All articles by Sam Tobin – Page 5
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NewsAlleged fraudster can spend frozen assets on legal fees, Supreme Court rules
Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 does not preclude ‘an exception for legal expenses in respect of civil proceedings’.
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NewsGovernment snubs review body with 3% pay rise for judges
Increase ‘demonstrates the value the government places on our independent judiciary’, says lord chancellor.
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NewsWithers wins negligence appeal over ‘super-prime’ development
Judgment overturns High Court ruling requiring firm to pay £1.5m in damages and interest.
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NewsGovernment to tackle SLAPPs with early dismissal and costs cap
Lord chancellor Dominic Raab says reforms will ‘uphold freedom of speech [and] end the abuse of our justice system’.
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NewsClifford Chance’s record results push PEP above £2m
Magic circle firm records seventh consecutive year of record profit and revenue.
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NewsAxiom solicitor made money ‘hand over fist’ while investors ‘lost everything’, court hears
Prosecution makes closing arguments to jury as long-running trial over legal financing fund nears conclusion.
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NewsShoosmiths hands out £1,000 cost of living payment
National firm posts record revenue, net profit and profit per equity partner for last year.
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NewsHeat emergency: courts keep sitting despite ‘red warning’
HMCTS says it is ‘doing everything within our control to maintain comfortable levels of cooling’.
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NewsLegal services turnover drops by 16% in May
Legal services regulatory partner Julie Norris says fall unlikely to be the start of ‘worrying new trend’.
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NewsAllen & Overy posts 9% profit rise
Magic circle firm’s profit per equity partner reached £1.95m last year.
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News‘Red alert’: agencies warn ‘enablers’ on sanctions evasion
Lawyers face sanctions if they help individuals hide assets, law enforcement says.
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NewsSimmons & Simmons’ PEP tops £1m
International firm records 8% increase in profit to £185m in last financial year.
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NewsHSF posts record revenue, profits and PEP
International firm announces 6% increase in revenue to a record £1.1bn last year.
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NewsHigh Court permits service by NFT in ‘English legal first’
Lawyers say service by non-fungible token only permitted once before worldwide.
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NewsBaker McKenzie latest to announce Russian spin-off
International firm says Moscow and St Petersburg offices to ‘launch as an independent law firm by October’.
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NewsJudge lambasts ‘feral’ divorce proceedings
Case ‘a disgraceful example of how financial remedy proceedings should not be conducted’.
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NewsHacker uploaded Ward Hadaway documents after injunction, court hears
Top-100 firm blackmailed for up to $6m (£4.75m) in bitcoin after cyber attack in March.
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NewsAkin Gump pushes NQ pay to £179,000
US firm breaks its own record for newly-qualified salaries in London.
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News£5bn claim over Brazil dam collapse revived by Court of Appeal
Lawyers representing more than 200,000 claimants hail ‘monumental judgment’.
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NewsBevan Brittan eyes acquisitions after record revenues
Top-100 firm hits £60m in revenue for first time after nine straight years of growth.