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January 21, 2025
Kennedys Risk Chief Cleared Of Due Diligence Failures
A tribunal has cleared the chief risk officer at Kennedys Law LLP of failing to properly investigate concerns about a fraudulent hotel development plan in which directors swindled investors out of more than £6.5 million ($8 million).
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January 28, 2025
Clifford Chance Adds White & Case Euro Private Credit Vet
Clifford Chance has hired a private capital expert from White & Case as a partner in its global financial markets department in Milan to expand its European structured debt practice.
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January 20, 2025
Solicitor's Past Contact With Judge No Reason To Retry Case
A tribunal has ruled that a solicitor cannot get a second shot at his victimization claim against his old firm, concluding it was not an issue that he had been involved in a case with the same judge two years before.
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January 27, 2025
Ashurst Expands Consulting Team With New UK Head
Ashurst said on Monday that it has hired a new chief for its risk advisory business in the U.K. as clients increasingly face challenges that require more than legal advice, with concerns about cybersecurity and environmental, social and governance matters at the top of their list.
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January 20, 2025
Kinglsey Napley Hires SRA Exec In Another Blow To Watchdog
Kingsley Napley LLP said Monday that it had hired the deputy chief executive and general counsel of the Solicitors Regulation Authority as it continues to bolster its regulatory credentials in the latest high-profile departure for the agency.
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January 20, 2025
Tory MP Wants 'Answers' On Atty General's Alleged Conflicts
The shadow justice secretary has called for "answers and honesty" on the involvement of the attorney general in government decisions concerning his past clients — including Gerry Adams, the former president of Irish republican party Sinn Féin.
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January 20, 2025
Latham Boosts Trainee Salaries To Up To £65K In London
Latham & Watkins LLP has stepped up its efforts to recruit the most promising trainee lawyers in London by raising their salaries to as much as £65,000 ($80,000).
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January 20, 2025
Legal Tech Biz Defeats Developer's Age Bias Claim
An employment tribunal has tossed a software engineer's age discrimination claim against a patent search platform developer, finding that his arguments would be more relevant in an unfair dismissal case.
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January 20, 2025
Scales Of Justice TM Rejected As 'Commonplace'
European officials have rejected a figurative trademark for a set of scales because it was a "commonplace" symbol for marketing legal and other arbitration services that suggested themes of justice and protection.
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January 20, 2025
SocGen Can't Move €140M Clifford Chance Case To France
Clifford Chance has beaten Société Générale SA's bid to move its €140 million ($145 million) negligence claim against the law firm's European arm to France, as the Court of Appeal ruled on Monday that the case should be heard in England.
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January 27, 2025
White & Case Hires Tech Deal Pro From Travers Smith
White & Case said on Monday that it has hired a senior expert in intellectual property and technology transactions from Travers Smith, marking the loss of another partner for the London law firm.
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January 20, 2025
UK Inks Deal To Help Lawyers Practice In Switzerland
The government said Monday that it has signed a new agreement to make it easier for legal professionals in Britain to work in Switzerland — and the other way round.
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January 20, 2025
Judges Call For Removal Of Judicial Appointments Boss
Unionized judges called for the removal of the chair of the Judicial Appointments Commission, Helen Pitcher, in an open letter to the justice secretary on Monday.
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January 17, 2025
The Revolving Door: Jones Day Adds Ex-Lord Chancellor
In the past week, former lord chancellor Alex Chalk KC joined Jones Day's disputes practice, Jenner & Block recruited a seasoned investigations partner from Baker McKenzie to spearhead the launch of its public law practice and Mayer Brown scored its second partner from White & Case since the start of the year. Here, Law360 looks at those and more of the week's most notable lateral hires around the U.K.
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January 17, 2025
Conveyancing Exec Misappropriated £110K Of Client Money
A former conveyancing executive has been barred from working for a law firm after she misappropriated nearly £110,000 ($133,853) of client money, the Solicitors Regulation Authority said Friday.
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January 17, 2025
City Lawyers Group's Chief Executive To Step Down
The City of London Law Society said Friday that it is searching for a new chief executive to promote the interests of law firms and solicitors in the English capital's financial district as its current incumbent prepares to retire.
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January 17, 2025
Rodl Picks Up 25-Person Warsaw Team From Hogan Lovells
Germany-based professional services firm Rödl & Partner announced Wednesday the hiring of 19 attorneys, including five new partners, from Hogan Lovells' closing Warsaw office.
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January 17, 2025
Jones Day Hires Ex-Justice Secretary Alex Chalk As Partner
Jones Day said Friday it has hired former justice secretary Alex Chalk KC as a partner in its London office, boosting its global disputes practice with both legal and political experience.
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January 24, 2025
Finnegan Adds Quinn Emanuel UPC Pro In Munich
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner LLP has added a new IP partner to its Munich office with particular expertise in front of the nascent Unified Patent Court, marking its fifth IP partner hire.
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January 17, 2025
IP Group Slams UPC Verdict As Threat To In-House Counsel
An intellectual property group is urging the Unified Patent Court to clarify that parties' employees can act as representatives, expressing concern that a recent ruling has threatened in-house counsel's ability to appear at the court.
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January 17, 2025
Chambers Get In On The Salary Rush For Young Talent
While the spotlight has focused on the soaring salaries for newly qualified solicitors, top barristers' chambers in London have also begun advertising substantial compensation packages amid a talent shortage and growing demand for commercial litigation.
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January 17, 2025
Milbank Elects 17 Attorneys As Partners
Milbank LLP has elevated 17 attorneys to partner in one of its largest new partner classes ever, the firm announced Wednesday.
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January 17, 2025
Law Prof Says Litigation Over Firing Is Genuine, Not Vexatious
A former professor of law at the University of Warwick defended herself on Friday against an attempt by her former employer to get a court order to stop her from bringing any further claims, saying her attempt to clear her name is genuine and not vexatious.
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January 17, 2025
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
This past week in London has seen the family of the late chairman of Leicester City FC sue a helicopter manufacturer for £2.15 billion ($2.63 billion), Vivienne Westwood bring a copyright claim against the late designer's foundation and blockchain giant Tether file a new claim in its ongoing dispute with crypto trading firm Swan Bitcoin. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.
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January 17, 2025
SFO Secures 1st UWO Against Convicted Lawyer's Ex-Wife
A judge ordered the ex-wife of solicitor imprisoned for defrauding investors on Friday to explain how she acquired a house in northwest England after granting the Serious Fraud Office its first-ever unexplained wealth order