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November 21, 2024
Ex-Barrister Loses Appeal Over Disbarment For Misconduct
A judge has tossed out a former barrister's bid to appeal against his disbarment, saying that a tribunal was right to conclude that it was fair to impose the most serious possible sanction because of his long history of infractions.
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November 21, 2024
Law Society Publishes Guidance On Disability Terminology
The Law Society published new guidance on Thursday to mark Disability History Month, with the aim of fostering inclusive workplaces by encouraging respectful and accurate language.
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November 20, 2024
White & Case, Goodwin Tap A&O Shearman For Pros
White & Case announced Wednesday it has recruited a senior corporate partner from Allen Overy Shearman Sterling in London, while Goodwin Procter said it has hired an investment funds specialist from the Magic Circle firm as a partner in its Luxembourg office.
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November 20, 2024
Teacher Stern Breached Regs With Payments, SRA Alleges
The English solicitors regulator accused commercial firm Teacher Stern LLP and two partners of effectively providing banking services to two clients by allowing them to transfer money that was not related to an underlying legal transaction or service.
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November 20, 2024
Simpson Thacher Outpaces Last Year With 2025 Partner Class
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP unveiled its 44 partner promotions for 2025 on Tuesday, touting a class of 12 more attorneys than last year.
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November 20, 2024
Firms Struggle To Get Returns From Social Media Investment
Law firms do not understand how to use social media to generate new business despite spending up to a quarter of their marketing budget on these platforms, research published Wednesday by a legal marketing company suggested.
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November 20, 2024
Knights Group Expects First Half Profits To Leap 26%
Knights Group Holdings PLC said Wednesday that it expects pretax profit to jump by more than a quarter to £14.6 million ($18.4 million) for the first half of the year as the legal and professional services business closes in on £80 million in revenue.
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November 20, 2024
BigLaw Begins Matching Milbank On Associate Bonuses
Following the news Tuesday that Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP will pay associates year-end and special bonuses in line with those handed out by Milbank LLP this year, the firms' peers have begun to respond, with swift matches Wednesday by Paul Hastings LLP and McDermott Will & Emery LLP.
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November 19, 2024
Cravath Matches Milbank On 2024 Associate Bonuses
Longtime legal compensation leader Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP has reportedly announced year-end and special bonuses for its associates in line with those offered by peer law firm Milbank LLP over the summer and earlier this month.
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November 19, 2024
UK IP Firm AA Thornton To Become Part Of Venner Shipley
European firm Venner Shipley is expanding by snapping up the lawyers at London-based AA Thornton, growing its bench with expertise in the intellectual property area.
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November 19, 2024
Litigation Funder Can't Arbitrate German Biz's Discovery Bid
A Delaware federal judge has denied litigation funder Burford Capital's request to force arbitration of a discovery bid associated with foreign litigation accusing the German arm of law firm Hausfeld LLP of trying to circumvent a German ban on contingency fees in certain antitrust litigation.
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November 19, 2024
Bar Council Spurns Proposed Duty To Promote Diversity
The Bar Council has called proposals that require barristers to promote equality in the profession "substantially unlawful and unenforceable" on Monday, following the regulator's pitch back in September.
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November 19, 2024
Court Staffer Fired For Bad Performance, Not Race
An usher who left an East London courtroom unattended, allowing a member of the public to enter and "violently throw a holy book on the court floor," has lost her race discrimination case after a tribunal found that she was dismissed because of her performance.
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November 19, 2024
Part-Time High Court Judges Lose Claim For Better Pay
Judges who sometimes "sit up" on more senior High Court cases cannot legally be considered part-time workers, an employment tribunal has ruled, quashing their discrimination claim.
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November 26, 2024
Simmons & Simmons Hires Ex-A&O Shearman Banking Pro
Simmons & Simmons LLP has recruited a former lawyer at Allen Overy Shearman Sterling to lead the banking practice at its office in the southwest English city of Bristol.
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November 19, 2024
Walker Morris Posts 89% NQ Retention Rate As Pay Increases
Walker Morris LLP said Tuesday that it has retained approximately 90% of its newly qualified solicitors in 2024, adding it has increased their salaries to £65,000 ($83,000) as compensation for junior lawyers continues to tick upward.
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November 18, 2024
Magistrate Removed For Not Hearing Cases
A magistrate has been removed from his post after he inexplicably failed to meet minimum requirements on training and the amount of time he was required to spend in court, the Judicial Conduct Investigations Office said Monday.
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November 18, 2024
Pinsent Masons Launches AI Tool, Hires Transformation Head
Pinsent Masons LLP on Monday expanded its artificial intelligence offerings and the firm's ability to deliver services to customers, announcing the launch of an AI-backed anti-money laundering tool and the addition of a transformation director with experience at Barclays.
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November 18, 2024
SRA Urges In-House Counsel To Flag Wrongdoing
The Solicitors Regulation Authority on Monday published new guidelines imploring in-house solicitors to report wrongdoing in their organizations following the Post Office Horizon scandal.
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November 18, 2024
Fletchers Hits £100M Turnover Amid Personal Injury Boost
Fletchers Group said on Monday that it will continue to expand after its turnover hit the £100 million ($126.4 million) mark and revenues and profits soared by double digits in its latest financial results.
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November 19, 2024
CORRECTED: Seller Sues Property Developer For Trust Funds
A property owner and his trustees have alleged that a home developer owes them more than £500,000 ($632,000) after the sale of a property, claiming the business tried to take advantage of an "obvious" drafting error to pay them less. Correction: A previous version of this article misstated Mishcon de Reya's role in the case. This has been corrected.
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November 15, 2024
Sidhu's Power Held Woman In Hotel Room, She Testifies
A woman who has accused former Criminal Bar Association Chair Jo Sidhu KC of sexual misconduct told a disciplinary tribunal Friday that the barrister's seniority and influence stopped her from leaving a hotel room where she alleged that he touched her.
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November 15, 2024
Solicitor Accused Of Misappropriating Client's Compensation
A lawyer has been referred to a disciplinary tribunal over allegations that he misappropriated a compensation payment to a client and that he made false statements to the Solicitors Regulation Authority during an investigation.
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November 15, 2024
US Firms Poised To Continue To Set Pace In UK Salary War
As big firms continue to push salaries for young lawyers in London seemingly ever higher, recruiters and other legal industry players have warned that the U.S. firms are likely to continue to set the pace — even if rapidly advancing artificial intelligence could be set to disrupt the market.
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November 15, 2024
Pulse UK's 2024 NQ And Trainee Salary Tracker
UPDATED 28 January 2025 | As U.S. firms head into their annual salary review process for 2025, they continue to set the pace for surging rates for newly-qualified solicitors in London where even Magic Circle firms that had tried to hold remuneration steady have been forced to bump starting pay up to £150,000.