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Revealed: The legal market’s document management trailblazers
A raft of UK law firms have been shortlisted for technology-related prizes in this month’s Business Leadership Awards. In this article The Lawyer highlights some innovations specifically in the area of...
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Simmons & Simmons lets 50% of autumn qualifers go
Simmons & Simmons has retained 50 per cent of its qualifying trainees this September. Of a 24-strong cohort, 17 applied for newly-qualified (NQ) jobs with the firm. Of those, 13 received offers...
View Article3PB takes three QCs from 1 Gray’s Inn Square
3 Paper Buildings (3PB) has taken three QCs and two barristers from 1 Gray’s Inn Square. 1 Gray’s Inn head of chambers Stephen Harvey QC, Geraint Jones QC, and David Berkley QC will be joined by senior...
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Lo♥︎ing Legal Life: Beating the post-holiday blues
Wish you were still on holiday? Then it’s time for change! In this first article in their fortnightly column on well-being in the law, systemic coach Zita Tulyahikayo and barrister James Pereira QC...
View ArticleInvestors sue over film scheme tax losses
Stewarts Law is acting for a number of investors in Ingenious Media’s film/game investment partnerships, after being branded as tax avoidance by HMRC. Group action begun on behalf of 220 investors who...
View ArticleWilliam Fry hosts CounselConnect – Regulation of Lobbying Act Update
William Fry hosted the first in the series of the CounselConnect events for the 2016 – 2017 season on Tuesday, 6 September. The session gave an update on the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015, and was...
View ArticleWilkin Chapman LLP selects Encompass Verify
Glasgow, UK 8th September 2016 – Wilkin Chapman LLP, one of the largest law firms in Lincolnshire and East Yorkshire and a leading debt recovery provider in East Midlands, has chosen Encompass Verify...
View ArticleHudgell backs ‘Monitoring For Mums’ Baby Lifeline campaign
Hudgell Solicitors are supporting the launch of a campaign by national mother and baby charity Baby Lifeline. Details of the ‘Monitoring for Mums’ Appeal will be announced by charity founder Judy...
View ArticleSpirit of Legends exhibition at NSIC Stoke Mandeville
National Spinal Injuries Centre NSIC Stoke Mandeville is paying homage to the Paralympics in Rio with a photography exhibition by Clare Newton. The exhibition, run by Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS...
View ArticleKaranović & Nikolić advises seller of Europe’s first electric buses
Karanović & Nikolić advised on the recent public procurement case in which our client – the seller – provided the City of Belgrade with five new electric buses for the public transport system. The...
View ArticlePLMJ takes on two top tax lawyers
PLMJ is pleased to announce the arrival at its Oporto office of two renowned tax lawyers João Velez de Lima and Francisco Castro Guedes, who respectively have more than 15 and 10 years’ experience in...
View ArticleFreshfields hires Eversheds international arbitration head
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has hired Eversheds’ international arbitration head Will Thomas, based in Paris. Thomas will relocate to London to join Freshfields. He has been a partner at Eversheds...
View ArticleQuinn Emanuel in talks to hire Shearman Brussels team
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan is understood to be in talks to hire the major players from Shearman & Sterling’s Brussels office. The group hire is expected to be led by Shearman office head...
View ArticleNorton Rose, BCL and Hickman & Rose advise as SFO charges Tesco directors...
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has charged three former Tesco executives with fraud following its investigation into the retailer’s 2014 accounting scandal. Managing director Christopher Bush, finance...
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My career story: “I quit my dream job in law to be a weathergirl”
Denise Nurse trained at Charles Russell and worked in-house at BSkyB before embarking on a second career as a broadcaster, presenting for Sky News, Sky Travel and hosting Escape to the Country for the...
View ArticleWorkspace strategy: How you can make your business more efficient
Workspace strategy has jumped to the top of the agenda as legal services providers battle to attract and keep top talent, The Lawyer’s UK 200: Workspace Trends 2016 report has found. The report,...
View ArticleThree top tips: How to be a great employment lawyer
Eversheds partner Tom Bray shares his top three tips for success as an employment lawyer. The post Three top tips: How to be a great employment lawyer appeared first on The Lawyer | Legal News and Jobs...
View ArticleGateley opens tax office in Belfast
Gateley has launched is first office in Northern Ireland, opening its newly acquired tax advisory business in Belfast. Gateley Capitus was formed when the publicly listed firm bought tax advisory...
View ArticleGP represented by Andrew Hockton cleared of dishonesty
At the conclusion of a hearing before the Medical Practitioners Tribunal on 7th September, Dr A, a general practitioner, was cleared of a serious allegation of dishonesty. It was alleged that the GP...
View ArticlePNBA Clinical Negligence conference chaired by Christopher Johnston QC for...
Christopher Johnston QC and Nicholas Peacock (of Hailsham Chambers) co-chaired the annual PNBA Clinical Negligence conference at Clare College, Cambridge this weekend. Chris and Nick put together the...
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