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May 15, 2025
Judge Sidelined Over Bias Concerns In Business Taxes Feud
A London court on Thursday removed a district judge from a dispute over the payment of business taxes, citing a risk of bias amid his "sensitive" response to a challenge of his decision in an earlier linked case.
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May 15, 2025
SRA U-Turn On Global Revenue Fines Calms Industry Worries
The Solicitors Regulation Authority's decision to ditch plans to base fines on global revenue has staved off a potentially punitive regime that would have made the legal market in England and Wales less attractive to international and U.S. law firms, experts say.
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May 15, 2025
Ex-Solicitor Hit With 1st Individual Tax Avoidance Stop Notice
HM Revenue & Customs has ordered a struck-off solicitor to stop promoting two tax avoidance schemes, the first notice of its kind issued against an individual, the tax authority said Thursday.
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May 22, 2025
Freeths Hires Pensions Specialist From Simmons & Simmons
Freeths has hired James Dean, a pensions specialist from Simmons & Simmons LLP, to lead the growth and development of the firm's national pensions practice.
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May 15, 2025
Vaginal Mesh Claims Pro Kept Settlement Funds, SRA Alleges
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has referred a sole practitioner at a now-shuttered law firm specializing in vaginal mesh implant claims to a disciplinary tribunal, accusing him of dishonestly keeping settlement money.
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May 15, 2025
HSF Names UK, EMEA Exec Partner For Kramer Levin Merger
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP said Thursday that it has appointed a senior real estate lawyer to lead its operations in the U.K. and EMEA regions, once the firm merges with New York-based Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP in June.
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May 15, 2025
Legal Costs Insurer On The Hook For £83K Payout To Ex-Exec
A legal expenses insurer could owe more than £80,000 ($106,000) to a former executive after a tribunal found that his insolvent employer's prolonged failure to pay wages and commission amounted to a fundamental breach of contract.
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May 15, 2025
Ex-Managing Partner Fights To Redo Costs After Bias Case
The former managing partner of a law firm argued Thursday that a tribunal failed to consider his ability to pay up to £210,000 ($278,8300) after he tried to claim both income protection insurance and a share of its while off sick with cancer.
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May 15, 2025
Former Law Firm Owner Hit With Record £4M Fine
The Solicitors Regulation Authority said Thursday it has fined the former owner of Kingly Solicitors Ltd. a record amount of almost £4 million ($5.3 million) after closing the alternative business structure firm in 2020 over concerns about the misuse of client funds.
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May 15, 2025
DWF Names New Director From Outsourcing Giant Mitie
Private equity-owned DWF LLP said Thursday that it has appointed a director at U.K. facilities management giant Mitie Group PLC to manage the day-to-day operations of the business.
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May 14, 2025
Feds Say Ex-BigLaw Atty Must Start Prison In OneCoin Case
Prosecutors asked a Manhattan federal judge on Wednesday to set a date for a former Locke Lord LLP partner to begin serving his 10-year prison sentence after he was convicted of helping to launder about $400 million in proceeds of the OneCoin cryptocurrency scheme.
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May 14, 2025
Eversheds Sutherland Rehires Tax Expert From DLA Piper
Eversheds Sutherland is welcoming back a tax expert in the U.K. who spent the last seven years at DLA Piper, the firm announced.
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May 14, 2025
EU Wrong To Deny Dutch Tax Firm's Trademark, Court Says
A Dutch consultancy was wrongly denied a trademark for "Taxmarc" in the European Union after a German consultancy that controlled a trademark for "X Taxman" opposed its registration, the European General Court said Wednesday.
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May 14, 2025
In-House Solicitors Get New Ethics Guidance After Scandals
The Law Society unveiled new resources on Wednesday to help in-house solicitors tackle ethical challenges in the workplace as their role remains under scrutiny following the Post Office Horizon IT scandal.
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May 14, 2025
Goodwin Hires Legal Ops Expert From HSBC
Goodwin Procter LLP has hired HSBC's former head of legal market engagement as its new managing director of client value to oversee initiatives related to pricing, legal operations and service delivery as part of Goodwin's client-facing business support functions.
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May 14, 2025
Reed Smith Loses Costs Security Bid In £21M Oil Tanker Clash
Reed Smith LLP lost a bid for Dubai-based shipping companies who are suing it for negligence to put up £6 million ($7.9 million) in costs security, as a London judge ruled Wednesday that there was insufficient evidence that Barclays Banks PLC would refuse to comply with a court order.
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May 14, 2025
UK Gov't To Shut Ministry Of Justice's London Headquarters
The U.K. government said Wednesday that it will close the London building that houses the Ministry of Justice and Crown Prosecution Service amid plans to push more civil service roles out of the capital.
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May 14, 2025
Ex-Bevan Brittan Pro Loses Appeal Over Antisemitic Tweets
A former lawyer with Bevan Brittan LLP failed to overturn on Wednesday a disciplinary tribunal's decision to strike him off after a London court found that he had over a long period repeatedly posted grossly offensive and antisemitic tweets.
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May 14, 2025
Linklaters, EY Sued For Negligence By Fintech Investor
Linklaters and Ernst & Young LLP are being sued by a financial technology investment company for professional negligence in London, according to online court records.
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May 21, 2025
BCLP Hires 2 Partners From Taylor Wessing, A&O Shearman
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP said Wednesday that it has recruited two new partners from Allen Overy Shearman Sterling and Taylor Wessing LLP to boost its finance and tax capabilities in London.
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May 14, 2025
Magistrate Reprimanded For Sharing Views On Homosexuality
A magistrate has been sanctioned after he undermined the reputation of the magistracy by sharing his personal views on homosexuality with colleagues in the retiring room of a court, the Judicial Conduct Investigations Office has said.
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May 14, 2025
HP's $4B Fraud Case To Resume After Mike Lynch's Death
A London court unjammed Hewlett Packard's $4 billion fraud case against Mike Lynch on Wednesday by approving an administrator to his estate, reactivating the case after the technology entrepreneur died when a yacht he was aboard sank in the Mediterranean Sea.
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May 13, 2025
K&L Gates Adds Ex-Taylor Wessing Atty In London
K&L Gates LLP announced Tuesday that it has hired a former Taylor Wessing LLP attorney as a partner on its finance team in London.
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May 13, 2025
Solicitor Sanctioned For Unauthorized Immigration Work
A disciplinary panel has suspended a solicitor after he undertook immigration work without authorization even though the profession's regulator had explicitly warned him against doing so.
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May 13, 2025
Victims Call For Punishment Of Post Office Lawyers In Report
Victims of the Post Office Horizon IT scandal have called for lawyers to be held to account for their roles in facilitating one of the biggest miscarriages of justice in English legal history, a study by academics has revealed.