All articles by Jemma Slingo – Page 39
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NewsProfit drops by 8% at Herbert Smith Freehills
Profit per equity partner has fallen by 10% to £857,000.
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NewsA&O sets diversity targets as black lawyers report shorter tenures
Black lawyers leave the firm two years and five months earlier than their white counterparts, according to new research.
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NewsTaylor Wessing sees profits fall after year of investment
UK profit at international firm falls by 8% to £57.6m following 'difficult' final quarter.
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NewsHerbert Smith Freehills under fire for Post Office advice
'Perverse' that HSF is overseeing the compensation scheme for former Post Office workers, says group of MPs.
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News'Definitely a race problem in firms' says new Birmingham society chief
Black solicitors still struggle to progress beyond associate level, says Inez Brown, who takes over from Linden Thomas this afternoon.
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NewsVideo wills 'risky and unnecessary', solicitors claim
New statutory instrument will allow wills to be witnessed over Skype, Zoom and Facetime.
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NewsPupillages will be withdrawn, regulator warns
Knock-on effects of coronavirus on junior lawyers 'very likely', says Bar Standards Board.
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NewsVideo-witnessed wills to be legalised under temporary SI
Reforms to be backdated to 31 January 2020, when first UK coronavirus case was confirmed.
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News'Ambitious plans': HFW reports record growth
City firm has completed 11 international office openings, mergers and associations since 2016.
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NewsSimmons & Simmons celebrates profit growth
Profits rise by 6% but international firm predicts ‘difficult times’ ahead.
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NewsSFO defends charging decisions as caseload drops
Agency fulfilled its duty in pursuing matters that have been prosecuted, says director.
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NewsUnion pledges to support students looking to sue BSB
Bar school students accuse regulator of discrimination over its handling of exams.
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NewsA&O takes on 93% of trainees
All trainees who applied to qualify have been offered NQ positions.
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NewsAshurst reports drop in partner profits
Profit per equity partner falls from £972,000 to £903,000, while revenue flatlines.
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NewsClifford Chance defies downturn with rising profits
Partner distribution cut back amid 'ongoing and unpredictable' consequences of pandemic.
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NewsSimmons announces six partners in modest promotion round
City firm delayed appointing partners in April because of coronavirus.
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NewsJudge bemoans 'general increase in hostility' in Commercial Court
Contempt case was presented in a 'heavy-handed, aggressively partisan fashion', Mr Justice Baker says.
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NewsLPC students demand refund after 'severe' lockdown failures
Fifteen-person classes at BPP University now contain up to 70 people, students claim.
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News29% of legal aid barristers could leave profession next year, says Bar Council
Fee income has fallen by average of almost 60% across the bar, representative body finds.