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This free to watch webinar is part of the Smarter Working Week event in association with Shoosmiths, which took place between 22nd – 25th March 2021.
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This free to watch webinar is part of the Smarter Working Week event in association with Shoosmiths, which took place between 22nd – 25th March 2021.
A Panama-based investment vehicle was today ordered to make a costs payment of £700,000 to its former solicitors Bird & Bird. This forms part of a broader dispute over four unpaid invoices to the City firm, with Ansbury Investments claiming that Bird & Bird duplicated its workload across its London and Milan offices. In a […]
DWF has brought in a KPMG expert to spearhead the launch of the latest offering within its New Law ranks. The listed firm has recruited KPMG senior manager Jordan Owen to head a new global secretarial and entity management service as part of its Connected Services division, one of the main businesses the firm has […]
Actor Johnny Depp today set out his application for a retrial in his high-profile libel case against The Sun newspaper, with his counsel describing a claim made by Amber Heard as a “calculated and manipulative lie”. Representing Depp was 5RB’s Andrew Caldecott QC, who led chambers’ colleague David Sherborne and sought permission to rely on […]
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