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June 12, 2024
Sweden's Karnov Buys Danish Legal Info Biz For $46M
Swedish professional services provider Karnov Group AB said Wednesday it has agreed to acquire the Danish legal information unit of J.H. Schultz Information A/S for 478 million Swedish krona ($46 million) to help build its generative AI business.
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June 11, 2024
KC Tapped To Run Probe Of Bullying, Harassment At The Bar
The Bar Council on Wednesday named a leading human rights silk to spearhead its upcoming probe into "unacceptable" levels of bullying, harassment and discrimination at the bar.
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June 11, 2024
KC Advised Post Office To Remove Judge From Horizon Trial
A top barrister advised the Post Office to get a High Court judge to recuse himself from a trial dealing with wrongly prosecuted subpostmasters or else risk losing all litigation brought by the subpostmasters, the barrister recalled in an inquiry hearing Tuesday regarding the scandal.
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June 11, 2024
Tories Pledge To Tackle Court Backlog, Carry On Rwanda Plan
The Conservative Party announced a slew of justice plans on Tuesday to cut the criminal court backlog, support third-party litigation funding and abandon international human rights commitments, if necessary, to pursue its Rwanda migrants policy.
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June 11, 2024
Hogan Lovells Hikes London NQ Pay To £135K
Hogan Lovells said Tuesday it has upped its pay packet for newly qualified lawyers in London by 12.5% from £120,000 to £135,000 ($172,000), making it the latest firm to join an escalating pay war in the English capital.
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June 18, 2024
Fieldfisher Hires Linklaters RE Pro To Open Brussels Practice
Fieldfisher LLP has hired a real estate specialist from Linklaters LLP to launch a new practice in Belgium as it ramps up its services to clients in transactional matters and litigation.
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June 11, 2024
Travers Smith Recruits Funds Partner From Blackstone
Travers Smith LLP said Tuesday that it had hired a retailization specialist from Blackstone Inc.'s credit and insurance arm as a partner, fortifying its ability to advise fund managers on products previously only available to financial institutions.
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June 11, 2024
Shakespeare Martineau Adds Finance Pro From Blake Morgan
Shakespeare Martineau LLP has hired a finance and banking specialist as a partner at the firm's new offices on the south coast of England, where he will work with new and existing clients across a range of sectors.
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June 11, 2024
Freeths Doubles Office Space In Liverpool
Freeths LLP has doubled its office space in Liverpool after the law firm recently posted record revenues in the northwest English city amid a surge in demand for legal services.
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June 11, 2024
Sunak Pledges Further Tax Cuts In Election Manifesto
Rishi Sunak said on Tuesday that his Conservative Party would establish a tax system that "rewards work" by slashing a range of levies if it wins the general election, including another cut in the national payroll tax by 2027.
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June 10, 2024
Global Law Firm Experiments With 3 Generative AI Tools
London-headquartered international firm Ashurst LLP has been experimenting with three different generative artificial intelligence tools and found these tools can help with writing first drafts more quickly and efficiently, according to a report released Monday.
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June 10, 2024
Fladgate Hires Construction Pro From Memery Crystal
Fladgate LLP has recruited the former head of construction and engineering at Memery Crystal LLP as a partner in a move to boost its capabilities representing clients in major projects.
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June 10, 2024
England's Top Judge Urges KCs To Boost Junior Advocacy
The country's most senior judge has urged top barristers to give opportunities to junior counsel to practice their advocacy skills in court, as part of ongoing efforts to boost gender diversity in the bar.
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June 10, 2024
Starmer Could Crack Judicial Crisis, Former CPS Chiefs Say
Keir Starmer's lead in the polls as the general election in July approaches has sparked hopes among criminal justice advocates that the Labour leader — a former top prosecutor — will implement reforms as prime minister.
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June 10, 2024
Judge Urges Resilience Amid Erosion Of Trust In Int'l Courts
A leading British judge has urged the legal profession "to hang on in there" amid escalating global unrest that is eroding trust in international courts.
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June 10, 2024
Lawyer Struck Off After Mishandling Client Cash
Former lawyer Dominic Macknight has been struck off the roll of solicitors after admitting to moving money from his firm's client account into the law firm's office account, and therefore violating the rules of the profession, a tribunal ruled on Monday.
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June 10, 2024
Law Firms Urged To Step Up Support For Carer Employees
New research shows that two-thirds of carers who work in the legal sector have been juggling their caring responsibilities alongside their career, underscoring the need for law firms to offer better support for carers within the legal profession.
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June 17, 2024
Hogan Lovells Adds Insurance Pro From Slaughter And May
Hogan Lovells has bolstered its London corporate insurance practice by tapping a former senior counsel from Slaughter and May as a partner.
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June 10, 2024
Goodwin Procter Moves To Bigger Office In Luxembourg
Goodwin Procter LLP said on Monday that it has relocated staff in Luxembourg to a bigger office, fueled by a growth in demand from clients for legal services on private investment funds.
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June 08, 2024
Bar Chair Urges Next Gov't To Fix 'Parlous' Justice System
The chair of the Bar Council on Saturday urged the next government to allocate an additional £2.5 billion ($3.2 billion) to restore England and Wales' court and publicly funded justice infrastructure after more than a decade of underfunding.
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June 07, 2024
Derains & Gharavi Hires Int'l Arbitration Counsel In Paris
Derains & Gharavi, a law firm in Paris that focuses on resolving international disputes via arbitral proceedings, has hired a lawyer who previously worked within the litigation and arbitration team at Bredin Prat SAS.
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June 07, 2024
Law Society Elects A Scott Moncrieff Lawyer For Deputy VP
The Law Society said Friday that a specialist in civil litigation will become its next deputy vice president as it plans for the future, with the profession looking to continue boosting diversity and to exploit opportunities from advances in technology.
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June 07, 2024
Faegre Drinker Hires K&L Gates Investment Management Head
Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP has hired the former head of investment management at K&L Gates LLP as a partner in the firm's investment management practice group in London, the firm announced Thursday.
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June 07, 2024
5 Questions For Finnegan UK TM Chief Clare Cornell
Clare Cornell, the head of Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner LLP's trademark group in London, talks to Law360 about the appeal of working on trademarks and how Finnegan's practice has evolved since she joined in 2016.
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June 07, 2024
Patent Firm Seeks To Ax Claim Over £1.5M Settlement Advice
Patent solicitors Atkinson Wheller Ltd. asked a court Friday to throw out a negligence claim brought on behalf of a former client, because the deed transferring the claim to a law firm was "void and unenforceable."