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May 22, 2024
Aspiring Judge Can't Reopen Race Bias Case
An Asian-British solicitor has failed to persuade an employment tribunal to reconsider his race discrimination claims against a High Court judge who dismissed his application because he filed his request too late.
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May 22, 2024
Travers Smith Carves Out AI Biz From Legal Tech Arm
Travers Smith LLP said on Wednesday that it has spun out a new artificial intelligence business from its legal technology arm that it expects will form one single system for lawyers to access and create a variety of AI tools.
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May 21, 2024
Russian Litigants Abandon UK Courts As Sanctions Bite
The number of Russian litigants using London's commercial courts has collapsed in the past year amid tightening sanctions on individuals and businesses tied to the Kremlin over the war in Ukraine, a report published Wednesday said.
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May 21, 2024
Attys With AI Skills Command Pay Bumps In The US, UK
Lawyer job listings that require artificial intelligence skills carry a wage premium of up to 49% higher in some markets, according to a report released Tuesday.
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May 21, 2024
Eversheds Sutherland Closing Berlin Office After A Decade
Eversheds Sutherland International said Tuesday that it will close its office in Berlin by the end of 2024 after a "strategic review of its German business."
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May 21, 2024
Claims Biz Sues Bankrupt Law Firm For PPI Referral Fees
A claims processor has asked a London court to recoup £663,000 ($843,144) from an insolvent law firm based on a previous ruling, arguing that its payment obligations existed years before it folded.
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May 21, 2024
13 Clyde & Co. Lawyers Defect To Kennedys In Madrid
Kennedys has hired 13 lawyers including a trio of insurance partners from Clyde & Co. LLP for its Madrid office, with the firm intent on strengthening its footing in one of Europe's key arenas.
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May 21, 2024
Post Office Official Told MP About IT Bugs Ahead Of Report
A former Post Office senior official conceded she was the "bearer of bad news" by ensuring an MP was told of bugs in the IT system used to wrongly prosecute innocent people, as she gave evidence to an inquiry Tuesday.
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May 21, 2024
Lawyer Suspended For Misconduct Toward Junior Women
A solicitor was suspended from legal practice for two years on Tuesday and hit with costs of £85,000 ($108,000) after a disciplinary tribunal held a private hearing over allegations of sexually motivated and inappropriate conduct toward multiple junior female employees.
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May 21, 2024
CMS Becomes First 'Foster Friendly' UK Firm With New Policy
CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP said on Tuesday that it has introduced a new policy committing it to support staff who are foster carers, becoming the first U.K. law firm to receive a "Foster Friendly" accreditation.
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May 20, 2024
Arbitrator In $14.9B Malaysia Case Can't Nix Contempt Ruling
Embattled arbitrator Gonzalo Stampa has lost an appeal challenging his conviction in Spain for contempt of court after he ordered Malaysia to pay $14.9 billion to the heirs of the last sultan of Sulu in an unusual, high-stakes arbitration stemming from a 19th-century land deal.
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May 20, 2024
Barristers Blast Lack Of Data As Remote Hearings Decline
The Bar Council on Monday reported a "significant and steep decline" in the number of remote court hearings taking place since the peak of COVID-19 and condemned the "staggering" lack of data available to assess their effectiveness.
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May 20, 2024
Collapsed Firm Escapes Fine For Making Unapproved Claims
The solicitors' watchdog for England and Wales on Monday waived a £65,300 ($83,000) fine for a shuttered law firm that submitted claims without clients' approval, scrapping the penalty to safeguard the outfit's creditors.
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May 20, 2024
Small Law Firms Turning To Tech In Bid To Fuel Growth
A rising number of small U.K. law firms are harboring ambitions to expand their business over the next year, an industry survey published Tuesday has revealed, with more than half turning to legal technology as the way forward.
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May 20, 2024
SRA Can't Block £75K Costs Order For Flawed Case
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has failed to stave off a £75,000 ($95,000) order as a London court ruled that a tribunal was right to award a solicitor costs for the watchdog's "fundamentally flawed" misconduct allegation against her.
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May 20, 2024
Judge Approves Bankruptcy Order On Ex-Axiom Ince Chief
A judge approved on Monday a bankruptcy order against the former head of Axiom Ince Ltd. after the now-collapsed law firm failed to pay monthly installments for its acquisition of Ince.
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May 20, 2024
DWF Hires Investment Funds Pro From Gateley
DWF LLP has hired Gateley lawyer Ravi Longia as U.K. head of investment funds in its corporate group, a move the firm believes will bolster its business as it expands its services.
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May 17, 2024
Law Firm Beats Temp Receptionist's Discrimination Claims
A law firm in southern England fended off several disability discrimination and harassment claims from a temporary receptionist, after an employment tribunal ruled she wasn't legally disabled.
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May 17, 2024
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
This past week in London has seen a wave of claims filed against Verity Trustees Ltd., Harley-Davidson hit retailer Next with an intellectual property claim, Turkish e-commerce entrepreneur Demet Mutlu sue her ex-husband and Trendyol co-founder Evren Üçok and the Solicitors Regulation Authority file a claim against the former boss of collapsed law firm Axiom. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.
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May 17, 2024
Law Firms Urged To Upgrade Technology For Disabled Staff
Law firms should ensure that their content management systems and training programs are easily accessible for disabled professionals, according to new guidance published by the Law Society of England and Wales on Friday.
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May 17, 2024
CMS Moves M&A Partner Graham Conlon To Abu Dhabi
Graham Conlon, a corporate mergers and acquisitions partner at CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP, has moved to Abu Dhabi as the law firm opened its first office in the capital of the United Arab Emirates.
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May 17, 2024
Linklaters Increases New Lawyers' Pay To £150K
Linklaters LLP has bumped up its pay for newly qualified lawyers by 20% to £150,000 ($190,000) in a sign that the salary war among elite U.K. law firms is hotting up.
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May 17, 2024
Post Office Used Womble Bond To Avoid Looking Like 'Bullies'
The Post Office retained Womble Bond Dickinson in a civil case brought by victims of the Horizon scandal because a more aggressive law firm might make it look like "bullies," an executive for the organization told an inquiry Friday.
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May 17, 2024
Gov't Boosts Support For Neurodivergent Offenders
The U.K. has introduced dedicated neurodiversity officers in all public prisons across England and Wales, with the aim of offering better support for offenders with conditions such as autism and dyslexia and reduce rates of re-offending among them.
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May 17, 2024
Trowers To Widen Intake With Solicitor Apprenticeship Scheme
Trowers & Hamlins LLP has launched a six-year solicitors' apprenticeship program to offer school-leavers or non-graduates an alternative to the traditional university graduate route into law.