Magic circle law firm reducing working week (and pay) in new flexibility scheme December 18, 2023 A magic circle firm is incorporating a scheme to give lawyers the option to work shorter hours for less money. Slaughter and May confirmed confirmed its job design scheme which enables eligible associates to reduce to either a 0.9 or 0.8 full-time equivalent, with pay and holiday entitlement pro-rated accordingly. The magic circle firm was [...]
Exclusive data: 2024 sees rise of ESG, group actions and insolvency disputes December 18, 2023 London litigation lawyers predict environmental-related cases, group actions and insolvency disputes to increase next year. In exclusive data shared with City A.M. from the London Solicitors Litigation Association (LSLA), the majority of litigants surveyed (65 per cent) envisaged an increase in environmental/environmental, social, and governance (ESG) claims. John McElroy, a committee member of the LSLA [...]
Prateek Gupta fails to overturn worldwide freezing order in Trafigura dispute December 15, 2023 Entrepreneur Prateek Gupta's application to remove the worldwide freezing order failed after the High Court ruled evidence used did not provide "any real support" for the case.
Exclusive: Millwall FC hits shirt sponsor Huski Chocolate with lawsuit December 15, 2023 Millwall FC has filed a lawsuit against its sponsor Huski Chocolate, whose logo appears on the team’s kit after it became the principal partner for the 2019/20 season. Millwall Football and Athletic Company (1985) instructed law firm Irwin Mitchell to file a claim against Swedish-owned Huski Chocolate (Choki AB) and Swedish property investor Kvalitena AB, [...]
Prince Harry awarded over £140,000 for ‘extensive’ phone hacking by Mirror Group December 15, 2023 There was “extensive” phone hacking by Mirror Group Newspapers from 2006 to 2011, “even to some extent” during the Leveson Inquiry into media standards, a High Court judge has ruled following a trial featuring Prince Harry. The High Court also ruled that Prince Harry’s phone was probably hacked “to a modest extent” by Mirror Group [...]
Exclusive: London law firm used by Wagner boss Yevgeniy Prigozhin has folded December 15, 2023 London-based law firm Discreet Law - used by the Wagner boss - has ceased its practice after it was under investigation for allegedly breaching rules to protect free speech
UK criminal court backlog hits record levels December 14, 2023 The UK Crown Court backlogs have grown to its highest level on record, as cases have more than doubled in under four years. According to criminal court statistics published today, there are currently 352,945 outstanding cases in the magistrates’ courts, up 3 per cent on the previous quarter. The backlog is spiralling upwards each quarter [...]
University of Exeter’s WWII bomb insurance claim dismissed December 14, 2023 The Court of Appeal today dismissed University of Exeter appeal over damage caused to student halls after the discovery of a WWII bomb during construction work. In February 2021 contractors working across from the University’s campus discovered an unexploded WWII bomb, it was believed to have been dropped by German forces in 1942. It was [...]
EY to slash over 100 US jobs as part of ‘long-term’ transformation for Big Four firm December 12, 2023 EY is cutting over a hundred more jobs in the US as the firm in the midst of “transforming” its business, following split fail earlier this year. The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported that the job cuts are largely concentrated on the advisory side of its US operations. It is reported that 10 per cent [...]
EY set to close yet another legal arm of its business December 12, 2023 EY is shuttering its legal arm in Hong Kong in January, which makes it the second closure action the firm has taken against its legal services. On 23 January, the Big Four firm will close its Hong Kong law member firm, LC Lawyers, according to Bloomberg News. LC Lawyers advised on Hong Kong IPO and [...]