Exclusive: Most in-house lawyers are now working from the office March 15, 2022 The UK’s in-house lawyers are leading the return to the office, with almost half of Britain’s in-house lawyers now working from the office full time, according to the results of a poll shared exclusively with City A.M.. The majority of Britain’s in-house lawyers have now spend at least part of their time working in the [...]
London lawyer forged letter and ‘tipped off’ client during Serious Fraud Office probe March 15, 2022 A senior partner at London law firm Osmond & Osmond has been charged with forging a legal letter and tipping off a client over plans by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) to launch an investigation under the proceeds of crime act. Sixty-seven-year-old solicitor William Osmond – who founded London law firm Osmond & Osmond in [...]
London’s largest law firm DLA Piper closes Russian offices March 15, 2022 The City of London’s biggest law firm by revenue, DLA Piper, is set to close its Moscow and St Petersburg offices, as law firms from across the globe continue to pile out of Russia. In a statement, DLA Piper said it will transfer its Russian business to the UK, in line with the “legal and [...]
Russian judge rolls back Peppa Pig copyright in retaliation against Western sanctions March 15, 2022 Peppa Pig has been dragged into the conflict between Russia and the West, after a Russian judge said Russians are free to use the children’s cartoon character in retaliation against Western sanctions. A judge in the Russian city of Kirov said Russian businesses are free to copy Peppa Pig and create their own versions of [...]
Raab vows to boost legal aid with extra investment of £135m a year March 15, 2022 The UK government has agreed to invest an extra £135m a year into criminal legal aid, in line with recommendations made by the Bellamy report, which said £135m is the minimum investment needed to ensure the UK’s criminal legal aid system continues to function effectively. In a statement, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) said it [...]
UK underwriting vacancies hit record highs in 2021 as insurers sought to revisit policies March 14, 2022 The number of vacancies for underwriting positions hit all-time highs in 2021, following a surge in hiring last year, as insurers sought to protect themselves against the potential for ruinous “black swan” events in the wake of the global pandemic. All in all, a record 2,100 underwriting vacancies were advertised last year, according to new [...]
Leading Rabbi arrested amid probe into Roman Abramovich’s Portuguese citizenship March 12, 2022 Portuguese authorities have arrested a leading Rabbi and banned him from leaving the country, amid an investigation into the decision to give sanctioned Russian billionaire, Roman Abramovich, Portuguese citizenship, based on his supposed links to the country’s Jewish community. Police arrested Porto Rabbi Daniel Litvak in Portugal’s second largest city, amid claims he issued the [...]
Russian troops abducted Ukrainian mayor after capturing city of Melitopol March 12, 2022 Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Russian troops of kidnapping the mayor of the Ukrainian city of Melitopol, after he refused to cooperate with their demands. In a video briefing, Zelensky said: “Today in Melitopol the invaders captured mayor of the city, Ivan Federov – a mayor who courageously defends Ukraine and the people of [...]
Israel and Ukraine deny claims Zelensky was told to ‘surrender’ to Putin’s demands March 12, 2022 Israel and Ukraine have denied claims that Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennet told Volodymyr Zelensky to strike a deal with Vladimir Putin, in order to end Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The denials come after US new site Axios said Bennet had advised Zelensky to accept Putin’s proposals and cave in to Russia demands, to end [...]
Seizing companies’ assets would take Russia back to Bolshevik revolution, Putin ally says March 12, 2022 Russian mining billionaire Vladimir Potanin has warned Putin against seizing control of assets owned by the foreign firms that have exited Russia, after arguing that doing so would drag Russia back to the time of the Bolshevik revolution. Multi-billionaire mining magnate Potanin, who in 2018 appeared on the US Treasury’s list of 210 individuals with [...]
