Arsenal and Man City scrap overseas trips as Covid-19 hits Premier League pre-season preparations Covid forces Premier League clubs to cancel pre-season trips Premier League clubs Arsenal and Manchester City have had their preparations for the new season disrupted by issues relating to Covid-19. Arsenal were forced to cancel a pre-season trip to the US to compete in the Florida Cup alongside Everton, Inter Milan and Colombian side Millonarios. The North London outfit returned a number of positive [...]
City’s law firms navigate choppy pandemic seas with aplomb Despite the disruption caused by Covid-19, City law firms have continued to display strong financial results as senior partners head off on long-awaited summer breaks. Ashurst, currently advising Morrisons on a £6.3bn takeover, saw their revenue rise 10 per cent from £644 million to £711 million. Additionally, profit per equity partner rose 15 per cent [...]
Lions Tour: AWJ back to captain XV just weeks after being ruled out of tour Lions Tour: AWJ completes miracle recovery with armband in First Test British & Irish Lions Head Coach Warren Gatland has announced his team to battle South Africa this weekend at Cape Town Stadium. Only 24 days ago, Alun Wyn Jones suffered a dislocated shoulder during the Lions first game of the tour against Japan on home soil. The Osprey will lead the Lions this weekend pairing [...]
Lions Tour: Rassie Erasmus picks established Springboks XV featuring 21 of World Cup final squad for first Test with British and Irish Lions July 20, 2021 South Africa coach Rassie Erasmus has announced his matchday 23 to face the British and Irish Lions in the first Test on Saturday at Cape Town Stadium. Handre Pollard will make his return to the international stage earning his 50th cap in a momentous opening test. The playmaker, who has spent much of the last 12 [...]
Travers bumps junior lawyer salaries to near six figures as bidding war heats up July 20, 2021 London law firm Travers Smith has upped newly qualified lawyers’ salaries to a base rate of £90,000. Travers becomes the latest firm to join the race for talented junior lawyers, matching their competitor Macfarlanes. Their city rival raised rates by 6 per cent to £90,000 earlier this summer. However, Travers added that recently qualified juniors [...]
China: Claims of Microsoft hack are “malicious” July 20, 2021 Chinese officials have hit back at claims that they were behind a global hack of Microsoft’s email exchange. The US, UK and their Western allies had together accused China as being the driving force behind a hack of the software giant’s email platform earlier this year. Some 30,000 organisations across the globe discovered their confidential [...]
British and Irish Lions Tour: Warren Gatland’s three big selection headaches ahead of first Test July 19, 2021 After months of concerns over whether the series would go ahead, the British and Irish Lions will finally face South Africa in the first Test in Cape Town on Saturday. Lions coach Warren Gatland has given all of his tourists a chance to impress and must now pick 23 men to face the world champions. [...]