Wedlake Bell lays off 17
Wedlake Bell has launched a redundancy consultation with six lawyers and 11 support staff.
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City firms move to safeguard client accounts
07-Oct-2008Several major City law firms are considering changing their terms of business in client engagement letters to take account of the current banking crisis.
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Fox Hayes begins second round of redundancy talks
07-Oct-2008Up to 43 members of staff are set to lose their jobs at Leeds firm Fox Hayes, taking the total number of UK 200 redundancies to 722.
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Heller litigation teams joins Arnold & Porter
Reed Smith's Birmingham office goes it alone
Sonnenschein launches European office number two
Cleary Gottlieb wins role in Fortis bank sale
CoL signs Pannone for Manchester launch
Gibson Dunn on bailout plan: act now
Barclays, HBOS face £850m law suit
CMS reviews real estate jobs
Three partners quit Hammonds
Hammonds ex-partners: we will not surrender
Former Hammonds partners embroiled in a £3m profit litigation with the firm have spoken publicly for the first time to accuse their former partnership of allowing the case to drag on three years longer than they believe was necessary.
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Judge slams Wembley dispute’s £22m costs total
06-Oct-2008A judge has hit out at the participants in a four-year dispute over the construction of Wembley Stadium after they racked up £22m in costs.
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Bates Wells partner in Busta Rhymes v police gun showdown
06-Oct-2008Bates Wells & Braithwaite partner Philip Trott is launching a complaint against the police after he was separated from rapper client Busta Rhymes at gunpoint.
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DLA Piper launches in Romania with ex-Links man
Reid Minty sues former partners
SJ Berwin mulls of counsel position
Nomura panel rejig adds three, drops one
New team boosts Shoosmiths’ turnover
New Penningtons chief exec announces ambitions
South East and London hardest hit as law firm redundancy toll rises to 440
Law firms in the South East and London have laid off more staff than those in any other region in England and Wales, with real estate departments bearing the brunt of the impact.
Shearman's London office scales back its corporate ambitions
Finance remains the focus, but the grand plan to take on the magic circle bites the dust.
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Commercial and Chancery
The Commercial and Chancery reports discuss the pro and cons of merging the commercial and chancery courts; how alternative dispute resolution could be the alternative and the fight over ownership of Jahre's assets, which has been raging since 1941.
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