All articles by Jemma Slingo – Page 54
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NewsHogan Lovells opens document review hub in Arizona
Firm teams up with legal services company to create review centre which uses AI to scour documents.
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NewsMishcon shuts up shop in New York
The work of the firm’s only international outpost is ‘no longer consistent’ with the London practice.
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NewsQC selection company sitting on £1.4m cash pile as fees roll in
Queen’s Counsel Appointments charges lawyers £2,160 to apply for silk and an extra £3,000 + VAT if their application is successful.
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NewsFour City solicitors to take silk in 2020
Just 4% of QC appointments go to solicitors this year, as 110 barristers and four solicitors make the grade.
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NewsStatutory legacy for partners raised to £270,000
Overdue update increases the amount spouses and civil partners are entitled to if their partner dies without a will.
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NewsSentencing on screen: judges' remarks to be broadcast from Crown courts
Crown court filming will allow for greater transparency, lord chancellor says as bar expresses concern about 'spectator sport'.
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NewsSwiss firm that bucked Brexit trend hires A&O regional managing partner
Disputes specialist Lalive appoints Thomas Brown as its first ever CEO, after opening a London office in 2018.
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News'Humiliated' employee sued law firm over birthday 'ambush'
Legal secretary claimed age discrimination after colleagues sent her a birthday card.
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NewsLive-stream family cases in Court of Appeal, says master of the rolls
Sir Terence Etherton says the public ‘should be able to see how we do our job’.
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NewsAssociate intake dips at Clifford Chance
The magic circle firm is taking on just 34 trainees in its spring retention round, 12 fewer than this time last year.
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NewsWomen partner numbers up at City firms
Norton Rose Fulbright promotes 53 partners globally, with female lawyers making up 42%.
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News£4k bar scholarship eyes trainee solicitors
Social mobility scheme will be open to aspiring solicitors as well as barristers this year.
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News£20,000 fine for solicitor duped by woman impersonating client’s ex-wife
Andrew James Daverson ‘failed to carry out basic documentary identification’, tribunal hears.
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NewsRegional staff treated as second-class by London firms, research suggests
Report identifies ‘sidelined workforce’ doing work that is seen as 'shameful or degrading' by elite City firms.
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NewsCPS still plagued by disclosure failings, watchdog finds
HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate says handling of unused material is below acceptable standards.
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NewsDentons prepares for rapid Irish expansion
International firm opts to open its own Dublin office as opposed to merging with an Irish practice.
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NewsMagic circle firms fall out of M&A top 10 rankings
For the first time since 2013, no magic circle firm appears in the top 10 of the global M&A league table.
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NewsAllen & Overy joins forces with Shanghai firm
The practice will be known as Allen & Overy Lang Yue (FTZ) Joint Operation Office and will operate in Shanghai’s free trade zone.
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NewsAll-female partner promotions at Reed Smith’s London office
Worldwide, more than half of those promoted to partner and counsel at Reed Smith this year are women.
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NewsDeloitte partner to pay £125k after dismissal challenge
David Joseph was issued with a notice of retirement after an investigation into his conduct.