that the Solicitors Regulation Authority had waited too long to bring the case.

  • September 03, 2024

    'Price Of Innovation': Young Legal Tech Startups Lack Security

    Many early-stage legal tech startups don't initially meet law firms' security requirements, and instead are focused on product development and marketing, according to legal industry experts.

  • September 02, 2024

    SRA Rebukes Solicitor For Trading Without Insurance

    The Solicitors Regulation Authority said Monday that it has rebuked a lawyer for operating without professional indemnity insurance and had failed to close his firm before the expiration of run-off cover.

  • September 02, 2024

    SFO Can't Challenge Liability For ENRC Probe

    An English appellate court refused on Monday to allow the Serious Fraud Office to challenge findings that its former officials encouraged a former Dechert LLP partner to divulge confidential details about an internal investigation into a mining company.

  • September 09, 2024

    A&O Shearman Hires PE Pros From Sidley Austin In London

    A&O Shearman LLP said Monday it has secured a double-hire from Sidley Austin LLP in London as the firm expands its global private equity practice.

  • September 02, 2024

    DLA Piper Hires Pinsent Pair To Run Alternative German Unit

    DLA Piper said Monday that it has hired two partners from Pinsent Masons LLP in Germany to run a new legal delivery center it has created to provide alternative legal services to clients on its projects.

  • September 02, 2024

    Burges Salmon's Profits Leap 46% In Record Year

    Burges Salmon LLP said Monday that it has notched up a record-breaking performance as it made more than £160 million ($210 million) in turnover and net profits soared by 46%, driven by large revenue jumps in sectors such as energy and utilities.

  • September 02, 2024

    'Vigilante' Lawyer Sent Threatening COVID Letters, SRA Says

    A "vigilante" solicitor sent hundreds of threats of legal action to schools in an attempt to stop them implementing measures against the COVID-19 pandemic, the Solicitors Regulation Authority said on Monday.

  • September 02, 2024

    IP Firm Can't Quash Negligence Case Over Settlement Advice

    An intellectual property law firm cannot escape a negligence case brought on behalf of a former client, even though the claim is invalid in its current form, a London court has ruled.

  • September 02, 2024

    Akin Hikes Trainee Lawyer Salaries In London

    Akin has confirmed that it has raised salaries for trainee solicitors in London, keeping up the pressure on its rivals as U.S. law firms continue to take the lead on compensation for aspiring lawyers.

  • August 30, 2024

    Danish Gov't Pledges No Ponzi Analogies At $2.1B Tax Trial

    The Danish tax authority won't compare pension funds, investors and attorneys it has accused of defrauding Denmark in a $2.1 billion tax refund scheme to a Ponzi scheme or infamous perpetrator Bernie Madoff, it said Friday in New York federal court.

  • August 30, 2024

    Magistrate Reprimanded Over Confidentiality Breach

    A magistrate has been reprimanded after he breached confidentiality by forwarding a witness statement from a case he was hearing to his bench chair, the Judicial Conduct Investigations Office said Friday.

  • August 30, 2024

    UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

    This past week in London has seen television property developer Kambiz Babaee hit with a fraud claim, a Bitcoin podcaster reignite a dispute with Australian computer scientist Craig Wright and football club owner Massimo Cellino's company file a claim against ClearBank. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

  • August 30, 2024

    Ex-Lawyer Denies Conducting Litigation Without Authorization

    A former lawyer appeared in court Friday to deny conducting litigation in family proceedings without being authorized.

  • September 06, 2024

    Bryan Cave Hires Disputes Pro From Fieldfisher In London

    Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP has recruited a new partner to its commercial disputes practice in London from Fieldfisher LLP to bolster its ranks across both litigation and arbitration cases.

  • September 06, 2024

    White & Case Taps Weil For New Restructuring Head In Paris

    White & Case LLP said Friday that it has recruited a senior restructuring specialist as a partner from Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP in Paris to steer the leadership of its practice in the French capital.

  • August 30, 2024

    Law Firm Director Rebuked Over Drink-Driving Conviction

    A director of a law firm has been rebuked after he was convicted by a criminal court of driving when he was more than three times over the alcohol limit, the Solicitors Regulation Authority said on Friday.

  • August 29, 2024

    Feds Say Ex-BigLaw Atty Can't Shake OneCoin Conviction

    Federal prosecutors have told the Second Circuit that former Locke Lord LLP partner Mark S. Scott has "greatly exaggerate[d]" the importance of testimony from a government witness, some of which was later shown to be perjury, in a bid to have his money laundering conviction reversed.

  • August 29, 2024

    Law Firm Director Must Pay £6K For Accounting Failures

    The Solicitors Regulation Authority has ordered a law firm director to pay over £6,000 ($7,900) for breaching the firm's accounting and client account rules during a stint as its compliance and financial officer.

  • August 29, 2024

    SRA Fines Law Firm Partner Over Conflict Of Interest

    A partner at a central English law firm has been ordered to pay more than £2,500 ($3,296) after he represented both sides in a property transaction that gave rise to a conflict of interest, the Solicitors Regulation Authority has said.

  • August 29, 2024

    Ex-Cooley Solicitor To Face Disciplinary Tribunal For Stalking

    The Solicitors Regulation Authority has referred a former solicitor at Cooley LLP to a disciplinary tribunal after he was convicted by a criminal court of stalking a woman for more than three months.

  • August 29, 2024

    Eversheds Sutherland Hikes NQ Salaries In London To £100K

    Eversheds Sutherland has raised salaries of newly qualified solicitors in its London office to £100,000 ($131,600) to boost its ability to recruit ambitious junior lawyers as pay rises continue across the legal market.

  • August 29, 2024

    Law Firm Can Use Client Comms To Fight Conspiracy Claim

    A commercial law firm and its solicitor can fully plead their defenses against claims of conspiracy, a London court has ruled, finding that details of communication with clients are not limited by legal professional privilege because of a recently clarified legal exception.

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