Mrs George Clooney took a high profile personality to a high profile case this week when she and Geoffrey Robertson QC of Doughty Street Chambers took to the European Court of Human Rights to argue the case against a Turkish politician who denied Armenian genoicide deaths in 1915. The case attracted wide interest not just […]
The Lawyer has pulled out all stops to list their 100 top barristers in Britain – the Bar’s “A List” with an assemblage of legal talent ranting from those who have helped with the development of an Ebola vaccine to holding the government to account for pollution problems. First up is Richard Boulton QC of
Leading Scottish law firm, Stronachs, continues to grow in Aberdeen with the appointment of a new partner, Mark Brady. Mr Brady who joins the firm’s corporate team, specialises in banking and finance. Managing partner, David Rennie, said: “Following a strong 2014 for the firm, with a string of enviable deals completed, I am delighted that the
A law firm founded in Yorkshire by a husband and wife team and entrepreneurs in 2009 already employs 70 people and has forecast an income increase of £1.1million this year, after acquiring new offices and hiring 23 new staff in 2014. Newtowns Solicitors of York has long term growth plans and a successful expansion of its
Law firm marketing online is becoming more essential for lawyers and now the UK is measuring the effectiveness of law firm social media marketing with content marketing company Passle saying Irwin Mitchell is the most active firm publishing articles and blogs online. The Lawyer reports that research carried out by content marketing platform Passle said
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Freshfields, Linklaters and eight other law firms have been added to the MoD panel, Legal Week report. The website reports that Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Linklaters are among firms winning places on the Ministry of Defence’s (MoD’s) 10-strong major projects panel. Addleshaw Goddard, Burges Salmon, Freshfields, Herbert Smith Freehills and Linklaters have been added to
LONDON, 15 December 2014—LawFuel.com – Ropes & Gray is advising Bain Capital Europe, LLP on the acquisition of CRH plc’s clay and concrete businesses in the UK and United States in a transaction valuing the businesses at £414 million. CRH, a FTSE 100 building products company, is selling clay companies lbstock and Glen Gery
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Worcester- based law firm Harrison Clark Rickerbys has received accolades from Legal 500 with a number of top rankings in the Chambers UK Guide rankings of major UK law firms. In the guide, produced annually by Chambers & Partners, HCR was ranked in the top tier of band one for family law, licensing, litigation, private
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British law firms and barristers’ chambers have been threatened with the “nuclear” option of having quotas imposed, according to a recently released Diversity Legal Table report showing different approaches are required to improve the lot of women and ethnic minorities in British law firms and chambers. Its annual Diversity Legal Table report also suggested different
By Muna Saleem* Once upon a time (although not that long ago) being a divorcee and trying to meet new significant others was extremely difficult, largely as a result of society’s perceptions of divorce, particularly being divorced and female. However, opinions have changed dramatically in the last few decades and many women in
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