News – Page 101
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NewsMergers lose appeal as top firms look to poach departments
Latest sector research suggests large firms only want the very best departments without taking on the other firm’s liabilities.
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NewsTop-10 firm snaps up Canadian practice
Norton Rose Fulbright announces combination with British Columbia-based Bull Housser.
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NewsLegal Aid Agency contracts chief to leave
Hugh Barrett, director of legal aid commissioning and strategy, on his way out in restructuring of management team.
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NewsNew legal firms set to top 1,000 this year
From 1 January to 31 July, 612 new business entities were authorised by the Solicitors Regulation Authority.
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NewsMagic circle: retention rates rise
At least eight in 10 trainees are being kept on at the magic circle this autumn.
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NewsRedundancies planned as firm flees Manchester HQ
Significant changes planned at Linder Myers three months after acquisition by Metamorph Law.
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NewsRocket Lawyer steams into European expansion
Online document provider announces continental plans four years after arriving in UK.
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NewsDentons sets up shop in Tehran
Global firm announces association with local practice in response to client demand.
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NewsSME adviser branches into legal services
Leonard Curtis Legal to offer fixed fees ‘wherever possible’.
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NewsSRA sanctions lawyer convicted of distributing indecent images
Stephen Coleclough must notify Solicitors Regulation Authority of any future work.
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NewsLaw Society of Scotland rolls out red carpet to non-solicitors
Students and graduates welcomed as first category of affiliate members.
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NewsCity law firm successfully pilots AI technology
Reed Smith plans to use innovative software more widely, insisting lawyers will always be needed.
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NewsLeading firms ‘tend to move older partners aside’
Management consultancy Edward Drummond says bigger practices are ‘aggresively meritocratic’.
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NewsHerbert Smith Freehills opens China hub
International firm extends its alternative legal services offering.
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NewsFirm boasts of 146 fundamental dishonesty wins in a year
Horwich Farrelly says it successfully used the defence eight times in a single day.
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Firm fined after keeping clients in the dark about third parties
Meade Law Ltd made no communication with consumers about the use of two businesses for services related to PI claims.
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NewsCity firm sets up ‘hotline’ to address client fears over cybersecurity
Herbert Smith Freehills says clients will be able to ask questions without having to set up a retainer.
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NewsKent legal chief aims high with new ABS
Geoff Wild says new company, wholly owned by Kent County Council, is hoping for SRA approval by November.
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NewsSlater and Gordon UK legal business loses £37m
Listed Australian company now more reliant than ever on revenue generated in the UK.