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Pulse UK
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June 05, 2024
NQ Salary Hikes Spark Ripple Effect Through Legal Sector
The continuing wave of salary increase for newly qualified lawyers across London's top firms is triggering shock waves across the legal sector — including at clients — prompting concerns about distorted hiring markets and the impact on tight legal budgets.
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June 05, 2024
Linklaters Ends Cessation Payments To Partners
Linklaters LLP has ended its system of "cessation" payments to partners leaving the Magic Circle firm following two decades of service after recently putting the proposal to the vote of the firm's partnership.
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June 05, 2024
Birketts To Open Office In Bristol
Birketts LLP said Wednesday that it is opening a seventh office with a new outpost in Bristol, as it aims to grow its offering in southwest England's main legal hub.
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June 05, 2024
Scottish Defenders Boycott Abuse Cases As Pay Talks Stall
Criminal defense lawyers in Scotland have restarted their boycott of domestic abuse cases after talks with the Scottish government over legal aid reform broke down.
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June 05, 2024
Travers Smith Promotes Six New Partners
Travers Smith LLP said Wednesday that six lawyers across its practice groups are being bumped to partnerships in 2024, increasing its numbers after a spate of partner exits to City rivals.
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June 05, 2024
Alston & Bird Hires 2 Arbitration Pros In London
Alston & Bird LLP has recruited two specialists in international arbitration from a law firm in Dubai in a move to strengthen its capabilities in commercial and construction disputes as well as investor-state cases.
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June 05, 2024
Slater And Gordon Fight Ex-Analyst's Redundancy Appeal
Slater and Gordon LLP challenged on Wednesday an appeal by a former costs analyst, who claims that he was made redundant because he was mentally unwell and wrongly deprived of most of a £20,000 ($25,500) bonus.
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June 05, 2024
Goodwin Ups NQ Lawyers' Salary To £175K In Pay War
Goodwin Procter LLP said Wednesday that it has raised the annual salary of newly qualified solicitors in London to £175,000 ($223,000), another sign that the pay war among top law firms in the British capital is still heating up.
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June 04, 2024
Unsexy Cases Face Litigation Funding Gap, UK Judge Says
A judge formerly in charge of the U.K.'s Commercial Court told a conference in London on Tuesday that the growth of third-party funding could preclude claims that cannot be "commoditized" from being litigated.
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June 04, 2024
White & Case Hires Berlin Partner With ESG Focus
White & Case LLP has hired a new regulatory partner in Germany on the back of several additions that bolster its capabilities in the country.
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June 04, 2024
Simmons & Simmons Hires Another Tech Pro From Deloitte
Simmons & Simmons LLP said Tuesday that it has hired its third technology partner from Deloitte Legal in 2024, continuing the expansion of its digital business practice as the rapid expansion of generative artificial intelligence affects every industry.
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June 04, 2024
Ex-Clarke Willmott Lawyer Suspended For Sexual Misconduct
A former Clarke Willmott LLP partner was suspended on Tuesday after a disciplinary tribunal found he was guilty of sexual misconduct for refusing to leave a female partner's hotel room, trying to pull her on to a bed and asking for sex.
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June 04, 2024
Law Firm Denies Bad Advice In £13M Development Claim
A U.K. law firm has hit back at a businessman's £13 million ($16.6 million) negligence claim, arguing it was not responsible for delays and hiked-up costs from a building project that ultimately led to his company's collapse.
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June 04, 2024
IT Review Would Be Disclosed To Court, Post Office Warned
An internal Post Office report warned that any independent review of the faulty IT system used to prosecute innocent people would have to be disclosed in court, according to documents disclosed to the inquiry into the scandal on Tuesday.
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June 04, 2024
Sue Carr Expects Judges To Tap New Powers To Compel ADR
Judges in England and Wales will increasingly be called upon to use new court powers to compel alternative dispute resolution after a precedent-setting judgment was handed down, the country's most senior judge said Tuesday.
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June 03, 2024
Standards Are Murky As Legal Employers Vet Protesters
As violence in Gaza rages on, law firms have vowed not to employ lawyers whose activism for Palestinian rights they deem unacceptable. But "unacceptable" is in the eye of the beholder, and that makes it difficult for law students and lawyers who advocate for a ceasefire to navigate the workplace and the job market.
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June 03, 2024
Ex-Freshfields Partner Accused Of Inappropriate Conduct
The Solicitors Regulation Authority announced Monday that a former disputes partner at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP must face a disciplinary tribunal over allegations that he engaged in inappropriate behavior in 2017.
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June 03, 2024
Manager Fined £5K Over Accounting Failures At Law Firm
The managing partner of a northern English law firm has been fined after he failed to obtain accountants' reports and oversaw a shortage of more than £7,000 ($8,911) in the firm's client account, the Solicitors Regulation Authority said Monday.
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June 03, 2024
LexisNexis Acquires Belgian Contract Co. Henchman
LexisNexis Legal & Professional announced Monday the acquisition of Belgium-based contracting drafting platform Henchman.
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June 03, 2024
Law Firms Urged To Help Minorities Gain Work Opportunities
The solicitors' watchdog urged the legal industry Monday to help students from ethnic minorities get more work experience opportunities after a study found that over-reliance on A-Level results and a lack of paid sponsorships could mean those candidates fare worse in qualification exams.
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June 03, 2024
Labaton Keller Opens 1st Office Outside US In London
Labaton Keller Sucharow LLP said Monday it has opened its first office outside the U.S. in London, as the firm looks to expand its services to the U.K. and the rest of Europe.
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June 03, 2024
Barrister Loses Disability Bias Case Against Chambers Head
A barrister who accused the head of an English criminal chambers of bullying in claims for disability discrimination cannot sue after a judge ruled he was not disabled and therefore has no basis for bringing his case.
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May 31, 2024
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
This past week in London has seen financier Crispin Odey file a defamation claim against the Financial Times, Ford hit with the latest "Dieselgate" claim and a human rights activist bring a privacy claim against Saudi Arabia. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.
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June 07, 2024
Clifford Chance Hires New Capital Markets Partner In Frankfurt
Clifford Chance LLP has brought on a new partner from White & Case LLP to its global capital markets practice in Frankfurt as it aims to strengthen its ability to advise corporate finance clients on a multinational scale.
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May 31, 2024
Investor Sues Wealth Managers, Lawyers For Negligence
A real estate investor has sued a law firm and two finance companies in a London court, claiming they negligently advised her on an investment worth almost £20 million ($25.5 million).