Northern law firm looks to take advantage of turmoil at St. James’s Place Legal A northern law firm is looking to take advantage of the turmoil at Britain’s biggest wealth manager, St James’s Place.
Here are the new powers for Companies House that come into force today Companies House The first set of powers from the Economic Crime Bill is set to come into force on Monday, as changes to Companies House come into play.
Mike Lynch: Extradited businessman hires Boris Johnson and Man City’s lawyer Lord Pannick for SFO data fight Don't Pannick Pannick was reportedly on £10,000 an hour during Boris's Partygate hearing, when treble-winners Manchester City hired him to fight financial fair play breach claims.
Keystone: Higher rates and new staff to help AIM-listed law firm outperform expectations February 21, 2024 "Sustained client demand, as well as the impact of new joiners, has generated a better than anticipated revenue outturn," the firm said.
Outspoken climate lawyers have thrown out the PR rulebook – and it could catch on February 14, 2024 Climate litigation cases have seen lawyers become increasingly outspoken. Could the days of no comment be behind us, Charles McKeon asks.
Major insurers attempt to push billion pound litigation to a Russian court February 7, 2024 Major insurance companies are at court today seeking to have a multi-billion pound aviation legal action moved from England to a Russian court
Exclusive: Slow property market is affecting lawyers as transactions drop January 22, 2024 Exclusive data shared with City A.M. shows that property lawyers are now handling 25 per cent fewer cases on average, following a 21 per cent fall in monthly property transactions year-on-year.
Osborne Clarke drops signature from legal climate charter January 22, 2024 City headquartered law firm Osborne Clarke has dropped its signature from a legal initiative designed to support law firms with transition to Net Zero. Legal Charter 1.5 was an initiative developed collaboratively by a group of large City law firms ahead of London Climate Action Week last June. At the time, eight law firms were [...]
Meet the City partner amongst the 95 appointed as King’s Counsel today January 19, 2024 Lord Chancellor Alex Chalk MP announced the appointments of 95 new King’s Counsel today, which included one solicitor advocate from City law firm Withers.
Quinn Emanuel’s London revenue jumps to shy of £200m January 10, 2024 US law firm Quinn Emanuel's profits in the City have jumped by nearly 50 per cent over the last year, as litigation booms.