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  • October 08, 2024

    Closed Firm Parrott & Coales Ordered To Pay Ex-Staffer £7K

    An employment tribunal has ordered shuttered Metamorph Group law firm Parrott & Coales LLP to pay £7,689 ($10,074) to a former employee it made redundant after the regulator of solicitors stepped in to close the business.

  • October 08, 2024

    White & Case Adds Marketing, Innovation Execs Amid Growth

    White & Case LLP announced Monday the appointment of both a chief innovation officer and a chief marketing officer as the firm continues to expand through hiring and office openings.

  • October 08, 2024

    Major Lindsey Elevates Longtime UK Associate Recruiter

    A former managing director and practice lead for Major Lindsey & Africa's Europe, Middle East and Africa associate practice group has been promoted to executive director of associate recruiting, the legal consulting and recruiting firm said Tuesday.

  • October 07, 2024

    Pinsent Masons Snags DLA Piper Construction Disputes Pro

    Global law firm Pinsent Masons LLP said Monday it has hired a DLA Piper international arbitration lawyer in London who advises clients on construction, engineering and infrastructure disputes.

  • October 07, 2024

    Rosenblatt Rejects Negligence Claims Over Jaeger Collapse

    Rosenblatt Solicitors has denied being negligent in its handling of a claim for a fashion retail entrepreneur against Lloyds Bank over the bank's alleged role in the demise of fashion brand Jaeger, arguing it had to take a narrow focus to bolster the weak case.

  • October 07, 2024

    Kingsley Napley Taps SRA's AML Director For New Service

    Kingsley Napley LLP said Monday that it has hired the former director of anti-money laundering at the Solicitors Regulation Authority to lead a new service for clients of the firm as the solicitors' watchdog prepares to enhance its fining powers for economic crime.

  • October 07, 2024

    Covington UK White Collar Chief Heads To Litigation Boutique

    Covington & Burling LLP's former co-head of white collar defense for Europe joined litigation boutique Quillon Law LLP on Monday to boost its capabilities in major fraud cases and investigations.

  • October 07, 2024

    Ex-Mayer Brown Chair Helman Recalled As Steadfast Leader

    Former Mayer Brown chair Bob Helman, who stepped up to lead his firm through a fraught juncture in the 1980s during his decades in Chicago's legal community, has died at 90 years old, the firm said Friday.

  • October 07, 2024

    Firm's Boss Misled Insurer Over Suspended Lawyer, SRA Says

    The solicitors' watchdog told a disciplinary tribunal Monday that the boss of a law firm misled insurers to cover up employing a lawyer who was banned from handling client accounts.

  • October 07, 2024

    CMS Raises NQ Pay In London To £110K

    CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP said Monday that it has increased the salaries of freshly qualified lawyers in its London office to up to £110,000 ($144,000), as it joins other law firms that have boosted pay for new solicitors.

  • October 11, 2024

    Covington Adds Mishcon Insurance Litigation Pro In London

    Covington & Burling LLP has hired a dispute specialist as a partner to its global insurance practice group in London to lead the firm's policyholder disputes practice.

  • October 04, 2024

    Barristers Lose Appeal Over Fees For Adjourned Trial

    Two barristers have failed to overturn a ruling that they were not entitled to the majority of approximately £150,000 ($196,800) in fees to act in a £20 million trial after a London appellate court ruled that the contract underpinning the fees was a "one-sided arrangement."

  • October 04, 2024

    CAT Head Stepping Down After Love Letter To Junior Staffer

    The president of the Competition Appeal Tribunal is leaving his post, the judiciary announced this week — two months after he received a serious warning for misconduct for declaring his love to a junior staff member in a handwritten note.

  • October 04, 2024

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

    This past week in London has seen GMB Union sued by the makers of Tetley Tea after a staff walkout in September, boxer Mike Tyson hit with legal action from a marketing company and the Met Police face a misuse of private data claim from a woman who had a relationship with an undercover police officer. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

  • October 04, 2024

    A&O Shearman Set To Expand New Office Space By A Third

    A&O Shearman is set to expand its footprint significantly when it relocates to its new London offices by early 2027, boosting the space it plans to lease by a third.

  • October 04, 2024

    McDermott Taps Big 4 Partner As Senior Tax Pro In London

    McDermott Will & Emery LLP announced it has recruited a former U.K. partner from KPMG to join its firm as a tax partner, bringing an expert in private equity to its London office.

  • October 04, 2024

    Judge Sanctioned For 'Overfamiliar' Talk With Court Employee

    A judge has been issued with formal advice after an investigation found that he had been "overfamiliar" in his conversations with a female member of court staff, the Judicial Conduct Investigations Office has said.

  • October 11, 2024

    Dechert Hires Fund Finance Pro From DLA Piper

    Dechert LLP has recruited a fund finance specialist as a partner from DLA Piper to boost its offerings for asset management firms, financial institutions and alternative lenders.

  • October 03, 2024

    Linklaters Teams Up With King's College For GenAI Training

    Linklaters LLP, in collaboration with the Dickson Poon School of Law at King's College London, announced on Thursday the launch of a new generative artificial intelligence training course to help its lawyers better understand generative artificial intelligence as the firm moves to adopt such technology this year.

  • October 03, 2024

    Watson Farley To Move To New London Base After 30 Years

    Watson Farley & Williams LLP will be relocating to a smaller office in London's financial district to better reflect the needs of a modern working environment, ending a stay of more than 30 years at its current base in the English capital, the law firm announced Thursday. 

  • October 03, 2024

    Osborne Clarke Keeps 1st Apprentices Amid Latest NQ Class

    Osborne Clarke LLP said Thursday that 38 of the 44 trainees who qualified in September will stay on as newly qualified solicitors — an 86% retention rate that also includes the firm's first two qualifying solicitor apprentices.

  • October 03, 2024

    Kennedys Raises Pay For NQ Lawyers In London To £85K

    Kennedys Law LLP said Thursday that newly qualified lawyers at its office in London are now earning a salary of £85,000 ($111,400) as it hikes rates to keep up with changing market dynamics.

  • October 03, 2024

    Travers Smith Launches Solicitor Apprentice Scheme

    Travers Smith LLP said Thursday that it had begun recruiting its first group of solicitor apprentices, joining the growing number of big law firms with similar initiatives to diversify their intake of future lawyers.

  • October 03, 2024

    Freeths Says Developer At Fault In £7M Warehouse Value Row

    Freeths has hit back at a developer's £7.5 million ($9.8 million) negligence claim accusing the law firm of tanking the value of a warehouse, arguing that it had no prospect of avoiding the imposition of noise conditions when it started demolishing the building.

  • October 02, 2024

    Lawyers Fail To Overturn EU Ban On Legal Services To Russia

    The European General Court on Wednesday dismissed an attempt by French and Belgian lawyers to overturn prohibitions on providing legal advice to Russia, clarifying that the ban only applies when the advice has no link to judicial proceedings.

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