SJ Berwin PEP growth stalled
White & Case boosts London salaries
BLP raises salaries by maximum of 6 per cent
Judges get make-over from Brit fashion star
Mining: a new lease of life
South Yorkshire's traditional coal and steel industries are back in vogue, as the demand for energy increases and North Sea gas reaches its end. And local lawyers are reaping the rewards.
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Rules of shtoom
It is something that we could imagine happening to any of us.
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When two become one
Local government in the North East is set for its biggest shake-up in decades with those living or working in Northumberland or County Durham to be subject to new local authorities within two years.
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Legislative changes affecting socio-economics in the South West
The past decade has seen the implementation of a number of legislative changes which have significantly altered socio-economics within the English countryside.
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Property hotspot
Demand for housing is keeping lawyers busy in the South West, says John Bosworth
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Know-it-alls
The growth of mixed-use development schemes in the South East means local lawyers need to broaden their skills.
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Business with more bite
The food and drink sector remains key to the continued growth of businesses in the Midlands and has faced several significant challenges in the past year.
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Join the discussion on the latest series of the Apprentice from a legal (and sometimes not so legal) perspective. One reader says:
"Surely such discriminatory behaviour would not betolerated in the boardroom or, indeed, on the job at all."Read more »
Readers are also keenly discussing the recent OFT bank charges ruling. One reader writes:
"Does it not seem strange that the judge has decided that thecharges are not penalties at common law?"
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Survival tactics
Two high-profile cases of companies entering insolvency proceedings have shed light on the workings of Ireland’s examinership regime.
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Size matters
Ireland’s geographic size has forced companies and investors to look further afield for big M&A deals.
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Scotland: Border crossings
Scottish firms may be divided on the question of alternative business structures and expansion into the wider UK market, but the advent of the Legal Services Bill in England and Wales is prompting calls for a level playing field
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National Express
McGrigors is desperate to shake off its image as a Scottish law firm, so a key priority for new managing partner Richard Masters will be to position the firm as a national player.
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Norton Rose freezes NQ, trainee salaries
DWF turnover up nearly 11 per cent
