All City articles – Page 19
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NewsBullish Gateley shrugs off Covid as profits climb
Listed pioneer trading above pre-pandemic levels ahead of half-year results.
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NewsCity firm embraces remote working and reverses pay cuts
Solicitors at Taylor Wessing allowed to work from home up to half of the time.
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NewsBuckland assures City of post-Brexit opportunities
UK now has a number of international trade deals, says lord chancellor.
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NewsCity celebrates ‘golden decade’ – but impact of pandemic remains unclear
Legal sector revenue has risen by 44% since 2010, lobby group reports.
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NewsDentons starts redundancy consultation as part of remote working push
Up to 24 fee earners across the country could lose their jobs.
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NewsIBA 2020: Litigation funding could create conflicts of interest
'A lot of third-party funders are becoming quite close to law firms,' says ex-president of the Law Society of Ireland.
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NewsFieldfisher lays off secretaries and PAs
City firm says there is now ‘less demand for administrative support’.
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NewsReed Smith apologises for handling of Elphicke harassment allegations
Firm says the way it dealt with allegations against disgraced former partner in 2005 did not meet its standards.
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NewsCity firms too impressed by Russell Group degrees, says mobility group
Social Mobility Foundation claims blind recruitment could improve legal sector.
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NewsDWF offers paid work experience to aspiring BAME solicitors
Scheme to give six people the opportunity to do commercial law work during a one-week placement.
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NewsEx-City solicitor appointed interim government legal chief
Peter Fish CB to lead Government Legal Department while search for permanent replacement continues.
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NewsInternational firm partner fined for client account abuse
Solicitor’s successor at Womble Bond Dickinson also fined after admitting that he did not spot what was going on.
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NewsFreshfields' first female senior partner overwhelmed by support
Georgia Dawson tells Next 100 Years event the significance of her appointment did not immediately sink in.
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NewsCity firms team up with recruitment agencies to boost racial diversity
Ashurst, Clifford Chance, Herbert Smith Freehills, Slaughter and May, and Travers Smith draft ‘Recruitment Agency Race Fairness Commitment’.
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NewsTaylor Wessing eases Covid measures ahead of second lockdown
All solicitors at the City firm are back on full hours and full pay.
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NewsReed Smith unveils ‘earn as you learn’ SQE scheme
Graduates will work at the firm two days a week before starting their qualifying work experience.
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NewsEx-DWF chief re-emerges with in-house legal firm
Andrew Leaitherland starts new business and is appointed chair of existing firm.
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NewsDeloitte Legal announces ‘milestone’ acquisition of London firm
ABS brings on board more than 50 extra lawyers with deal to buy boutique practice Kemp Little.
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NewsBLM movement inspires change in big firms
City firms set ambitious ethnicity targets in wake of Black Lives Matter protests.
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FeatureRoom to grow
There is high praise for the City’s own tribunal. Should it have a bigger remit? Marialuisa Taddia reports.