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‘A brilliant lawyer with vast experience’ – Brick Court mourns death of leading competition barrister

James Flynn KC died on 10 October after a short illness

14 Oct 2024

Capsticks expands construction expertise with Mills & Reeve, Bevan Brittan partner hires

Duo includes experienced construction law experts Catherine Kay and Matthew Phipps

11 Oct 2024

UK lawyers reflect on World Mental Health Day

Messages of support underline need for legal profession to prioritise mental health in workplace

10 Oct 2024

Howard Kennedy bolsters disputes bench with hires from Paul Hastings, Mishcon de Reya

Contentious insolvency lawyer Crispin Daly and international arbitration specialist Heidrun Walsh join London firm as partners

9 Oct 2024

Quillon Law bolsters fraud practice with Covington & Burling partner hire

Ian Hargreaves links up with former Addleshaw Goddard colleagues at London disputes boutique

8 Oct 2024

Arbitration barrister Baloch exits 3 Verulam Buildings for Essex Court

Experienced senior junior swaps sets in rare lateral move between commercial chambers

7 Oct 2024

Judge reprimanded for love letter to step down as CAT president

Mr Justice Marcus Smith will be replaced by former president Sir Peter Roth on an interim basis

4 Oct 2024

IBA endorses first international treaty on AI governance

Support for European convention on AI builds on IBA’s AI report launched at annual conference in Mexico City last month

3 Oct 2024

Women KCs celebrate 75th anniversary of first appointments

Lady Chief Justice hosts event to mark progress since first two women took silk in 1949

2 Oct 2024

Law Society lines up with City and regional counterparts to oppose SRA penalty proposals

High-profile challenges to changes to SRA’s financial penalties regime demonstrate widespread opposition

1 Oct 2024

Senior roles for women at Mexican law firms rank lowest among sectors

While women account for 39% of lawyers at law firms in Mexico, just 17% occupy senior roles, an IBA report finds

27 Sep 2024

London’s 9 Stone Buildings dissolves as members join Tanfield and Selborne Chambers

Seventeen tenants move their practice as London barristers’ chambers closes after more than a century

27 Sep 2024

Pump Court Chambers suffers multi-million pound alleged fraud loss

High Court judgment reveals £2.75m alleged fraud committed by former employee in set’s credit control department

26 Sep 2024

White & Case launches Tokyo disputes practice with Orrick partner hire

Shinsuke Yakura joins having led Orrick’s Tokyo office

5 Sep 2024

Hausfeld hires commercial litigation partner from Covington & Burling in London

Greg Lascelles has been involved in landmark High Court and FCA disputes and Supreme Court cases

4 Sep 2024

Prominent arbitration lawyers launch new boutique in Europe

WilmerHale’s Maxi Scherer and Niuscha Bassiri of Hanotiau & van den Berg team up for ArbBoutique

3 Sep 2024

Former ICSID secretary general launches disputes boutique with Steptoe veteran

Meg Kinnear joins forces with former Steptoe & Johnson partner Lucinda Low for new DC firm

2 Sep 2024

Firms asked to help trainees stranded by ‘imminent closure’ of US firm’s London office

City of London Law Society writes to firms as it seeks homes for six current and four future trainees of Armstrong Teasdale

28 Aug 2024

Singapore Convention Week stresses ‘dialogue and innovation’

Singapore’s law minister praises multilateralism and warns of ‘much more challenging outlook for businesses and lawyers’

27 Aug 2024

Mike Lynch: the legaltech pioneer embroiled in an epic transatlantic legal fight

Autonomy founder killed in Sicily yacht sinking had secured a memorable victory, but other legal battles loomed, reports Ben Rigby

23 Aug 2024