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Senior Reporter Maria Ward-Brennan is a senior reporter focused on law and professional services. Contact her via email on maria.ward-brennan@cityam.com or X (Twitter) @MariaW_B

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Gibson Dunn nabs senior lawyer from its US competitor

May 1, 2025

US law firm Gibson Dunn hired a senior lawyer from competitor firm Milbank to co-chair its transportation and space practice group
UK law firms look for novel way to trump US pay war supremacy

May 1, 2025

UK national law firms have been in a long-running battle with US law firms but Trump's attack on the US legal market may open the door of opportunity
Administrators of Greensill Capital hit several former directors with lawsuit

April 30, 2025

Administrators for the collapsed British financial firm Greensill Capital have launched fresh legal action against several former directors
Recruitment surges for employment lawyers as businesses worry about worker rights overhaul

April 30, 2025

Law firms are actively seeking to bulk out their practices as the pending employment law overhaul drives uncertainty at businesses
Former UBS multi-millionaire banker divorce goes to top UK court

April 30, 2025

High-profile divorce battle of the former UBS banker and his wife heads to the highest court in the UK
New powers to tackle fake immigration lawyers ‘unworkable in practice’

April 29, 2025

Crackdown on fake immigration 'lawyers' is said to be a "positive step" by the head of Law Society, but he warns it will be "unworkable in practice"
Gerry Adams’ libel case against BBC kicks off

April 29, 2025

Gerry Adams is suing the BBC for defamation over a programme it ran that alleged he sanctioned the murder of an informer
Scandal after scandal: What is happening at PwC?

April 24, 2025

Over the last few years, PwC has been involved in several scandals. It's now battling to prevent more from happening
Wetherspoons fails to prove cider is not alcohol in tax dispute

April 24, 2025

Budget boozer Wetherspoons unsuccessfully argued cider did not fall within the meaning of 'alcoholic beverages' in a VAT dispute with HMRC
The UK government hid behind the Supreme Court over the gender question

April 24, 2025

The debate over defining a woman results in a lot of anger. As a political issue, why does it feel like the Supreme Court was used as a scapegoat?

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