Candey Law team win the Lawyer Awards Boutique Litigation Firm of The Year 2025Unlike Litigation Team of the Year, the Litigation Boutique of the Year Award is given for a firm’s all round performance. Firms – which naturally need to be “litigation boutiques” – are judged based on their place in the market, recent case […]
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Global law firm White & Case LLP has been named “Corporate Team of the Year” at the Lawyer Awards 2025.This recognition underscores the Firm’s work on the sale of The Spectator magazine, a significant transaction that captured substantial political and media attention. The deal involved the acquisition of The Spectator by Sir Paul Marshall and
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The battle for top legal talent in the UK is really heating up, and firms are putting their money where their mouth is—especially when it comes to newly qualified (NQ) lawyers.
CMS, DLA Piper, and Ashurst have all just bumped up their NQ salaries.
CMS has raised its London NQ salary to £120k, up from £110k, which means they’re now on par with Simmons & Simmons and Travers Smith. And it’s not just London: their NQs in Bristol are now getting £76,500 (up from £70k), while those in Manchester, Sheffield, and Liverpool are up to £68k (from £62k), and in Scotland it’s £68k too (from £60k). That’s a pretty sweet bump across the board!
DLA Piper NQs are now looking at £130k, which is a hefty 18 percent year-on-year increase with increases at a lower level in the NQs in the other UK offices.
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Let’s talk about the fine art of picking your battles—especially when those battles involve a 1,400-item costs bill and a judge with a limited supply of patience.Robin Makin, a UK lawyer advocate from Liverpool Legal, recently found himself on the wrong end of a £46,541.40 indemnity costs order after what can only be described as
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Mishcon de Reya has been accredited by the UK National Cyber Security Centre under their Cyber Incident Exercising Scheme, the first and only law firm to be accredited in this way. Cyber incident exercises are vital for building organisational resilience. By simulating realistic attacks, they help teams test and improve their response procedures, identify gaps, and ensure
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Johnson Law Group Welcomes New Associate Solicitor Leonie AmarasekaraJohnson Law Group is pleased to announce the appointment of Leonie Amarasekaraas an Associate Solicitor in the firm’s London office.Leonie brings with her a wealth of experience in high-value, cross-border disputes.She trained and qualified as a solicitor in England & Wales at White & Case LLP,practising international
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“Magic Circle” has been the Rolls-Royce of legal labels since the 1990s, describing London’s five most elite law firms: Allen & Overy (now A&O Shearman), Clifford Chance, Freshfields, Linklaters, and Slaughter and May.
But lately, the firms are treating their prestigious nickname like an embarrassing childhood photo on Facebook, working desperately to untag themselves.
When I recently dropped the “Magic Circle” reference in conversation with a senior partner, their response was swift and brutal: “It’s a sign of lazy journalism.”
David Cameron’s New Legal GigTom Borman, LawFuel contributorDavid Cameron is reportedly in discussions to join DLA Piper as a consultant, potentially advising the global law firm on geopolitical risk—a role that would come five years after the Greensill scandal, which cast a long shadow over his post-prime ministerial activities.Since leaving Downing Street in 2016, Cameron
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Lawfront announces that Trethowans has joined the fast-growing legal services group, in what is Lawfront’s largest deal to date. This is Lawfront’s sixth large regional firm acquisition and the thirteenth acquisition in total, taking group fee income to over £130m, well on the way to becoming a Top 10 regional legal services business.Trethowans is a leading firm
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Hogan Lovells Joins the £140k Club As London NQ Salaries Soar in Law Firm Pay WarHogan Lovells has just fired another shot in the ongoing law firm pay war, bumping up its London NQ solicitor salaries to a cool £140,000-a £5,000 rise from last year’s rate. The 4 percent increase, effective from 1 May 2025, puts
