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Washington partners drafted in Hogan Lovells has been drafted in by the Ukrainian Ministry of Justice to advise on negotiations with the US over a potentially massive minerals agreement —…
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“Exceptional” personal mitigation led a tribunal to reduce the suspension of a male barrister who harassed a woman at his chambers’ Christmas party below the indicative sentence. The post Tribunal…
A solicitor who practised while suspended has been struck off, while the law firm owner who unwittingly employed him received a suspended sentence. The post Solicitor who practised while suspended…
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