Keystone Law announces today that it has finalised the arrangements for its first office in the Middle East.The establishment of Keystone Law Middle East LLP (“KLME”) has been now been approved by the Abu Dhabi Global Market (“ADGM”), the award-winning international finance centre located in the heart of the UAE’s capital city, Abu Dhabi, where […]
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The COVID pandemic continues to eat into newly qualified (NQ) solicitors’ pay rates with Linkaters being the latest major law firm to announce further cuts to pay – this time a 10 per cent reduction.In June Allen & Overy and Clifford Chance both cut NQ rates by 10 per cent as a result of the
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Eversheds Sutherland – The government has published further details of the £1,000 employer bonus for every furloughed employee who remains employed until the end of January 2021. It has also implemented legislation to ensure that furloughed employees receive statutory redundancy pay, and some other statutory entitlements, based on their normal wages, rather than any reduced
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Bristol-based TLT Solicitors law firm has closed in on the £100m mark in a year when the law firm elected its first new managing partner in almost two decades, according to a report in InsiderMedia.In the year to 30 April 2020, revenue climbed by 13 per cent rise from £87.6m to £98.8m.Growth across its focus
Confidence is high in the 2020 Bellwether survey, with 84% of firms stable or growing. Yet, paradoxically, 38% of solicitors are pessimistic about their client’s prospects, seeing COVID-19 as a critical threat for them.LONDON, 29 July 2020 – The latest Bellwether report titled “OMG or BAU – COVID-19 and the legal industry” was released today by
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While the Johnny Depp libel trial has wrapped up in the UK, at the heart of the trial is Lower Hutt-born tabloid editor Dan Wootton, who is executive editor of The Sun newspaper and host of talkRADIO’s drivetime show but who also at the centre of the claim by Depp for the 2018 article which
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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 abusing
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“. . our culture does not reflect a scintilla of the image we try to project to our . . pro bono partners, clients and potential recruits.”Dan Garner* Dentons have been faced with criticism that they have engaged in a raft of cultural, management and ethical issues involving their Mid-East offices in serious claims made
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 cent
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The pandemic has not unduly hit the results of the Magic Circle law firms, with both Allen & Overy and Linklaters showing good – if not spectacular – results in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet the overall results show a remarkably robust reaction to the pandemic by the major law firms.Linklaters confirmed its
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