All News articles – Page 23
-
NewsHigh-profile costs lawyer will bow out ‘ashamed’ of ‘greedy’ City elite
Jim Diamond says hourly rates charged by City’s richest law firms have reached £1,600.
-
NewsSupreme Court quashes trader's extradition in 'landmark' judgment
Solicitor hails ‘an important check on overreach by the US authorities' which ends 'a five-and-a-half year nightmare’ for his client.
-
NewsMemory lane
Magna Carta’s 800th anniversary, units of measure of land and the Data Protection Act 1984: a stroll down Gazette memory lane.
-
NewsUp to the job
The Gazette’s advertising team has launched an outdoor campaign promoting sister website lawgazette jobs.
-
NewsMore Memery Crystal lawyers depart amid RBG breakup
Transferred team includes experienced partner Nick Davis who will co-lead London office of US firm.
-
NewsFirm hire: Immigration partner joins DMH Stallard
Kamilla Kelemen joins from Gherson Solicitors where she was head of the firm’s UK inbound immigration practice.
-
NewsUS bar battles Trump's 'equal merit' order
Bar associations are among the bodies that could be prosecuted under executive order barring DEIA policies.
-
NewsFirm boss failed to disclose bulk claim flaws
SDT fines Bolton practitioner who tried to move into mortgage mis-selling claims with disastrous consequences.
-
NewsChatGPT clampdown is not a ban, insists national firm
Hill Dickinson has responded to a BBC report that it had blocked AI usage after an email was sent to all employees last week.
-
NewsHigh Court raps London firm claiming £1,089 an hour for Grade A lawyers
Judge notes that claimed charges are ‘substantially in excess’ of guideline hourly rates.
-
NewsCity firms pool budgets to mitigate impact of climate change
Kenya scheme, which will earn carbon removal credits for law firms involved, said to be the ‘first of its kind’.
-
NewsSanctioned judge was promoted within six months, MoJ reveals
Courts minister says judicial appointments body has a statutory duty to make selections based on merit alone.
-
NewsStates of play?
Are our famously workaholic US legal colleagues getting a taste for work-life balance?
-
NewsOil spill claim against Shell heads to High Court
Preliminary hearing will determine the scope of legal issues to be heard at the full trial in 2026.
-
NewsAxiom Ince criminal trial fixed for 2027
One of the former executives facing criminal charges has denied the allegations; the remaining four have not entered pleas.
-
NewsFirm hire: Bevan Brittan welcomes pensions specialist as partner
Joel Eytle will lead the commercial law firm's national pensions team.
-
NewsFamily court judge names sperm donor to ‘protect women'
'Joe Donor' opposed the application arguing it infringed his Article 8 rights which judge finds he ‘allowed to be lost’ when he spoke to press.
-
NewsFirms reach out to staff with separation and financial advice
City law firm Fladgate becomes the first to create guide for staff on how to deal with divorce.
-
NewsPublic inquiries could be set deadlines
‘There is serious and growing criticism of the cost, duration and effectiveness’ of public inquiries, government agrees.
-
NewsAssisted dying: U-turn on judges' role 'cause for concern'
Involvement of High Court in approving decisions 'was seen as an important safeguard'.