Trowers & Hamlins’ senior partner Jennie Gubbins is standing down from the role after eight years, making way for new leader Sara Bailey. Bailey, who has been the firm’s co-managing partner since 2013, will take over from Gubbins this April. She will also continue to lead Trowers’ real estate offering. As a result of her […]
“I received over 10 pupillage rejections from chambers who explained to me that they had already taken on ‘one woman’ and that my application would therefore be declined.”
DLA Piper has failed to stay proceedings in a multimillion-pound professional negligence claim brought by a former client, with the case now set to proceed through the High Court in London after a jurisdictional challenge. Since the hearing, DLA has changed counsel from 4 New Square’s George Spalton and Joshua Folkard to a QC and […]
Mayer Brown and Trowers also releases retention figures.
There is a common misconception that copyright is only relevant to a small proportion of creative businesses.
Ian Chapman-Curry looks at a survey of defined benefit scheme trustees that suggests the age of the quarterly trustee meeting is over.
Charles Bond joins 121 Mining Investment Online to chair discussions on mine financing projects in Africa, exploring the potential for capital investors seeking to maximise value on the continent in this on-demand webinar.
Following on the heels of the recently-released federal Climate Plan, the Government of Canada has unveiled its Small Modular Reactor Action Plan.
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In December 2020, we reported on the vote by the House of Lords on amendments to the Fire Safety Bill relating to the remediation costs associated with the replacement of the dangerous cladding panels and other fire safety defects. Both the Fire Safety Bill and the Building Safety Bill are anticipated to come into effect early this year.
Trowers & Hamlins’ senior partner Jennie Gubbins is standing down from the role after eight years, making way for new leader Sara Bailey. Bailey, who has been the firm’s co-managing partner since 2013, will take over from Gubbins this April. She will also continue to lead Trowers’ real estate offering. As a result of her […]
“I received over 10 pupillage rejections from chambers who explained to me that they had already taken on ‘one woman’ and that my application would therefore be declined.”
DLA Piper has failed to stay proceedings in a multimillion-pound professional negligence claim brought by a former client, with the case now set to proceed through the High Court in London after a jurisdictional challenge. Since the hearing, DLA has changed counsel from 4 New Square’s George Spalton and Joshua Folkard to a QC and […]
Mayer Brown and Trowers also releases retention figures.
The total number of callers to LawCare is up for a sixth successive year.
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Fans of celebrity showdowns will be denied their thrills this year following the Duchess of Sussex’s successful application for summary judgment against Associated Newspapers, but the Daily Mail’s favourite law firm still has a full pipeline for 2021. Over the last few years RPC partner Keith Mathieson has also fastened his grip on defence work […]
Bevan Brittan has handed out a 3 per cent pay rise to all its employees alongside an additional 3 per cent ‘thank-you bonus’ to be applied to the last six months and paid now. The firm had previously postponed its September 2020 annual pay review due to uncertain economic conditions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. […]
Linklaters has rolled out a platform to change the way its secretarial function operates in light of new working practices introduced during the pandemic. The magic circle firm has bought a third-party platform, called Service Now, to ensure better work allocation across its secretarial pool. With the prospect of a hybrid model split between remote […]
Covington & Burling’s London revenue increased by 12 per cent last year, as global turnover also saw double-digit growth. This is after the firm’s City growth was static in 2019, decreasing by 0.1 per cent. In 2020, the firm’s revenue in its London offering leapt to $113.6m from $101.2m. In 2015, the firm’s London turnover […]
Reed Smith, Allen & Overy and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have acted on Daily Mail and General Trust’s (DMGT) £70m acquisition of New Scientist. DMGT instructed co-chair of Reed Smith’s global corporate group Delphine Currie on the purchase, alongside senior associate Daryl Cue and client relationship partner Lawrence Radley. The Daily Mail publisher picked up the […]
Simmons & Simmons has introduced a long-term working policy inspired by the changes brought about by the pandemic. The firm will introduce a hybrid working system that allows employees to work up to two to three days per week from home when restrictions are lifted, as agreed with line managers. Over the coming months, country […]
New Look general counsel Laura Battley has moved across to Watches of Switzerland, less than two years after the latter’s listing on the London Stock Exchange. Battley joins the FTSE 250 British watch retailer after five years as GC and company secretary at New Look. She began her legal training at Slaughter and May in […]
