Magic circle law firm Linklaters, who employ over 2000 lawyers globally, has said that its lawyers could spend up to half their time out of the office on a permanent basis. Most Linklaters lawyers are still working from home and the firm would not comment on its future plans to bring back staff in large […]
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The well publicised demand for family lawyers after the lockdown last time has simply accelerated a problem that existed some years ago, according to family lawyers. Reports indicate that separation enquiries, among others, have exploded as relationships have buckled under lockdown pressures. As firms have moved away from providing family law services, combined with a
The anointment of Kamala Harris as Vice Presidential nominee for presidential candidate Joe Biden sees her husband, a partner at DLA Piper, as the potential, first ever male ‘Second Lady’ at the White House. Douglas Emhoff, 55 has a quarter century legal experience, working as partner at the Century City office of DLA Piper, where
An Australian case involving one of the Big Four accounting firms has raised the issue of retirement age for lawyers as well as accountants. Given that most large law firms have a mandatory retirement age provision, the case involving Deloittes will have firms thinking. According to many, the rules relating to professional service partnerships with
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UK Barristers have expressed their anger at the ‘galling’ trial of movie star Johnny Depp at a time when the justice system is buried beneath a backlog of sensitive cases that are being remotely handled. Johnny Depp’s libel case is now wrapping up and has been taken against The Sun, which had accused him of
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He’s known as one of the smartest of the Chasers on ‘The Chase,’ but barrister Shaun Wallace, objects to attempts by Australian, New Zealand and other networks removing the ‘dark’ from his title tag out of political correctness. Wallace is a barrister as well as a Chaser, as well as a part time law lecturer.
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National Party MP Chris Bishop is introducing a bill designed to make it easier for lawyers wot handle legal workout outside of their existing employment, which is currently regarded as misconduct under current Law Society rules. “My Lawyers and Conveyancers (Employed Lawyers Providing Free Legal Services) Amendment Bill makes a small change to allow a
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As the COVID crisis continues to hit the publicly-funded barristers in multiple jurisdictions, a UK survey has shown that almost 30 per cent may not renew their practising certificates next year. Amanda Pinto QC, chair of the Bar Council, told the Bar Standards Board that 29 per cent of legal aid practitioners and 38 per
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