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February 14, 2025
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
This past week in London has seen Spice Girls star Mel B's ex-husband bring a defamation claim against the publisher of The Sun, a hotel sue a former director convicted of embezzling its funds for breach of fiduciary duty, and comedian Russell Brand face a sexual abuse claim. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.
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February 14, 2025
ENRC Can't Directly Appeal $120M Cut From SFO Claim
A London judge Friday refused Eurasian Natural Resources Corp. a direct route to challenge his decision to pare its claim against the Serious Fraud Office over its criminal investigation, a move the company's lawyers say "went behind" its evidence and should have been aired at trial.
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February 14, 2025
5 Questions For Spencer West Partner Karl Foster
The Financial Conduct Authority's approach to enforcement and consumer protection has come up against government economic growth priorities and resistance from the sector to its proposals to "name and shame" companies early on during regulatory probes.
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February 21, 2025
Cadwalader Adds 3 Fund Finance Pros In London
Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP said Friday that it has hired three fund finance lawyers from Ashurst LLP and Reed Smith LLP to boost its capabilities advising clients on increasingly complex transactions from its office in London.
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February 14, 2025
Former ICJ President Joins London's Twenty Essex
A prominent arbitrator who spent three years as president of the International Court of Justice has joined Twenty Essex in London, the barristers' chambers said on Friday.
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February 13, 2025
Patent Court Rules Out DIY Defense For Attys Party To A Case
Lawyers cannot represent themselves at the Unified Patent Court if they are a party to a case, an appeals panel at the court has ruled.
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February 13, 2025
Norton Rose Fulbright Hikes NQ Pay To £135K
Norton Rose Fulbright said Thursday that it is increasing starting salaries of newly qualified solicitors in London to £135,000 ($169,100) following an annual benchmarking review as junior lawyers' earnings continue to hit new levels across the market.
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February 13, 2025
Gunnercooke Taps Ex-Millwall FC Chief To Lead Sports Division
Gunnercooke LLP said Thursday that it has recruited the former chief executive of Millwall Football Club to lead a new division representing clients in the sports industry.
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February 13, 2025
Mishcon Hires Sports Pro To Its Disputes Resolution Team
Mishcon de Reya LLP has recruited a new disputes partner from Kennedys who has a track record of representing sports clients — including IndyCar driver Álex Palou in his ongoing battle with McLaren.
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February 20, 2025
Clifford Chance Adds 2 PE Pros From KKR, Blackstone
Clifford Chance LLP has added two more partners in London to continue the expansion of its global private capital team as it looks to meet the growing demands of clients for expert advice in the space.
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February 13, 2025
Former SFO HR Boss Loses Claim He Was Forced Out
A former head of human resources at the Serious Fraud Office has lost his case that he was forced to quit the white-collar crime agency because executives "deliberately and increasingly undermined" him and hired someone else to take over his duties.
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February 13, 2025
Radical Reform A Must To Save Courts, Ex-CPS Chief Says
Radical reforms are required to clear the backlog of criminal cases in the U.K. that will push the economic crime crisis further down the queue if it is not tackled, a former chief crown prosecutor has told Law360.
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February 13, 2025
Mishcon De Reya Invests In Legal Tech Startup Ctrl AI
Mishcon de Reya has said it has made an investment in Ctrl AI, a legal technology start-up, joining the trend for corporate legal departments to turn to cutting-edge tools to streamline tasks that demand a large amount of resources.
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February 12, 2025
AIG Largely Beats Claim Over Failed Italy Property Scheme
AIG is not liable to pay the bulk of nearly €3.5 million ($3.6 million) to investors in a failed Italian real estate project, as a judge found Wednesday that the insurance policy of a defunct Italian firm does not cover negligent advice by its predecessor.
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February 12, 2025
Barrister Suspended Over Sexually Inappropriate Behavior
A criminal barrister has been suspended after a tribunal found that he showed semi-nude images and made inappropriate comments to a woman during a case he was working on, the Bar Standards Board has said.
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February 12, 2025
UPC Cracks The Door Open For In-House Counsel To Appear
The Unified Patent Court ruled in a decision released Wednesday that there is no blanket ban on in-house lawyers appearing at the court, handing them a lifeline after a recent ruling jeopardized their ability to represent their employers.
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February 12, 2025
Law Firms Team Up To Fund $5M Climate Action In Kenya
A children's charity said Wednesday that it has partnered with several law firms to help tackle the effect of climate change in western Kenya by investing a predicted $5 million over the next decade.
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February 12, 2025
Axiom Ince Execs' Fraud Trial Over Collapse Set For 2027
Five former leaders of Axiom Ince are to stand trial in 2027 over allegations they committed fraud and covered up their wrongdoing during a regulatory probe into the law firm, which collapsed with a hole of more than £60 million ($74.4 million) in its client accounts.
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February 12, 2025
Haynes Boone Hires 7-Lawyer Team From Memery Crystal
Haynes Boone said Wednesday that it has recruited a seven-strong team of capital markets experts from Memery Crystal in London, led by former senior partner Nick Davis, as the fallout continues from the collapse of the RBG professional services group.
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February 11, 2025
BonelliErede Snaps Up Arbitration Partner From Cleary
Italian law firm BonelliErede has hired an arbitrator with over 30 years of experience and a particular focus on construction disputes as partner, as the firm looks to capture a bigger slice of the growing market.
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February 11, 2025
Met Office Process For Tackling Sexual Misconduct Upended
A London court ruled Tuesday that the Met's process to pull clearance for police officers accused of sexual misconduct is unlawful, leaving the force in what it called "a hopeless position" to tackle unfit officers after Wayne Couzens' rape and murder conviction.
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February 11, 2025
ETSI Picks IP Law Pro For New Chief Policy Officer
Europe's telecommunications standards body has appointed a new chief policy officer with a background in intellectual property law and policy.
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February 18, 2025
Dechert Hires PE Pro From Gibson Dunn In London
Dechert LLP has hired a longtime partner at Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP to augment its services for clients in private equity transactions and corporate mergers and acquisitions.
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February 11, 2025
Bristows Hires New UPC Chief In Dublin
Bristows LLP has hired a new Unified Patent Court director to its Dublin office who aims to "sculpt" the firm's practice at the European forum.
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February 11, 2025
Pinsent Masons Cuts Jobs In Germany Amid Strategic Review
Pinsent Masons LLP said Tuesday that it is making cuts to its workforce in Germany, more than a decade after it first opened an office in the country.