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  • January 21, 2025

    Clyde & Co. Insurance Pro Joins DWF As Partner

    DWF LLP has hired a property and related liability expert from Clyde & Co. as a partner to join its global risks insurance team in London, as the firm looks to expand its practice across the U.K.

  • January 13, 2025

    Law Student Can't Rope Cambridge Profs Into Bias Claim

    A law Ph.D. student cannot sue the individual committee members who collectively refused to award him a doctoral thesis after a London judge ruled Monday that the panelists added nothing of substance to his discrimination case against Cambridge.

  • January 13, 2025

    Law Firms Avoid Early Payout In Dispute Over Property Deal

    A property business failed to get two law firms to contribute to its £2.5 million ($3 million) liability to a lender over a botched property purchase, after a judge ruled Monday that the dispute needed to be decided at trial.

  • January 13, 2025

    Simmons & Simmons Ups NQ Pay In Bristol To £96K

    Simmons & Simmons LLP said Monday that it is raising the salaries of newly qualified associates in its Bristol office to £96,000 ($116,833) as it looks to boost its pipeline of promising junior lawyers in the southwest English city.

  • January 13, 2025

    Tribunal Member Sanctioned After Falling Asleep In Hearing

    Britain's judicial conduct watchdog has sanctioned a tribunal member for misconduct after he "appeared to be fast asleep" during a hearing, despite his claims that he suffered from a medical condition.

  • January 20, 2025

    Addleshaw Goddard Hires New Brands Chief From Stobbs

    Addleshaw Goddard LLP has appointed a new head of brands from Stobbs, the latest in a spate of other lawyers at the intellectual property boutique taking a well-trodden path between the two firms.

  • January 20, 2025

    Clyde & Co. Lands Plane Insurance Pro From Kennedys

    An insurance specialist has returned to Clyde & Co., joining its aviation liability practice as a partner in London as the law firm looks to bolster its firepower and support its clients' complex and evolving needs.

  • January 13, 2025

    Croner To Face Fired Ex-Solicitor's Claim Despite Docs Spat

    Human resources consultancy Croner Group Ltd. must face a claim of a former litigation adviser that it unfairly fired him because he faced being struck off the solicitors' roll for sending antisemitic tweets. 

  • January 13, 2025

    Quinn Emanuel's London Income Tops £200M, But Profits Dip

    Quinn Emanuel reported its latest financial results on Monday, saying that its revenues in London had topped £200 million ($242.7 million) for the first time — but noted that profits fell by around 7%.

  • January 10, 2025

    The Revolving Door: Osborne Clarke, MoFo Make Big UK Hires

    Over the past week, Osborne Clarke LLP hired a competition litigator from claimants boutique Hausfeld LLP, Charles Russell Speechlys LLP brought on a barrister specializing in fintech, and Morrison Foerster LLP lost another real estate lawyer to Simmons & Simmons LLP. Here, Law360 looks at those and more of the week's most notable lateral hires around the U.K.

  • January 10, 2025

    RBG And Rosenblatt Reach 2-Week Truce In Battle Over Firm

    RBG Holdings PLC said Friday evening that it had reached a two-week truce with founder Ian Rosenblatt to allow him to buy back his former firm after its skirmish with its biggest shareholder over the business's future publicly exploded.

  • January 10, 2025

    Milbank Bumps Trainee Pay As New Training Contract Debuts

    Milbank LLP said Friday that the first group of five trainees on its new leveraged finance training program will start in September as the firm revealed that it had bumped trainee pay by more than 12%.

  • January 10, 2025

    UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

    This past week in London has seen legal services group RBG Holdings face a winding-up petition from founder Ian Rosenblatt amid soured talks about the group's leadership, J.P. Morgan file a fresh claim against WeRealize, retailer Asda face an intellectual property claim over a specific type of mandarin and financier Nathaniel Rothschild sue German entrepreneur Lars Windhorst and his investment vehicle Tennor International. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

  • January 10, 2025

    Lawyer Cleared Of Dishonesty Over AML Compliance Failings

    A disciplinary tribunal on Friday cleared a lawyer of dishonesty over allegations that he misled an insurer and the English solicitors regulator about his lack of compliance with anti-money laundering regulations.

  • January 10, 2025

    Litigation Funder Forms New Biz To Oversee Group Claims

    Litigation funder Asertis confirmed Friday it has joined forces with law firm KP Law PC to create a one-stop shop for managing legal claims through a unique platform that offers funding, litigating and insuring services.

  • January 10, 2025

    SRA Bars Conveyancing Exec Over Falsified Documents

    The Solicitors Regulation Authority has banned a conveyancing executive from working for another law firm after she falsified legal documents to conceal the fact that she had missed a deadline for sending them to Companies House.

  • January 10, 2025

    Clifford Chance Adds 2 Fund Finance Pros From Mayer Brown

    Clifford Chance LLP has hired two lending experts to join its global financial markets team in London, as the firm looks to add experience and specializations to its already strong private credit practice.

  • January 10, 2025

    CMS Taps Tax Disputes Specialist From KPMG

    CMS announced that it has appointed a former KPMG director as a partner in its London-based tax practice.

  • January 10, 2025

    RBG Says It Has Creditor Support Despite Winding Up Bid

    RBG Holdings PLC sought Friday to halt the sharp decline in its share price by reassuring investors that the company continued to have the support of its main creditors, just days after its largest shareholder and founder filed to wind up the company.

  • January 10, 2025

    SRA Bars 2 Case Managers Over Drug Dealing Convictions

    Two former case managers at a law firm in northwest England have been banned from the profession after they were convicted of drug dealing by a criminal court, the Solicitors Regulation Authority said Friday.

  • January 17, 2025

    Fieldfisher Hires Disputes Pro From DWF In Birmingham

    Fieldfisher LLP has hired a new dispute resolution partner to its Birmingham office from DWF LLP, with the new arrival saying Friday that he is keen to work on high-value matters that are "unheard of" at other firms in central England.

  • January 10, 2025

    Investors Sue Ackland & Co. Over Negligent Property Advice

    A Welsh law firm has been sued by a group of individuals over alleged breaches of duty in connection with their failed purchases of property in a development in England that collapsed before the promised residential apartments were built.

  • January 10, 2025

    Law Firm Sued For £1.8M Over Property Payments Advice

    A property company has sued Manuel Swaden for £1.8 million ($2.2 million), accusing the law firm of failing to inform it of unpaid payments when it gave advice on the purchase of a residential property in London.

  • January 09, 2025

    Skadden Opens Abu Dhabi Office With Freshfields Hire

    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP announced Thursday that its first Middle East office has opened in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, spearheaded by a new corporate transactional partner who previously led the region for Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP.

  • January 09, 2025

    CILEX Regulator Still Faces Uncertainty About Its Future

    The current regulator of legal executives for England and Wales said Thursday that it remains uncertain about its future as it awaits a decision on whether its powers will be transferred to the solicitors watchdog.

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