In-house interview: Crabtree & Evelyn GC Katie Power on the benefits of flexibility
The UK is being slow to shift from the traditional nine to five, but thanks to Katie Power, Crabtree & Evelyn is using flexible working to its advantage
Trainee and newly qualified solicitor salaries
The Lawyer has compiled trainee solicitor salaries and newly-qualified (NQ) solicitor salaries from the UK’s largest law firms. Updated 22 June 2020 with data on impact of coronavirus pandemic on NQ salaries and appointments. The latest salary figures are a reflection of the influence of American firms on the UK market. When Bingham McCutchen became […]
Mills & Reeve pilots ‘innovation trainees’ as part of strategy drive
Mills & Reeve has come up with a new programme aimed at allowing graduates to take on innovation projects for the firm and its clients. The initiative, dubbed the ‘project and innovation trainee programme’, is the latest in a line of changes first begun in 2015 by managing partner Claire Clarke to increase profitability and […]
Case study: How Royal London rebooted its relationships with external firms
Royal London general counsel Fergus Speight tasked his team with hanging the legal function operating model. Solicitor Peter McCusker led the way, and collaborated with procurement to reboot relationships with external firms
In court this week: Ocado, surrogacy and misconduct with Mishcon, Clydes and Kingsley Napley
Dib, Dib, Dib and all that… Dispute resolution clauses
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In-house interview: Crabtree & Evelyn GC Katie Power on the benefits of flexibility
The UK is being slow to shift from the traditional nine to five, but thanks to Katie Power, Crabtree & Evelyn is using flexible working to its advantage
Trainee and newly qualified solicitor salaries
The Lawyer has compiled trainee solicitor salaries and newly-qualified (NQ) solicitor salaries from the UK’s largest law firms. Updated 22 June 2020 with data on impact of coronavirus pandemic on NQ salaries and appointments. The latest salary figures are a reflection of the influence of American firms on the UK market. When Bingham McCutchen became […]
Mills & Reeve pilots ‘innovation trainees’ as part of strategy drive
Mills & Reeve has come up with a new programme aimed at allowing graduates to take on innovation projects for the firm and its clients. The initiative, dubbed the ‘project and innovation trainee programme’, is the latest in a line of changes first begun in 2015 by managing partner Claire Clarke to increase profitability and […]
Case study: How Royal London rebooted its relationships with external firms
Royal London general counsel Fergus Speight tasked his team with hanging the legal function operating model. Solicitor Peter McCusker led the way, and collaborated with procurement to reboot relationships with external firms
Freshfields partner exits after internal investigation
A Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer litigator has exited Fleet Street following the outcome of an internal investigation, just two months after another one of the firm’s former partners was fined by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal over misconduct allegations. Nick Williams has left the firm’s London office; he was promoted in the firm’s disputes group in 2017, […]
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Former Mishcon partner leads Facebook claim over Cambridge Analytica scandal
Milberg London has sent a pre-action letter to Facebook on behalf of a million users of the social media site relating to the Cambridge Analytica breach. Facebook You Owe Us will commence legal proceedings today against the social media giant. Former Mishcon de Reya partner James Oldnall, who moved to Milberg in the summer, is […]
BLM wraps second redundancy consultation with 71 roles cut
BLM has concluded its second redundancy process, which will see 71 people leaving the firm. Most of the roles pertain to BLM’s legal support and corporate services across England, Wales and Scotland; it is the outcome of an exercise started in August. It marks the second round of headcount cuts the firm has embarked on […]
Ashurst to resume monthly drawings as cost-saving scheme comes to an end
Ashurst is set to restore the monthly drawings of its partners, as it calls time on a series of financial measures launched to tame the economic fallout of the pandemic. The firm had initially cut partners’ monthly sums by 20 per cent for six months, with this being reviewed in the coming weeks. In addition, […]
Pinsents combines NewLaw arm into one profit-making group
Pinsent Masons is launching a new practice group that will embed the various strands of its NewLaw offering. The new division, dubbed professional services group, brings together the alternative offerings developed by the firm over the past few years. They include flexible resourcing and managed services business Vario, led by managing director Matthew Kay with […]
The UK’s biggest legal market outside London is…
London is the undisputed heavyweight champion of UK law – but which is the country’s second city when it comes to the profession’s largest firms? For this year’s UK 200: The Top 100 2020 report, The Lawyer embarked on a massive data collection exercise. For the first time it has now charted the primary location […]
Milberg affiliate hit with SRA fine over litigation funding payments
An affiliate of group action firm Milberg has been fined by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) for accepting money into its client account in relation to a dispute it was not involved in. Milberg Limited, which is the claims processing arm of US firm Milberg Phillips Grossman, has been named by the SRA and is […]
