Withers and Speechly Bircham call it a day

23-May-2013

It could have been a £170m business, edging the top 20 of The Lawyer UK200.

Trainees, you're not on the list

22-May-2013

Groucho Marx famously snubbed any club that would have him, but what about a club that simply won’t squeeze in any more members?

Nul points?

21-May-2013

Saturday night was a bad one for Spain. The country’s Eurovision entry plummeted almost to the bottom of the results table at the annual musical cheese-fest.

SJ Bye Bye

20-May-2013 | Updated: 21-May-2013

The shock news that the name SJ Berwin might be about to disappear from the world is today’s number one legal market water-cooler topic.

Big Becks at Withers and Speechly?

17-May-2013 | Updated: 22-May-2013

Some deals make all the difference. Take football star David Beckham, who fast-tracked to celebrity with a series of lucrative partnership deals that transformed him into the chiseled jaw that sells pretty much everything.

Texas has the City in its sights

16-May-2013 | Updated: 22-May-2013

What is it with Texas firms and the City? One word: energy.