TLT’s legal tech kit that can advise not just triage
An innovative solution from TLT and US tech group LegalSifter can slash lawyers’ BAU admin burden, but it can also do so much more
DWF reels in former Lucozade GC ahead of next year’s IPO
DWF has made its most high-profile hire since the news of the firm’s intended IPO broke earlier this year.
Career clinic: I’m too busy to look for a new job but want a change. How can I find time?
This month, we asked leading lawyers at Mayer Brown and Kettle Foods for their thoughts on job applications.
Macfarlanes highest-paid profits reach nearly £4m
UK-headquartered firms are beginning to file their LLPs for 2017/18, with Macfarlanes and Linklaters the latest to reveal the financial state of their businesses.
HMRC releases long awaited guidance on how cryptoassets will be taxed on individuals
Home ownership comes later in life – comment from property lawyers
By Janet Armstrong-Fox The Office for National Statistics in data published this week reports that young adults are having to wait on average eight years longer to get onto the housing ladder compared to two decades ago. It says that in 1997 the average age of a first-time buyer was just 26, compared to 34 today. […]
Do payment processors wield too much power?
By Simon de Broise Payment processors, as the name suggests, facilitate payments by credit and debit cards for both online and point of sale transactions. The payment processor acts as an intermediary between the merchant (e.g. a retailer or airline) and the customer’s bank, facilitating the rapid authorisation (or otherwise) of the payment and initiating (and […]
Look out for when using zero-hours contracts in the construction industry
By Sinead Kelly Employment associate, Sinead Kelly, published in Professional Housebuilder & Property Developer giving tips on what to look out for when using zero hours contracts in the construction industry. Casual working arrangements are popular in the construction industry as they allow for flexibility and cost saving where there may not be a constant need for […]
The 10 million dollar ‘handshake’ in the art world
By Grace Waterhouse So called ‘gentlemen’s agreements’ are notorious in the art world, with dealers arranging sales of artwork on nothing more than a handshake, but the 2018 de Pury case should serve as a reminder of the importance of getting contracts down on paper. The case centred on Gauguin’s painting Nafea faa ipoipo (meaning ‘When […]
First Tower Trustee Ltd v CDS
By Robin Henry, Audrey Favreau A recent decision of the Court of Appeal (First Tower Trustees Ltd v CDS (Superstores International) Ltd [2018] EWCA Civ 1396) will be welcomed by SMEs and other non-sophisticated investors considering a claim against their bank for misrepresentation. The Court swept aside a significant body of cases which permitted banks to rely on […]
TLT’s legal tech kit that can advise not just triage
An innovative solution from TLT and US tech group LegalSifter can slash lawyers’ BAU admin burden, but it can also do so much more
DWF reels in former Lucozade GC ahead of next year’s IPO
DWF has made its most high-profile hire since the news of the firm’s intended IPO broke earlier this year.
Career clinic: I’m too busy to look for a new job but want a change. How can I find time?
This month, we asked leading lawyers at Mayer Brown and Kettle Foods for their thoughts on job applications.
Macfarlanes highest-paid profits reach nearly £4m
UK-headquartered firms are beginning to file their LLPs for 2017/18, with Macfarlanes and Linklaters the latest to reveal the financial state of their businesses.
No5 Barristers’ Chambers sees fines over false claims reduced for juice bar and its owner
Counsel at No5 Barristers’ Chambers has represented a juice bar and its owner at appeal securing a reduction in their fines imposed due to bogus health claims, which had totalled more than £8,000. Pure and Raw juice bar, in Leamington Spa, and its director Ravinder Aujla had both pleaded guilty earlier this year to 12 […]
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The speed read: DWF’s finances; Taylor Wessing’s American dream; and who runs Addleshaws?
While many lawyers are out of the City on half-term, others in the industry have been securing US deals, mulling leadership bids and bringing High Court disputes to an end.
Freshfields teams up with Canadian firm on Dairy Crest offer
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has been called in by Canadian firm Stikemann Elliott to co-lead on Dairy Crest’s sale to a transatlantic buyer. The magic circle firm has been providing UK legal advice to Canadian company Saputo, which produces milk and dairy products. Freshfields corporate partner Stephen Hewes has taken the lead alongside colleague Peter Hall, […]
Squires quartet part ways with firm
Four more partners have left Squire Patton Boggs’ London office, in the wake of former managing partner Robert Weekes’ move to Crowell & Moring earlier this month. UK litigation head Laurence Winston and restructuring partners Paul Muscutt and Cathryn Williams are to part ways with the firm, while Robin Baillie in the infrastructure practice is […]
Burges Salmon braces for no-deal Brexit with “defensive” strategy
Burges Salmon is preparing for the possibility of a no-deal Brexit, with plans to resort to an Irish partnership structure if Britain cannot agree terms with the EU.
Shearman’s revenue closes in on $1bn barrier
Shearman & Sterling’s global turnover increased by 5 per cent over 2018, though the pace of growth has fallen behind some of Shearman’s US peers who have all reported double-digit gains this year. Turnover at Shearman rose to $955.5m in 2018, an increase of 4 per cent. This followed the addition of just $5m to […]
Addleshaws’ senior partner faces fresh challenge in firm elections
Addleshaw Goddard’s senior partner Charles Penney faces a challenge to his bid for another term, with another contender stepping forward to take on the role. Penney, who is seeking a second term in the top job, will run against contender Michael Leftley, who heads the employment, incentives & immigration group in London. Leftley has been […]