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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 15 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.
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November 15, 2024
Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
This was another action-packed week for the legal industry as President-elect Donald Trump announced key appointments and Milbank kicked off BigLaw bonus season. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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November 15, 2024
Lawyer Can't Stop SRA From Pursuing Him For Legal Costs
A solicitor has lost the latest round of a long-standing battle with the Solicitors Regulation Authority, as a court found on Friday that he made his bid to escape a charge over his assets brought by the regulator too late.
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November 15, 2024
Pillsbury Hires New Disputes Partner From Taylor Wessing
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP has hired a new partner from Taylor Wessing LLP to its London disputes practice, bringing in a lawyer with more than two decades of experience in the technology and life sciences sectors as the firm expands its international reach.
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November 15, 2024
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
This past week in London has seen Ocado file an intellectual property claim against an African fruit and vegetable importer, a claim filed against a Swiss bank founded by Indian billionaire Srichand Parmanand Hinduja and 300 individuals sue travel company TUI. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.
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November 15, 2024
LSB Seeks Feedback On New Economic Crime Guidance
The Legal Services Board on Friday called for feedback on draft guidance designed to help regulators tackle money laundering, fraud and sanctions evasion as the government continues to crack down on economic crime.
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November 15, 2024
Ex-Freshfields Partner Suspended Over Inappropriate Conduct
A former partner with Freshfields will face a two-year suspension and a costs bill of £66,000 ($83,500), the profession's disciplinary tribunal has ruled after finding that he had engaged in "inappropriate and unwanted conduct" while employed at the firm.
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November 15, 2024
Legal Sector Income Rose 7% In September, Gov't Data Shows
The U.K. legal industry outperformed the wider services sector in September as revenue hit £4.3 billion ($5.4 billion), data from the government's official statistics agency revealed on Friday.
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November 14, 2024
Proskauer Taps Ex-Creative Artists Agency CFO As New COO
Proskauer Rose LLP announced Thursday that it has hired the former chief financial officer from Creative Artists Agency as its chief operating officer to oversee the firm's operations and 800 business services professionals.
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November 14, 2024
GCs Brace For Rising Costs From Clean Energy Disputes
A new survey of 300 general counsel and top in-house lawyers shows they are already dealing with disputes stemming from the global shift toward clean energy, with many respondents anticipating litigation and arbitration costs will rise in coming years.
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November 14, 2024
Gowling Taps Norton Rose Innovation Head To Lead AI Efforts
Gowling WLG said Wednesday that it has tapped the former director of strategic innovation and legal design at Norton Rose Fulbright to lead its efforts around the use of artificial intelligence.
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November 14, 2024
Barrister Group Floats New Arbitration Venue With ADR Biz
The Barrister Group has teamed up with an alternative dispute resolution specialist to launch a new U.K. arbitration venue with a tech-driven approach.