All articles by Jemma Slingo – Page 67
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NewsContract ended over fee error
Charities such as the RNLI will now have to pay more to be notified bequests.
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NewsFight against financial crime is underfunded, claim solicitors
The government’s Economic Crime Plan allocates £48m for law enforcement, while the NCA insists £2.7bn is needed.
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NewsA&O profits rise but PEP growth slows
The magic circle firm adds to a bullish set of City results.
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News'Affordable' bar training course gets green light
From September 2020, aspiring barristers may commence a two-part course run by the Inns of Court College of Advocacy.
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NewsLinklaters reports double-digit profit growth
Profit, PEP and revenue all up at the magic circle firm.
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NewsProportion of solicitor-judges dips despite diversity drive
Share of bench occupied by judges with non-barrister backgrounds has dropped by three percentage points.
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NewsPEP down and profit growth slows at Pinsent Masons
International firm’s partners received £33,000 less than last year.
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NewsSlaughter and May boosts trainee grant to £10,000
Students on the law conversion course will receive a five-figure maintenance grant from the magic circle firm.
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NewsAshurst PEP rises by almost a third in latest upbeat results announcements
Three City firms released promising profit and revenue growth figures for year to 30 April.
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NewsFCA opens hundreds of cases – but does not close them
The number of unresolved cases grows as city watchdog opens more investigations than ever.
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NewsFirm poaches Barclays boss to start legal consultancy
Stéphanie Hamon will lead Norton Rose Fulbright’s consulting practice for in-house lawyers.
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NewsSolicitors disappointed by inheritance tax overhaul
‘Far more beneficial changes’ could have been made to lifetime gift rules, lawyers claim.
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NewsEuropean deal value plunges by nearly 60%
The decline in M&A activity is blamed on ‘geopolitical uncertainty’ and dwindling boardroom confidence.
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NewsChambers may publish sexuality data without members' consent
Diversity officers no longer need the approval of the whole workforce to publish anonymised personal information online.
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NewsDeloitte looks to technology to give it a legal services edge
Big Four accountant recruits a high-profile team to deliver an ‘ambitious technology-led strategy' in legal services.
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NewsPinsent Masons strikes ‘unique’ deal with litigation funder
Augusta Ventures will offer the firm’s clients better rates and fast-tracked services.
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NewsCharities to pay more as HMCTS cancels 'unlawful' bequest alert contract
Legacy notification service Smee & Ford will continue to inform charities of bequests, but fees will be higher.
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NewsNearly a third of trainee barristers attended private schools
Data also shows that BAME candidates are almost half as likely to be offered a pupillage as their white peers.
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NewsHong Kong Law Society ‘strongly condemns’ legislative building siege
The violence is to be ‘deplored as an affront to the rule of law’, representative body says.