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April 10, 2024
DWF Expands Global Risks Offering With 2 New Partners
DWF LLP has expanded its global risks offering by hiring energy and marine insurance experts Gary Walkling and Franco D'Andrea as partners.
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April 10, 2024
Mishcon Apprentice Showed 'Egregious Disregard' To Tribunal
An employment judge has dismissed a disability discrimination claim brought against Mishcon de Reya LLP by a former solicitor-apprentice at the firm after she missed the tribunal hearing to go on a trip abroad for her birthday.
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April 10, 2024
Macfarlanes Withdraws Offers For Unsuccessful Trainees
Macfarlanes LLP said Wednesday that it has decided to rescind contract offers for students who didn't pass the solicitors qualifying exam on their first attempt, as the new American-style assessment continues to wreak havoc in the sector.
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April 10, 2024
Legal Tech Biz Launches AI-Powered Deals Database
Legal technology company Litera said Wednesday it has launched a new artificial intelligence-powered tool that creates a unified source of information for law firms wanting to access key details from corporate deals they have worked on.
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April 10, 2024
SQE Candidate Numbers Surging But Pass Rates Stay Low
The Solicitors Regulation Authority said Wednesday that the number of aspiring lawyers taking its new qualification exam has surged in 2024, but added that pass rates have stayed low, particularly for Black candidates.
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April 09, 2024
BCLP Says It Had No Obligation To Man's Family In Tax Fight
Global law firm Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner was under contract to represent only a family's patriarch and thus shouldn't be liable for taxes resulting from advising him to transfer £242 million ($307 million) in assets to his wife, then to his sons, the firm told a London court.
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April 16, 2024
Freeths Hires Murgitroyd Atty As Patents Director
Freeths LLP has appointed a new director of patents with more than 16 years of experience advising clients such as Nokia and Rolls-Royce, marking the latest addition to the firm's growth strategy.
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April 09, 2024
Bar Council Rejects Axing Degree Requirement For Students
The Bar Council on Tuesday resisted a regulatory proposal to remove the minimum university degree qualification required for trainee barristers, arguing the reforms would lower standards and have unaccountable training providers making decisions.
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April 09, 2024
Trowers & Hamlins Unveils Energy And Sustainability Practice
Trowers & Hamlins LLP has launched a new energy and sustainability practice to bolster its services to clients that need advice on matters associated with the energy transition and the goal to reach net-zero.
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April 09, 2024
Charles Russell Speechlys Floats New Tech Adoption Unit
Charles Russell Speechlys LLP said Tuesday it has forged a new department dedicated to ensuring the law firm leaves no gains on the table in its hunt to incorporate legal tech and artificial intelligence into its services.
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April 09, 2024
Addleshaw Goddard To Launch In Spain With KWM Team
Addleshaw Goddard LLP said Tuesday it has struck a deal with King & Wood Mallesons to take onboard 13 partners among 60 lawyers to launch the firm's first Spanish office in Madrid.
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April 09, 2024
TLT Appoints 5 New Female Legal Directors In Birmingham
TLT LLP said Tuesday it has appointed five new legal directors to its Birmingham office in an all-female recruitment round that the law firm hopes will boost its ability to advise clients on a range of disputes and deals.
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April 16, 2024
Ex-SFO Bribery Chief Joins Prosecution Boutique Firm
The former head of bribery and corruption at the Serious Fraud Office kicked off a new role on Tuesday as a partner at Edmonds Marshall McMahon, the boutique private prosecution law firm has said.
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April 16, 2024
Charles Russell Speechlys Hires Banking And Finance Lawyer
Charles Russell Speechlys LLP has appointed Philip Withey, a lawyer from Womble Bond, as partner in its banking and finance practice in a move the firm believes will boost its business.
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April 08, 2024
Allen & Overy, Shearman Name New Partners Ahead Of Merger
Allen & Overy LLP and Shearman & Sterling LLP announced Monday that they have promoted 40 lawyers to partner ahead of the finalization of their merger in May.
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April 15, 2024
Kingsley Napley Debuts Int'l Arbitration Unit With New Partner
Kingsley Napley LLP has hired a partner from Candey LLP to lead a new international arbitration practice amid rising demand from clients to settle disputes outside traditional courts, the law firm said Monday.
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April 08, 2024
Judicial Office Reopens Reverse Mentoring Program
An annual program that gives lawyers from diverse backgrounds the opportunity to share their experiences of the legal profession with a judge has reopened for applications, the Judicial Office said Monday.
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April 08, 2024
Barrister Suspended For Failing To Pay £64K Court Order
A barrister has been banned from practicing for six months after a tribunal concluded he damaged trust in himself or the legal profession by failing to comply with a court order to pay £64,000 ($80,875).
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April 08, 2024
Fladgate Promotes 3 Partners Across Its Practices
Fladgate LLP said Monday it had promoted three lawyers to partner as the London-based law firm edges closer to the 100-partner mark.
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April 15, 2024
Kirkland Hires Leveraged Finance Pro From Allen & Overy
Kirkland & Ellis LLP has recruited a debt finance specialist from Allen & Overy LLP as it continues to rebuild in the United Kingdom after undergoing a string of departures to rival U.S. law firm Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP in late 2023.
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April 08, 2024
Solicitor Accused Of Falsifying Costs Faces Tribunal
A solicitor was brought before a disciplinary tribunal on Monday to face allegations that he made untruthful statements in costs schedules submitted to the High Court and undermined confidence in the legal profession.
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April 08, 2024
Minister Calls For Prison Time Over Post Office IT Scandal
Individuals in the Post Office who wrongfully prosecuted innocent sub-postmasters "should go to jail," a minister said on Monday, on the eve of the inquiry into the miscarriage of justice resuming.
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April 08, 2024
Ropes & Gray Appoints New London MP
Ropes & Gray LLP said Monday that it had appointed cybersecurity chief Rohan Massey as its London managing partner as the U.S. law firm continues to capitalize on strong demand for its services in the U.K.
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April 08, 2024
Attwells Denies Breaking Promise In £1.2M Loan Dispute
Attwells Solicitors LLP has denied promising that it was acting on behalf of a man who, the law firm says, was probably fraudulently posing as the owner of two properties in a move to borrow £775,000 ($980,000) from a finance company.
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April 15, 2024
Hill Dickinson Hires 2 Teams From Irwin Mitchell
Hill Dickinson LLP has recruited two groups of real estate specialists from Irwin Mitchell LLP for its new office in Birmingham after a corporate team made a similar move earlier in the year.