All articles by Max Walters – Page 25
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News
London commercial courts warned over ‘complacency’
Challengers include several EU ciities as well as Dubai and Qatar.
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Feature
Manchester Crown Court and CJC
Gazette reporter Max Walters spent a day in Manchester Crown Court and CJC, read his account.
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News
Slaughter and May billed Carillion £8m in months before collapse
Letter from senior partner reveals advice firm gave company prior to its collapse.
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News
Chambers could be told to publish harassment statistics
Bar regulator says it is determined to address ‘cultural issues’ that could contribute to unfair treatment of women.
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News
Chief coroner issues guidance in wake of 'cab rank' ruling
Mary Hassell’s policy of refusing to prioritise cases on religious grounds was declared unlawful last month.
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News
Herbert Smith Freehills to move nearly 500 to Canary Wharf
New office will encourage agile working and ‘move away’ from traditional office-based working, firm says.
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News
Eversheds reports PEP boost after flat few years
Partners shared around £812,000 in the last financial year.
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News
International firm promotes £5 ‘without a lawyer’ contracts
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner venture will allow clients to create digital NDAs online.
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News
County court judgments hit record levels
Registry Trust information also shows increase in succesful claims against businesses.
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News
City firms 'squeezed' fee income from stricken Carillion
MPs’ report finds construction giant shelled out almost £2 million in legal fees days before collapse.
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News
MPs rap Slaughter and May over lack of pay gap transparency
Heated exchanges as committee quizzes human resources director on the exclusion of equity partners from data returns.
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News
High Court backs lawyer's ‘hatchet job’ libel claim
Andrew Reid, a former treasurer of UKIP, was subject of local paper article after he fenced off part of his land in Oxfordshire.
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News
Insolvency specialist latest litigation funder to weigh up London float
Manolete Partners says demand for capital is at record levels with no slow-down expected soon.
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Opinion
Slaughter squirms in Commons hot seat
MPs gave magic circle firm’s HR director a hard time over gender pay gap reporting.
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News
Clifford Chance ‘reverse mentoring’ plan launches
Clifford Chance launch ‘reverse mentoring’ with BAME solicitors.
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News
Solicitors mull support for bar action
Solicitors and practitioner groups are mulling how to back the criminal bar’s protest action against legal aid fee reforms. The Criminal Bar Association (CBA) has advised its 4,000 members to adopt a ‘no returns’ policy from 25 May. It would start to take effect in courts after the late-May bank ...
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News
Barclays chief fined over whistleblowing scandal but bank escapes sanctions
First case brought by Financial Conduct Authority under senior managers regime.
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News
Top QC fined £10,000 over payment in property case
Andrew Thornhill should have pulled out of role as independent expert after 'inference' that independence compromised, tribunal rules.
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News
Bar pupillage report shows BAME struggle
Statistics lay bare the competitive nature of obtaining pupillage.
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News
White & Case executive partner steps down to take fight to magic circle
Oliver Brettle will instead focus on delivering the firm's 2020 strategy.