Osborne Clarke drops signature from legal climate charter January 22, 2024 City headquartered law firm Osborne Clarke has dropped its signature from a legal initiative designed to support law firms with transition to Net Zero. Legal Charter 1.5 was an initiative developed collaboratively by a group of large City law firms ahead of London Climate Action Week last June. At the time, eight law firms were [...]
Meet the City partner amongst the 95 appointed as King’s Counsel today January 19, 2024 Lord Chancellor Alex Chalk MP announced the appointments of 95 new King’s Counsel today, which included one solicitor advocate from City law firm Withers.
Quinn Emanuel’s London revenue jumps to shy of £200m January 10, 2024 US law firm Quinn Emanuel's profits in the City have jumped by nearly 50 per cent over the last year, as litigation booms.
Simmons & Simmons awarded £3m Bank of England legal contract January 3, 2024 The law firm won the BoE's flexible legal resourcing contract late last month, with a value up to £3m running for two years until 19 December 2025.
UK firms not prepared for ‘seismic’ change in corporate liability law, lawyers warn December 20, 2023 The majority of UK companies are not prepared for the “seismic” change in corporate liability law that is set to come into effect next week, top City lawyers have warned.
Former Liverpool player claim against law firm dismissed December 6, 2023 The High Court dismissed a former Republic of Ireland and Liverpool football player's claim against a national law firm.
Spotlight on Slater and Gordon work as lawsuit alleges ‘secret commissions’ November 17, 2023 Law firm Slater and Gordon could be forced to pay out more than £500,000 in compensation after several clients sued the firm for being pushed to take out insurance policies because it was allegedly receiving "secret commissions" from the insurer.
Listed law firm Knights ‘delighted’ to appoint chairman of LADbible November 15, 2023 Knights has appointed Dave Wilson as non-executive chair of the board, replacing the company's long-serving chair.
EU rules damaged liquidity in London’s main market November 2, 2023 EU financial market reforms inadvertently affected liquidity and reduced research activity in London’s main stock market, according to new research from the University of Bath on Wednesday. The EU’s markets in financial instruments directive II, known as Mifid II, aimed to improve transparency around research costs. The costs were previously parcelled into brokers’ overall fees [...]
Law firms filed over 1,000 legal tech patents globally – but only 1 was filed in the UK July 13, 2023 Law firms around the world are increasingly investing in technology to remain competitive, new data shared with City A.M. reveals. Exactly 1,184 patent applications for legal services technology were filed globally in the year ending September 2022, according to data obtained by Thomson Reuters from the World Intellectual Property Organisation. China filed the most with [...]