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January 09, 2025
Trainee Misled Firm Over Annual Leave Request
A former trainee solicitor at a central English law firm has been banned from being employed by another law firm after she lied to her employer about needing to take time off to go to court over a planning matter, the Solicitors Regulation Authority has said.
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January 09, 2025
Lawyer Disbarred For 'Recklessly' Misleading Upper Tribunal
A barrister who "recklessly misled" the court over the course of judicial review application proceedings into immigration decisions was disbarred by the profession's disciplinary tribunal on Thursday.
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January 09, 2025
Direct Line Names New GC Ahead Of Planned Aviva Merger
Direct Line Group has appointed a new general counsel to its executive committee, as the insurer moves toward its anticipated merger with rival Aviva later in 2025.
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January 09, 2025
Barbara Mills KC Elected As New Bar Council Chair
The Bar Council has elected family law specialist Barbara Mills KC as the first Black person to serve as its chair as the profession continues to wrestle with a lack of diversity and underinvestment in the justice system.
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January 09, 2025
Tech Biz Says Barrister Failed To Flag Law Firm's Negligence
A tech company has accused a barrister of failing to spot his instructing law firm's alleged negligence, telling a London court that this armed the law firm with a limitation defense that cut the value of an eventual settlement.
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January 09, 2025
SFO To Claw Back £1M From Solicitor Convicted Of Fraud
A lawyer who was imprisoned for 14 years for siphoning off investors' money through a fraudulent offshore "get-rich-quick" legal aid scheme will repay victims more than £1 million ($1.23 million), the Serious Fraud Office said Thursday.
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January 09, 2025
Ex-Lawyer Sues BT Over Lost £8M From Search Invention
A retired real estate lawyer has accused British Telecommunications and a paralegal firm of conspiring to exclude him from a system he created to find building asset risks, alleging they robbed him of more than £8.75 million ($10.8 million) in future annual revenue.
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January 08, 2025
Lawyer Accused Of AML Failings And Accounts Rules Breach
England's solicitors watchdog told a tribunal Wednesday that a lawyer lied about anti-money laundering failings and used his firm's client account as a banking facility to hold more than £2 million ($2.7 million) for a client.
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January 08, 2025
Reed Smith Names Brigid North As New London Chief
Reed Smith LLP named long-time real estate partner Brigid North on Thursday as the new managing partner at its London office, as the U.S. law firm targets "sustainable" growth in the increasingly competitive legal market.
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January 08, 2025
Howard Kennedy Recruits IP Partner From Gunnercooke
Howard Kennedy LLP has recruited a new partner from Gunnercooke LLP to its intellectual property team in London, with the lawyer saying Wednesday she's ready to leave behind the "eat what you kill" model to join a more traditional setup.
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January 15, 2025
Charles Russell Hires Disputes Pro From Swiss Firm
Charles Russell Speechlys LLP has hired a dispute resolution specialist from Altenburger Ltd. Legal + Tax in Switzerland as the firm looks to continue growing its business internationally.
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January 08, 2025
Ashurst Reports 'Serious' Technical Incident
Ashurst LLP said Thursday that it had experienced a "serious" technical incident that disrupted email communication for its lawyers and staff, highlighting the ongoing cyber issues faced by firms.
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January 15, 2025
ACG Metals Hires Ex-Kirkland Partner As Chief Legal Officer
A former restructuring partner at Kirkland & Ellis LLP has joined copper miner ACG Metals Ltd. to take up the position of chief legal officer as it pursues an ambitious acquisition strategy in the copper sector, the company said.
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January 08, 2025
London Partner Moves Hit Record, Driven By US Firms' Pay
A record number of partners moved between firms in London in 2024, driven mainly by substantial investments by U.S. outfits, data published on Wednesday by a legal recruiter shows.
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January 08, 2025
RBG Fires Rosenblatt As Dispute Over Firm's Future Explodes
RBG Holdings PLC said Wednesday that it has parted ways with its namesake Ian Rosenblatt as his dispute with the legal group's leadership over its future boiled over amid allegations that he was setting up another firm under his name.
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January 07, 2025
Lawyer Denied Bonus On Career Break Wins Sex Bias Case
The Government Legal Department indirectly discriminated against a senior lawyer by skipping her £1,500 ($1,875) bonus because she was on a career break, an employment tribunal has ruled.
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January 07, 2025
Here's How Paul Hastings' Big Bet On Finance Paid Off
As the financial markets swayed between booms and busts in recent years following the waning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Paul Hastings LLP stayed the course, doubling down on its transactional practices by recruiting top-tier talent across key global markets like New York and London, and rising hubs such as Texas.
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January 07, 2025
Shein GC Avoids Labor Abuse Claims At UK Inquiry
Fashion retailer Shein was excoriated by MPs after it offered few answers to accusations of labor abuses in its supply chains at a parliamentary inquiry on Tuesday.
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January 07, 2025
Gibson Dunn Appoints New Leaders Of London Office
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP has had a change of leadership in London, with the appointment of resolution expert Osma Hudda and real estate finance lawyer Rob Carr as the new partners in charge of its base in the City.
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January 07, 2025
Shook Hardy & Bacon Winds Down London Office
Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP is closing its three-lawyer London office after nearly four decades in the British capital, the firm said Tuesday, as two of the partners moved to CMS.
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January 07, 2025
Troutman Pepper Locke Leaders Define A Successful Merger
What makes for a successful law firm merger? It's more than headcount and profits, according to two leaders of the newly minted Troutman Pepper Locke LLP law firm, which was formed Jan. 2 by the combination of major U.S.-based law firms Troutman Pepper and Locke Lord.
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January 07, 2025
Latham Loses Antitrust Pro To Sidley In Latest Exit
Sidley Austin LLP said Tuesday that it has hired an antitrust partner from Latham & Watkins LLP to its Brussels office — the latest lawyer to jump ship from Latham to its U.S. rival.
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January 07, 2025
NI Law Society Partners With Broker Gallagher On Cyber Risk
Insurance broker Gallagher said it will provide risk management on cyber threats to hundreds of legal practices in Northern Ireland as a result of a tie-up with the region's professional standards body.
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January 07, 2025
Solicitor Told 'Client' To Make False Asylum Claim, SRA Says
A lawyer advised someone he believed to be a client to provide a fake story to support a British asylum claim, the Solicitors Regulation Authority alleged at a disciplinary tribunal in London on Tuesday.
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January 07, 2025
Law Firm Fined £28K For Not Complying With AML Laws
An English law firm has been fined for failing to implement adequate measures to protect it from being exposed to money laundering and terrorist financing, the Solicitors Regulation Authority has said.