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Clydes set to appeal as EAT whistleblowing case goes in ex-partner's favour
Clyde & Co plans to appeal an Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT) decision that found the firm should face a claim from a former partner.
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Kings Bench barrister held in US over alleged $10m tax fraud
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Shearman vows to triple City arbitration group as partner quits for US rival
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In the money
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Virgin Money hires new cosec as director of legal resigns
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Brick Court barristers defeat set mates in TfL's spat with Addison Lee
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BLP continues magic circle hiring spree with addition of Linklaters partner
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Wragges adds Manches partner to real estate team
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Akin, Skadden and White & Case advise on £5,3bn MegaFon deal
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Supreme Court rejects Seldon age discrimination case
Features & Analysis
Legal market braced for onslaught of alternative business structures
Alternative business structures (ABSs) are a new form of practice developed through the Legal Services Act (LSA).
Legal Brief
Legal Brief: The blame game
While the mainstream media focused last week on the House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee’s criticism of Rupert Murdoch for the News of the World (NoW) phone-hacking scandal, what the committee’s report said about the legal players in the saga is equally interesting.
Legal Brief: Time wasters need not apply
As job applications go, this one seems almost mundanely standard.
From London with love
At the Lawyer2B Year 12 careers day event at BPP Business School on Wednesday Macfarlanes solicitor Tom Rose, during a presentation on City Law in Practice, made the point that the growth over the past five years of London as the jurisdiction of choice for wealthy Russian litigants showed the strength and influence of City law.
Legal Brief: Unsettling settlements
If you are looking to show a bit of commercial awareness you could do worse than keep an eye on the Supreme Court next month when it decides whether foreign court rulings in insolvency matters can be enforced in England and Wales in a case that litigators believe could enshrine a move towards a universal approach to cross-border insolvency cases.
Legal Brief: Breaking the Sound of Silence
The gnashing of teeth was all that could be heard last week at an all party parliamentary meeting titled ’Secret evidence, justice denied?’ looking at Ken Clarke’s Justice and Security Green Paper.
Legal brief: Rolling, rolling, rolling, keep those deals rolling. MERGERS (and acquisitions)!
While life in the world economy can be tough, those riding the M&A trail in 2012 have found that the market is not quite dead yet and there may even be grounds for cautious optimism.
But do you know what working as a lawyer actually involves? And are you sure of the steps you have to take to qualify as a solicitor or barrister?