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March 10, 2025
Solicitor Was Harassed By Manager's 'Chinese Law' Jibe
A Chinese-born lawyer working at London law firm TWM Solicitors LLP has won her claim for harassment after a managing associate asked her if she was researching Chinese — not English — law, but failed to prove that she faced several instances of discrimination.
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March 10, 2025
Fieldfisher Elects Vivien Davies As Senior Partner
Fieldfisher LLP said Monday that it has elected Vivien Davies, an expert in commercial disputes, as its next senior partner as the firm looks to build upon its expansion in Europe in recent years.
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March 10, 2025
Paul Hastings Reelects Chair, Managing Partner To 2nd Terms
Paul Hastings LLP Chair Frank Lopez and Managing Partner Sherrese Smith have been reelected to their second three-year terms, the firm said Monday.
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March 10, 2025
Partner Moves In London Hit Record Total In Jan. And Feb.
Partner moves in London's legal market hit a new high in January and February amid an exodus from Memery Crystal LLP and continued expansion by U.S. law firms, industry data published by a legal recruitment consultancy revealed on Monday.
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March 10, 2025
Addleshaw Wins Bankruptcy Order Against Former LC&F Boss
Addleshaw Goddard has obtained a bankruptcy order against a former boss of London Capital & Finance after a court ruled he defrauded investors out of £237 million ($306 million) by running the investment company like a Ponzi scheme.
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March 10, 2025
Industry Divided On Funders' Oversight As CJC Review Closes
Submissions to a government-backed review of litigation-funding, which closed this month, have exposed sharp divisions among litigators, funders and trade bodies over whether the market for such financial backing should be targeted with mandatory regulation.
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March 07, 2025
Mauritius Government Lawyer Joins CMS Affiliate
CMS said an attorney with more than a decade of experience as a Mauritius government lawyer has joined CMS Prism, the firm's Mauritian affiliate.
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March 07, 2025
The Revolving Door: 4-5 Gray's Inn Hires 15-Barrister Team
Over the past week, 4-5 Gray's Inn bolstered its employment practice with 15 barristers from The Barrister Group, Pierson Ferdinand LLP hired a magistrate as a partner in its international disputes practice and Haynes Boone and Edwin Coe snagged partners from Memery Crystal amid an ongoing walkout.
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March 07, 2025
Solicitor Struck Off Over Immigration Application Lies
A former lawyer at Seddons Law LLP who repeatedly lied about the immigration applications of "vulnerable" clients he was representing was struck off by the profession's disciplinary tribunal on Friday.
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March 07, 2025
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
This past week in London has seen an Iranian oil company sued for $95 million, Betfred hit with a lawsuit from a property company and NHS England face a human rights claim brought by a man detained under the Mental Health Act for over 20 years. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.
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March 07, 2025
Gibson Dunn To Increase Number Of London Trainees
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP said Friday that it will increase the number of trainee solicitors in London by 50%, in a move that demonstrates its commitment to the world's second-largest legal services market.
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March 07, 2025
BSB Suspends Barrister For Sexualized Conduct
A junior barrister has been suspended for three months after a tribunal found that he touched a woman inappropriately without her permission, and made unwanted comments to her, the Bar Standards Board has said.
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March 06, 2025
Fundamental Problems With AML Oversight, Charity Warns
The U.K.'s legal regulators show long-standing and fundamental problems in their approach to anti-money laundering supervision, an anti-corruption charity warned in a report Thursday amid an almost two-year government consultation that has yet to publish its response.
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March 06, 2025
Barclays GC Helped Staley Respond To Epstein Controversy
Former Barclays boss Jes Staley was helped by executives in the bank to draft talking points to "properly reflect" his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein to avoid being sacked as trustee from his alma mater, the bank's former top lawyer told a trial court Thursday.
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March 06, 2025
Lawmaker Says Regulators Need To Do More To Tackle SLAPPs
A lawmaker slammed lawyers who help super-rich individuals silence free speech with libel litigation threats, saying at a conference Thursday that regulators are not doing enough to tackle the problem.
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March 06, 2025
Barrister Beats 'Backdoor Appeal' Negligence Claim
A London judge dismissed a businessman's claim against his former barrister for allegedly failing to raise certain legal arguments in a dispute concerning shipping containers Thursday, ruling that it was "a form of backdoor appeal" against another judge's decision.
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March 06, 2025
Magistrate Faces Setback In Disability Bias Case
A magistrate has lost nearly all her disability bias claims against the Ministry of Justice after failing to convince an employment tribunal that other bench members had harassed her over a painful condition.
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March 06, 2025
Addleshaw Goddard Latest Firm To Adopt Legora AI Platform
Addleshaw Goddard LLP has joined the growing list of prominent law firms adding artificial intelligence platform Legora to its arsenal, in a move the firm said on Thursday will enhance its ability to manage large-scale document reviews.
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March 06, 2025
Blake Morgan Denies Botching Pensions Advice To Trust
Blake Morgan LLP has denied giving an archaeological trust negligent advice on the closure of its pensions plan, telling a London court that it was on the trust to make sure it validly shut the scheme.
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March 06, 2025
Private Prosecutions Face Reform After 'Catastrophic' Failures
Private prosecutions will face heightened scrutiny and reform after a series of "catastrophic" failures such as the Post Office Horizon scandal, the government announced Thursday.
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March 05, 2025
Hogan Lovells' Global Revenue Hits $3B In Record Year For UK
Hogan Lovells said Thursday that its global revenue reached nearly $3 billion in 2024, driven by strong performance on both sides of the Atlantic, including its best-ever year in the U.K.
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March 05, 2025
LSB Moots Stricter Ethical Standards Regime For Lawyers
The Legal Services Board began a consultation on Thursday on plans to require regulators to oversee lawyers' ethics more strictly, alluding to heavy scrutiny of the profession following the Post Office Horizon IT scandal.
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March 05, 2025
Lewis Silkin Elects Employment Partner As New Chair
Lewis Silkin LLP said Wednesday that it has named an employment partner with over 20 years of experience as its new chair, to take over from corporate partner Jo Evans following a three-year stint.
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March 05, 2025
RWK Goodman Hit For £5M Over Botched Company Buyout
RWK Goodman LLP has been hit with an estimated £5 million ($6.4 million) claim from a former client who alleges the firm botched his plan to buyout a company that had owned properties with "significant" redevelopment and revenue potential.
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March 05, 2025
Law Firm Must Face Ex-Assistant's Brain Injury Bias Claim
An employment tribunal has ruled that a law firm in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight must face a former assistant's claims that it discriminated against her because of a disability, ruling that her symptoms were caused by an underlying brain injury.