Another star corporate lawyer heads to Soho Paul Weiss’ new London office, which is located in Twitter’s former UK headquarters in the Soho district of the capital A senior funds…
The SRA is to examine how family law and landlord and tenant law specialists maintain their competence amid increasing reports about their practices. The post SRA to probe competence of…
The Court of Appeal has held that none of the 79 invoices worth nearly £13m received by a billionaire over six years were statutory bills, meaning they remain open for…
The legal sector has faced “astronomical ransom demands” from cyber-attackers in recent years, ranging from $30,000 to $21m, according to new research. The post Law firms facing “astronomical ransom demands”…
Peers from all sides of the House of Lords have backed the Arbitration Bill to pass into law quickly during the first debate since it recommenced its journey through Parliament.…
Access Legal is excited to announce new appointments marking the tech provider’s investment in product and innovation. The post Access Legal significantly strengthens product and innovation with key appointments and…
In response to the Bank of England cutting the base rate from 5.25% to 5%, Andrew Lloyd, Managing Director at Search Acumen, comments: The post Search Acumen responds to base…
17% increase for newly qualified solicitors in London Global mega firm White & Case has raised salaries for its newly qualified (NQ) lawyers in London from £150,000 to £175,000, as…
Southampton Uni’s Maddy Nicholl shares her top tips Being a law student is hard; very few people would disagree with that statement. What can make it ten times harder is…
Solicitors representing clients with claims for mis-sold car finance have expressed frustration at the Financial Conduct Authority’s delay in completing its work on the issue. The post Solicitors hit out…
A leading law firm has become the first to obtain the new legal services-specific data protection certification approved by the Information Commissioner’s Office. The post First law firm obtains specialist…
A solicitor who failed to check that a criminal client’s appeal had been lodged at the Court of Appeal has been rebuked after it turned out that it had not…
The Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner has praised the BSB and SRA for their co-operation in shutting down an advice firm and having the barrister who supervised it disbarred.…
Dentons continues City trend of positive financial gains The world’s largest law firm by lawyer headcount has seen revenues increase over the past financial year, thanks in part to an…
Around this time last year, I wrote about our new Upstream Regulation team and our focus on supporting public authorities to be open and accountable with the public they serve.…