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October 23, 2024
Consumers Trust Regulation Despite Scandals, SRA Says
About three-quarters of consumers and small and medium-sized businesses in England and Wales think legal services are well regulated — despite recent scandals in the profession, the Solicitors Regulation Authority said Wednesday recent research found.
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October 23, 2024
SRA Taps New AML Director As Regulatory Uncertainty Looms
The Solicitors Regulation Authority said Wednesday that it has appointed a new director of anti-money laundering, as the watchdog awaits a decision from the government on whether it will continue to supervise the industry in this area.
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October 22, 2024
Real Estate Co. Hits Back At Taylor Wessing's Fees Claim
A real estate company owned by Southend United Football Club's former chair has fought Taylor Wessing LLP's claim to recoup unpaid fees and expenses, saying the company is not liable to pay the football club's legal bills.
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October 22, 2024
Norton Rose Names Atty Duo As Global Arbitration Leaders
Norton Rose Fulbright has elevated the firm's U.S. arbitration team leader and a London-based partner to co-lead its global international arbitration practice, shaking up the group's leadership for the first time in over a decade, the firm announced Tuesday.
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October 22, 2024
Tribunal Judge Reprimanded For 17-Month Delay In Decision
The U.K.'s judicial conduct watchdog said Tuesday that it had issued formal advice to a tribunal judge after a member of the public complained that she had taken more than a year to deliver a judgment.
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October 22, 2024
Firm Says Client Knew Risks In Historical Sex Abuse Case
Hugh James has said that a former client knowingly accepted the risk of being undercompensated when he followed the law firm's advice to accept an offer to settle a claim over alleged historical abuse at a Catholic school where he was a pupil.
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October 22, 2024
Kingsley Napley Doubles Down On AML Amid SRA Uncertainty
The recent departure of the anti-money laundering director at the solicitors' watchdog has put the spotlight on the regulator's role as an AML supervisor for the legal sector, as Kingsley Napley LLP capitalizes on this opportunity to boost its advisory services in this area.
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October 22, 2024
Reforms Set To Foist 15% More Cases On Struggling Tribunals
Even though the U.K. government expects its proposed employment rights law to lead to a 15% rise in cases, it hasn't committed any additional funding for employment tribunals to handle such an increase, which would present an existential threat to the beleaguered system.
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October 22, 2024
Bird & Bird Hires M&A Pro In Milan From A&O
Bird & Bird LLP has added an experienced M&A and private equity expert as a partner to its main office in Milan, as part of the law firm's long-term strategy to bolster its global corporate platform.
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October 22, 2024
Closed Law Firm Must Pay Ex-Staffer For Breach Of Contract
A tribunal has ordered a shuttered law firm to pay a former employee £2,400 ($3,100) after it breached their contract by dismissing them without notice.
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October 21, 2024
Former Unite Official Loses Tribunal Claim Amid Fraud Probe
A tribunal has concluded that a former legal chief at Unite the Union did not face a "baseless" disciplinary investigation in connection with a police raid over a £112 million ($145 million) construction project that has since been referred to the Serious Fraud Office.
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October 21, 2024
Howard Kennedy LLP Ex-Partner Can't Claim £176K
An employment tribunal has dismissed a former partner's claims that Howard Kennedy LLP owed him £176,725 ($230,238) in unpaid wages because he wasn't entitled to employment law protections.
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October 21, 2024
Kirkland Hires 2 Structured Finance Attys In NY, London
Kirkland & Ellis LLP is continuing the build-out of its structured finance and private credit practice, announcing on Saturday the lateral hiring of two partners in New York and London.
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October 21, 2024
Judge Sanctioned Over Speeding Conviction
Britain's judicial conduct watchdog has sanctioned a judge for misconduct after she received a speeding conviction last year, though it said it took into account the judge's claim that she was fleeing from an "aggressive" vehicle.
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October 28, 2024
Commercial Barrister Joins Monckton From 2 Temple Gardens
Monckton Chambers has recruited a new barrister from 2 Temple Gardens in a move that adds expertise to its ranks across a broad range of arbitration and commercial matters.
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October 21, 2024
Top UK Firms Boost Hourly Rates By 40% Over 5 Years
The top 10 U.K.-headquartered law firms have increased their hourly rates by nearly 40% over the past five years as global legal outfits reassess their international footprint and scale back in less-profitable countries, a report published Monday revealed.
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October 25, 2024
Sidley Hires Capital Markets Duo From Latham
Sidley Austin LLP has recruited two capital markets partners from Latham & Watkins LLP for its London office, further boosting its finance capabilities in the city after it recently snapped up a group of five partners from its U.S.-based rival.
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October 18, 2024
BigLaw Sees Rise In Partner Hires, Led By NY And London
Despite economic turbulence, partner lateral hires at BigLaw firms have held steady in the first three quarters of the year, with the New York and London markets seeing the most significant uptick, according to a recent report from legal search firm Macrae.
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October 18, 2024
Solicitor Must Pay For Suing Barrister Repping Ex-Firm
An employment tribunal ordered a solicitor to pay £3,000 ($3,914) to cover costs that his old law firm and its barrister incurred while fighting claims of victimization that the court had no jurisdiction to hear.
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October 18, 2024
Squire Patton Bumps Up NQ Pay In London To £110K
Squire Patton Boggs LLP said Friday it is increasing the salaries of newly qualified lawyers in its London office to £110,000 ($143,471), as it also posted a high trainee retention rate.
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October 18, 2024
Post Office GC Says Legal Strategy Flawed By Group Think
The Post Office's top lawyer told the inquiry into the Horizon accounting scandal on Friday that the organization's approach to litigation with wrongly convicted subpostmasters was "flawed" and its legal advisers fell victim to "group think."
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October 18, 2024
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
This past week in London has seen Professor Cat Jarman, Earl Spencer's new girlfriend, sue his ex-wife, Bitcoin fraudster Craig Wright file a £911 billion ($1.18 trillion) claim against BTC Core, journalist Oliver Kamm hit novelist Ros Barber with a defamation claim, and a barrister at Cloisters face a claim from a former client. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.
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October 18, 2024
Osborne Clarke Pro Can't Block Zahawi SLAPP Case Evidence
The Solicitors Regulation Authority can argue that it was not common practice when a partner at Osborne Clarke LLP, who represented Nadhim Zahawi, warned a critic probing the former chancellor's tax affairs not to disclose a defamation threat, a tribunal ruled Friday.
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October 18, 2024
DLA Piper International Appoints New Executive Committee
DLA Piper International LLP said on Friday that it has appointed a new executive committee to help take its business forward under fresh leadership after electing a new managing partner earlier in the year.
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October 25, 2024
Mishcon Hires Employment Partner In London From BCLP
Mishcon has hired a new employment law partner from Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP to work in its London office, with the new arrival hinting on Friday that the move has been on the cards for some time.