By: Maria Ward-Brennan

Professional Services Editor Maria Ward-Brennan is the Professional Services Editor at City AM, focused on law, Big Four, and other management and accounting consulting firms. She edits the Beyond The Billable newsletter and column. She was previously a litigation reporter at The Lawyer. Contact her via email at maria.ward-brennan@cityam.com or on X @MariaW_B.

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Deloitte rows back on City office cuts with more floors at its London Athene Place base

April 2, 2024

The Big Four firm cut the size of its London offices back in 2022 when it exited its Hill House building on its London campus
Prenups on the rise as couples secure assets before tying the knot

March 31, 2024

The rise in popularity of prenups is a trend that London-based law firm Stewarts has been witnessing over recent years.
Struggling NHS is pushing people to go private, but is the UK ready for private healthcare?

March 28, 2024

The private healthcare industry is booming, and with the fallout of the NHS pushing people into the private sector, there is no sign of this trend slowing down anytime soon.
Tom Hayes: Court upholds Libor conviction as top MP warns London now an ‘outlier’

March 27, 2024

The Court of Appeal has upheld the conviction of former Libor trader Tom Hayes today after he spent years in prison for rate-rigging – with one MP saying the decision made the capital an “outlier” compared to other financial capitals. On Wednesday, Lord Justice Bean read out a press summary at the Court of Appeal, [...]
ENRC: Court refuses SFO bid to appeal rulings in legal battle with Kazakh mining firm

March 27, 2024

The Commercial Court rejected the UK anti-fraud agency’s application to appeal two recent decisions in the long-running ENRC litigation. The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has been involved in the long-running dispute by the Kazakh mining firm Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation (ENRC) after it launched an investigation into it over alleged bribery and corruption back in [...]
SFO: Fraud agency seeks to appeal two rulings in long-running ENRC dispute

March 26, 2024

The UK anti-fraud agency has applied to the court on Monday for permission to appeal two recent decisions that found it liable, as the long-running ENRC litigation battles on. The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) was found by Mr Justice Waksman to be liable for a legal bill back in December. The SFO has been involved [...]
Julian Assange: Ruling on right to appeal US extradition delayed

March 26, 2024

The legal battle over the extradition of Julian Assange has been in and out of court for several years. The Australian-born editor faces a 175-year jail sentence in the United States.
Magistrates call for urgent reform to ‘unfair’ fast-track prosecutions

March 26, 2024

Magistrates have called for urgent reforms to be made to fast-track prosecutions in the UK, which campaigners have labelled as "fundamentally unfair".
Clyde and Co preps arbitration claims against Switzerland for Credit Suisse bondholders

March 25, 2024

Now, one year on, Clyde and Co is set to get in on the action. It has laid out plans to hold the Swiss state "accountable for breaching its international investment agreements" after it wrote the bonds down to zero.
NHS crisis driving surge in UK private health admissions to more than 900,000

March 25, 2024

The private health services is expected to see over 900,000 private admissions in 2024, as the surge in demand for the private healthcare continues as the crisis in the NHS battles on. According to an independent consultancy Broadstone, admissions using private medical insurance increased to 458,000 for the first three quarters of the year, an [...]

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