All articles by Max Walters – Page 2
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‘You’re my married boss, it’s so cliche’: Freshfields partner faces SDT misconduct claim
SRA alleges conduct unbecoming of a solicitor and that a male partner misused his position of power.
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Magic circle: 29% of new partners are women
All five magic circle firms have revealed their partner intake for 2019.
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Turkish firm aims to capitalise on ‘buoyant’ London
Yuksel Karkin Attorney Partnership was former Turkish arm of DLA Piper.
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Fieldfisher prepares for Brexit with Dublin launch
Firm joins forces with top-20 Irish practice McDowell Purcell.
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Partner promotions: Clifford Chance on track for diversity goal
Magic circle firm aims for 30% female partnership.
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University offers ‘top-100 education’ with City firm partnership
New course incorporating year-long placement confirms predictions of two-tier training regime under SQE.
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Royal Mail faces employment claim in new group action
Employment tribunal claim brought under Agency Workers Regulation 2010.
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Big Four told to separate professional services from audit work
Competition and Markets Authority cites ‘difficulties’ with immediate structural split.
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Third time lucky? Supermarket's vicarious liability case heads for Supreme Court
Former employees are seeking compensation over theft of personal data.
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Jailed sex assault barrister thrown out of profession
Clyde Stevens was convicted on multiple counts in 2017.
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Appeal court revives mammoth £14bn Mastercard group action
Consumers, backed by former financial ombudsman Walter Merricks CBE, granted permission to appeal.
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Blow for bankrupt barrister in trustee battle
Nicholas George is embroiled in case with trustee Simon Gwinnutt.
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Herbert Smith Freehills misses five-year gender diversity goal
Firm wanted to achieve a 30% female partnership this year.
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Lawyers of the world unite: union woos barristers (and cleaners)
Legal Sector Workers United says it will represent all working in a sector ‘riddled with poverty pay’.
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Baker McKenzie global chair dies
Paul Rawlinson, admitted in 1988, took time out last year due to exhaustion.
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Former Simmons partner fails with jurisdiction claim in discrimination case
Noro-Lanto Ravisy had insufficient connection to UK, Employment Appeal Tribunal rules.
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Probate registries to close under HMCTS centralisation plan
Ministers insist the service will improve by moving everything under one roof and bringing together shared expertise.
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Law Society calls on Brunei to suspend sharia code
’People around the world have the right to live in a jurisdiction which protects their rights,’ says Chancery Lane
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City firms urged to set ‘aspirational’ BAME retention targets
NOTICED network sets out best practice guidelines for City law firms.
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Toys R Us administration legal bills approach £2m
Latest progress report shows host of City firms advising on administration.