The UK child sex abuse inquiry has not only become riven by resignations, but is the most expensive enquiry in UK history – with now five lawyers having resigned from the enquiry having been paid over £3million has already been paid out to lawyers involved in the child sex abuse inquiry amid claims. The inquiry’s top […]
The bigger the law firm, the younger the age – so reports a research report from Edward Drummond, a law firm consultancy. The report showed that 72 per cent of partners at the UK’s top 10 law firms are 50 years or younger, while this the figure for the UK overall is 60 per cent.
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Clifford Chance – Following the UK’s vote to leave the European Union, multinationals face a range of challenges. At two recent Clifford Chance seminars in London, our experts shared their views on what Brexit means for multinationals outside the financial services sector, focusing on the business and legal impact. There is still considerable uncertainty as
The death of millionaire lawyer John Jones in April, who represented Wikileaks’ Julian Assange among others, is an apparent suicide that has friends, colleagues and clients asking “Why?” With no evident reason to do so, and little reported in the media, the question of why he might have done so is increasing in intensity. John
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British PM Theresa May has joined the chorus of delight over the closure of a law firm that pursued what one newspaper called a “Witch Hunt” of British soldiers. The PM said she was “very pleased” that the firm, Public Interest Lawyers, was to close this month. The government has already said that it was
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A battle has developed on either side of the Atlantic over pay for talented lawyers, with some American law firms paying high dollars to London lawyers – in US dollars as well. Newly qualified lawyers in Britain working for US law firms can now earn up to US$180,000 (£137,400) the FT reports. >> Check LawFuel’s Law
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With summer time comes the opportunity for young interns to start flexing their career muscles. According to a Evening Standard report, the interns in law firms and banks in London are taking the opportunity to – as writer Frankie McCoy says – do the “bigt deals” as the people who “drink Jägerbombs out of choice. So
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Dropping the C bomb is not something you would expect from any judge, let alone a British High Court judge like Patricia Lynch QC. She visible stunned her court when sentencing a racist defendant, John Henningan, 50, who told her she was “a bit of a c***”. Her immediate response was “You are a bit
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The leading London law firm Mischcon de Reya has started legal action to have the British Parliament to seek legislative approval before leaving the European Union. The law firm said in a statement reported by Reuters that its clients were a group of concerned British citizens, but it did not name them or say who
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Dublin, Ireland – May 24, 2016 – Drawing on her many years’ experience as a litigator specialising in employment and equality law, Cliona Kimber is now looking at how the digital age is bringing challenges to the workplace and highlighting the challenging task that traditional laws have in keeping up with the new digital advances.
