All articles by Max Walters – Page 17
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News
SFO director rings changes with management shake-up
Lisa Osofsky announces two new roles will be created as well a secondee joining from US firm.
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London firm latest to line up trucks cartel claim
Edwin Coe says it has agreed a ‘no win, no fee’ deal with litigation funder.
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£7m win for Chinese company in first 'persons unknown' freezing order
China Molybdenum Company succesfully applied for freezing order against unidentified individuals.
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Opinion
Food for thought for new SFO chief
Two court rulings will give Lisa Osofsky plenty to think about as she continues her SFO baptism.
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Fieldfisher agrees Spanish merger
Firm will gain offices in Barcelona and Madrid under partnership with top-30 Spanish firm.
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Dentons eyes ASEAN expansion with Indonesian tie-up
Firm says it wants to offer clients business opportunities across South East Asian countries.
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News focus: three-tier profession fear as trainee pay gulf gapes
As US firms awash with cash ratchet up junior lawyer pay in the City, the profession’s most lavishly remunerated trainees can earn five times more than those who choose publicly funded work.
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Transatlantic firm BCLP opens in Hong Kong and Singapore
Newly merged practice will operate under the BCLP brand in both jurisdictions.
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Juniors lose out as MoJ proposes advocacy fee rise
Law Society says new rates will will worsen the recruitment crisis in legal aid work.
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Opinion
Mega-money oligarch disputes disappear behind privacy veil
Private hearings can sometimes be necessary but we must not diminish the concept of open justice.
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News
'Trust in solicitors on the line': Society calls on profession to help block 'dangerous' deregulation
Legal Services Board is considering regulator’s proposals for changes to handbook.
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PM's 'great' Nigeria partnership sidesteps practising rights issue
Government announced initiative as part of ‘Legal Services are GREAT’ campaign.
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CCJs against consumers drop for first time in five years
Latest figures from the Registry Trust report statistics of judgments against both businesses and consumers.
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News
High Court: 'no merit' to Kazakh's extradition fears in £4.6bn fraud hearing
High Court presiding over ‘one of the biggest fraud cases’ ever to come before English courts.
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Fieldfisher partner nets £3m while Slaughter’s trainee pay rises again
Junior City lawyers continue to receive handsome wage increases.
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Legal services promotion key part of PM's Africa charm offensive
Joshua Siaw is only lawyer to join Theresa May's delegation to the continent, firm says.
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News
‘Robing room gossip’: Barrister who repeated false rape claim has suspension reduced
High Court finds bar tribunal’s original suspension was ‘manifestly excessive’.
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Ex-FBI lawyer begins life at Serious Fraud Office
Lisa Osofsky takes over today from David Green QC.
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News
Third time lucky? Bolton solicitor sets up new firm
National Property Lawyers Ltd was incorporated on 3 July.
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Press barred from £400m oligarch fishing case
Alexander Tugushev and Vitaly Orlov are locked in a dispute over ownership of Norebo fisheries giant.