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 was previously a litigation reporter at The Lawyer. Contact her via email at maria.ward-brennan@cityam.com or X (Twitter) @MariaW_B.

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Can your employer force you back to the office?

January 15, 2025

Headlines have been blowing up this week with several big businesses forcing its workforce back into the office. A topic that often results in a heated debate
Russia back at London court in long-running oil row

January 15, 2025

Russia is back at an English court today over a long-running battle with former shareholders of oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky oil company
Criminal Case Review chief ‘scapegoat’ resigns after historic failures

January 14, 2025

The chair of the Criminal Cases Review Commission Helen Pitcher has resigned, claiming she was made a “scapegoat” for the failures over a wrongly convicted man
Thames among British water and sewerage firms slapped with new class action

January 14, 2025

Water companies, including Thames Water, are set to be hit with a new class action after law firm RPC issued a formal letter notifying of the legal proceedings
Millionaire Barry Maloney takes FTSE 100 ICG to court over unicorn spat

January 14, 2025

Intermediate Capital Group is set to face Irish investor Barry Maloney in High Court today over a spat linked to an investment into "unicorn" firm Workhuman
Why the London Stock Exchange is no longer a home for the legal sector

January 14, 2025

A scandal broke out at one of the only remaining listed legal groups last week. It is time to say the London Stock Exchange is not the place for the legal sector
Quinn Emanuel: US law firm’s City of London office revenue soars

January 13, 2025

US law firm Quinn Emanuel’s revenue over 2024 in London was up double-digits as litigation continues to boom
Shipping giants face landmark cartel class action for overcharging UK motorists

January 13, 2025

First follow-on cartel class action to hit a trial in the UK kicks off over allegations that shipping firms overcharged British consumers for car deliveries
Apple is first of the big tech firms to face a UK class action trial

January 13, 2025

Apple is set for trial on Monday as the first of the Big Tech to face a UK class action over allegations it has been charging “excessive and unlawful” its App Store
Lawyer hourly fees at US firms boom

January 10, 2025

The hourly fees charged by lawyers in the US have jumped nearly seven per cent in the last year, the fastest rate since the global financial crisis

Iran and Russia to target Fifa World Cup, threat experts say

Iran and Russia to target Fifa World Cup, threat experts say

I’m 50 – but I feel young dining at Simpson’s in the Strand

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