Christian Bartsch International law firm Bird & Bird intends to open an office in Tokyo, Japan, before the end of the year, appointing Hiroyuki (Hiro) Iwamura as a partner in the region. The office will support Japanese clients with outbound cross-border work in Europe, the Middle East and Asia-Pacific in key industry sectors in which […]
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London Law NQ Pay Rates The news about Quinn Emanuel’s major pay rise for junior lawyers in London has reignited a salary war – if the ignition was ever required with the rapidly rising London law pay rates in The City. Freshfields has already raised its rates for junior, newly qualified (NQ) salaries to £150,000
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In the latest salvo of the intensifying war for legal talent among top City firms, Quinn Emanuel has fired a shot across the bow, significantly boosting pay for its newly minted solicitors in London with a major legal pay increase. The powerhouse US-based litigation boutique, the storied ‘most feared’ litigation firm, is raising base salaries
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Mishcon de Reya has filed today a group action in the High Court on behalf of over 10,500 licensed London black cab drivers in their claims against Uber, for losses sustained as a result of Uber’s unlawful activities in the London taxi market between May 2012 and (at the earliest) March 2018. The claim The
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Unraveling The Baby Reindeer Legal Issues Netflix’s hit series ‘Baby Reindeer’ has run into legal trouble with the lawyer who claims she has been mischaracterized in the series about a lawyer-stalker of a struggling comedian, based largely on fact. And another character, allegedly a senior London theatre personality, groomed and raped the central character also,
UK High Court Upholds Accidental Divorce Ben Boman, LawFuel contributing editor The finality of divorce was made crystal clear by the UK High Court in a recent decision involving high profile divorce lawyers Vardags who were refused an application to annul a final divorce decree made via an online divorce tool. The application resulted from
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Transgender Judge Leaves Bench Sonia Hickey, LawFuel contributing editor Pioneeering transgender High Court Master Victoria McCloud, 54, has resigned her legal role to avoid politicising the judiciary. The Times reported that she told the senior judiciary that she is quitting because “I am now political every time I choose where to pee” and that she
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The Diminished Appeal of Law Firm Partnership The lure of the law firm partnership may be losing its lustre for many law associates, according to a new survey from LexisNexis. The LexisNexis survey involving over 500 associates and senior leaders from various law firms in the UK has shown a marked decrease in the number
A coalition comprising former judges, including Lady Hale, former president of the Supreme Court, lawyers, and academics advocating for sanctions against Israel over the Gaza war has provided a comprehensive counterargument to assertions that their requests stem from a misinterpretation of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) verdict on genocide. In a robust response, reported
UK Law Firm Layoffs The slowdown in transactional work has seen listed UK law firm Knights announce layoffs across the country according to reports in UK media. Knights has boasted of being one of the fastest growing law firms in the UK but it has been slowed with the tougher market conditions and possibly over-extending
