All articles by Jemma Slingo – Page 15
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Supreme Court to rule on ‘midnight deadlines’
Justices will examine the rules for calculating limitation periods in professional negligence claims.
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Linklaters loses 45 secretaries and PAs
Magic circle firm offered voluntary redundancy to all of its London secretaries earlier this year.
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Covid will boost our acquisitions, says listed firm Knights
Trading update predicts revenue will exceed £100m for the year ended 30 April 2021.
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Firm ordered to pay £800,000 after property blunder
Claimant was not informed that part of his £2.14m property had been retained by the seller.
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Three Nightingale courts to close next month
Makeshift courts in Birmingham, Chester and Lancaster will shut within weeks.
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Loughborough in line for new ‘super-court’
Question mark still hangs over the future of 12 Nightingale courts with licences that expire next month.
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Linklaters to face hearing over sexual harassment claim
The employment tribunal will next month hear a case against the magic circle firm and a named male respondent.
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‘Litigation extravaganza’: MoR denounces six-year jurisdiction saga
Claim concerning an alleged oil trading fraud has yet to reach its substantive phase despite multiple hearings.
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Magic circle accelerates technology drive
Disruption caused by Covid-19 has increased demand for digital legal products, says Clifford Chance.
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Barrister fined for talking to other side’s client at home
Family hearing was adjourned and a wasted costs order was issued in wake of the conversation.
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Court cracks down on ‘Traveller injunctions’
Judgment will cause ‘widespread concern' among local authorities trying to prohibit the unauthorised occupation of land, lawyers claim.
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Crown court backlog starts to stabilise
Number of outstanding cases now hovers at around 58,000, up from 41,600 in May last year.
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‘No legal basis’ for Lugano rebuff, says lord chancellor
European Commission has recommended that the UK should not be allowed to join the international convention in its own right.
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Eco barrister's holiday plans fall through
Three Supreme Court justices pass sentence - but who will hear the appeal?
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Keystone chief cashes in £9.5m of shares
James Knight retains 29% of the firm’s issued capital following the sale.
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Court orders retrial after ‘inexcusable’ judgment delay
Mr Justice Snowden took 19 months to hand down judgment in a claim against NatWest's investment banking arm.
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Northern delights: Norway solicitors highest paid in Europe
Solicitors working in Norway receive an average annual salary of £112,490, according to law firm study.
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Linklaters elects first female senior partner
Corporate head Aedamar Comiskey will take over from Charlie Jacobs on 1 July.
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Hogan Lovells mourns London partner
'Highly talented' tech and media specialist Richard Diffenthal has died at the age of 40.
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Commercial court to return to in-person trials – except on Fridays
‘Mood has changed’ among commercial court users, who are less enthusiastic about virtual hearings than in September 2020.