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September 17, 2024
Investors' Losses Were Caused By Own Failures, Firm Says
A Liverpool-based law firm has denied claims it was negligent when advising investors on a real estate investment deal alleged to be a Ponzi scheme, arguing that investors' losses were caused by their failure to follow legal advice.
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September 17, 2024
Ashurst Hires Fintech Pro From EY Law In London
Ashurst LLP has recruited an expert in financial technology from EY Law to strengthen its capability to advise clients on digital transformation projects.
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September 17, 2024
TLT Hires Banking Specialist From Squire Patton
TLT LLP has hired a Squire Patton Boggs LLP lawyer as a partner in its national banking team, a move the law firm expects will enhance its practice and client relationships.
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September 17, 2024
Crypto-Fraud Victim Sues Lawyers Over 'Valueless Advice'
An alleged victim of a cryptocurrency fraud has claimed that a specialist investment law firm owes her £635,000 ($839,000) for providing "valueless advice" on how to recover her lost money.
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September 17, 2024
Profits Tumble At Australian Disputes Funder
Litigation Capital Management said Tuesday that its transition toward high return is progressing well, even though its latest financial results show that pre-tax profits tumbled by more than 60%.
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September 17, 2024
Lawyer Cleared Of Dishonesty Over Insurance Failure
A solicitor was cleared of dishonesty on Tuesday after he was accused of lying to his insurer to hide the acquisition by his company of another firm's work and staff after his insurer refused to offer cover for the change.
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September 17, 2024
Farrer & Co. Lands Disputes Pro From Volterra Fietta
Farrer & Co. LLP has recruited a specialist in sovereign and diplomatic disputes from Volterra Fietta, a public international law firm, as it looks to boost its disputes resolution service.
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September 16, 2024
Lawyer Barred For Misleading Another Firm About Costs
A sole practitioner has been banned from the profession after he deliberately gave false information to another law firm about a bill of costs, a London tribunal has ruled.
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September 16, 2024
Eversheds Elects New Co-Chiefs To Start In 2025
Eversheds Sutherland announced Monday it has elected a pair of new chief executives whose roles will start in 2025, with one overseeing the U.S. arm of the firm and the other overseeing the international offices.
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September 16, 2024
Seladore Opens Milan Office Led By BonelliErede Hire
Disputes boutique Seladore Legal has opened an office in Milan led by a partner from BonelliErede that will focus on international arbitration for multinational companies as well as high-net-worth individuals.
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September 16, 2024
Solicitor Barred Over Scheme That 'Bore Hallmarks' Of Fraud
A solicitor has been suspended for 12 months after he admitted to being involved in transactions that "bore hallmarks" of a suspected fraudulent scheme to scam companies by charging advance fees for loan deals that did not materialize.
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September 16, 2024
Lawyer Fined For Claiming Mishcon Represented Pinochet
A high-profile criminal defense lawyer has been fined £6,500 ($8,600) by a disciplinary tribunal for making misleading statements about Mishcon de Reya in an antisemitic broadcast on an Iranian state-owned documentary channel.
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September 16, 2024
Kennedys Adds 2 Knowledge Management Pros In London
Kennedys said on Monday it has boosted its back-office technology and knowledge management teams with the hire of two experienced experts in legal procedures and practices and IT.
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September 16, 2024
Burford Capital Adds Chief Development Role In London
Burford Capital LLC said Monday that it has appointed a legal finance specialist to the newly created role of chief development officer as part of ongoing efforts to expand the legal funder's business in the U.K., the U.S. and beyond.
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September 16, 2024
A&O Shearman Hires Finance Pro From Latham In Paris
A&O Shearman said Monday that it has recruited a leveraged finance expert as a partner from Latham & Watkins LLP in France, adding to a string of recent exits from the U.S. outfit in Europe.
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September 16, 2024
Law Firm Director Dishonestly Misled Insurer, SRA Says
The solicitors' watchdog told a disciplinary tribunal on Monday that a law firm director had dishonestly concealed the fact that his company had acquired another firm's work and staff after his insurer declined to offer cover for the change.
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September 13, 2024
Kennedys Hires Cyber, AI Pro From Addleshaw In London
Kennedys Law LLP has recruited a data protection, cybersecurity and artificial intelligence specialist from Addleshaw Goddard LLP as a partner in London, with the new arrival saying Friday she made the switch to take advantage of the firm's global reach.
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September 13, 2024
Steptoe Hires Antitrust Lawyer From Arthur Cox
Steptoe LLP has hired partner Ronan Scanlan to its London office, where he will expand its antitrust practice to help clients anticipate and mitigate legal and regulatory risks through cross-jurisdictional work.
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September 13, 2024
Dentons Taps Norton Rose For 3 Disputes Pros In Hong Kong
Dentons has recruited a team of three disputes lawyers from Norton Rose Fulbright in Hong Kong to boost its capabilities representing clients in international construction cases and other high-stakes matters.
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September 13, 2024
Lawyers To Face Tribunal Over Allegations Of Asylum Lies
Two more solicitors must face a London disciplinary tribunal over allegations they advised clients to provide fake stories in their asylum claims following an undercover Daily Mail investigation into bogus asylum applications.
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September 13, 2024
PM's 'Swift Justice' Pledge Needs Funding, Bar Council Says
Keir Starmer's commitment to "swift justice" can only be realized if the U.K. government pledges more resources to a chronically underfunded justice system, the Bar Council warned on Friday.
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September 13, 2024
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
This past week in London has seen a football agent sue Chelsea FC after being cleared of allegations he threatened the club’s former director, an ongoing patent dispute between Amgen and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, and a private school in Edinburgh suing Riverstone Insurance over compensation claims tied to historical abuse allegations made by former pupils. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.
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September 13, 2024
Freeths Hires McNulty As Pensions Director In London
Freeths LLP has appointed Sean McNulty, a former legal director at Blake Morgan as a pensions director in its London office, a move it believes will bolster its retirement income business.
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September 13, 2024
Eversheds Retains 76% Of Trainees
Eversheds Sutherland said Friday that it is retaining 76% of its U.K. trainees and solicitor apprentices who applied for newly qualified lawyer positions in 2024, as firms in England and Wales continue to diversify their intake.
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September 13, 2024
Mishcon de Reya Boosts NQ Pay by Almost 6% to £95K
Mishcon de Reya LLP said Friday that it has raised the salaries of its newly qualified solicitors in the U.K. by almost 6%, boosting annual pay to £95,000 ($124,000) and joining the law firms that are adjusting their pay scales to stay competitive.