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Ditching appraisals? You bet!
Law firm is ditching annual appraisals for continuous feedback in partnership with performance management company.
Fieldfisher hits double digits for third year
Meeting challenging targets, firm's double-digit growth for third year in a row highlights organic growth, standout jurisdictions and dispute resolution.
Academia's 'fake gowns' row going south?
All lawyers have one thing in common - wearing academic gowns - but passing off controversy is being whipped-up like gowns in a Scottish wind as firm seeks to move case to English court.
Ashurst advances legal services
Ashurst Advance Delivery announces partnership with Cognia Law to support managed legal services offering.
Football and music disputes dominating UK High Court
Premier League football may be in recess and music festivals in full swing, but football and music bodies are very busy in court.
ICO bombarded “just in case”
UK is higher than most among EU jursidictions in notifying regulator on GDPR breaches, but “just in case” says law firm.
Damning report reveals a criminal justice system on brink of collapse
Law Society of England and Wales reports says urgent intervention needed to save the criminal justice system in England and Wales.
Rare and well done
Linklaters pledges support to new software set to revolutionise graduate law recruitment.
Ex-Sidley's partner Matthew Cahill joins gunnercooke
Disruptor law firm gunnercooke is accelerating the growth of its London practice with the hire of ex-Clifford Chance and Sidley Austin capital markets veteran Matthew Cahill.
From HSF to MBE for ALT leader!
Herbert Smith Freehills partner appointed an MBE for services to the Northern Ireland economy and innovation in law.
UK lawyers fear “disruptive” Big 4
Many UK lawyers fear they will struggle to compete as big accounting groups aggressively expand into legal services.
Dentons jump in revenue but with a little less PEP
Scottish merger highlighted as Dentons reports a 13 per cent rise in revenue for the financial year but PEP only grew in the same period by 4 per cent.
Norton's team follows trail to Kennedys
Firm bolsters global marine and energy practice with hire of 12-strong team from Norton Rose Fulbright, following move by finance director.
Ince rebrands six months into merger
Ince simplifies brand as Gordon Dadds name take a back seat and most entities will be known simply as Ince.
Counting the cost of GDPR
Over half of UK global businesses believe they are failing to comply with data privacy regulations costing an average of £840,000 annually.
Research highlights entrepreneurial spirit in UK legal market
Over 520 new law firms planned for the next year as lower costs of technology and successful IPOs feature amongst factors encouraging more entrepreneurship amongst lawyers.
UK data privacy fines increase by £2m
Increases in 2018 impacted even before GDPR fines begin to kick in says PwC privacy report, while marketing key culprit.
DAC Beachcroft in charity collaboration
Firm to support 1,200 small charities through pro bono legal guidance in partnership with Aviva.
Lawtech lacking in trust
British Consumer watchdog issues paper raising concerns over lawtech and lack of consumer trust, and provides regulatory checklist.
Former general counsel hopes to clean up
Launches online lawyer-matching service to enhance choosing external counsel, while a general counsel he used exercises to test law firm partners, including cleaning hotel toilets.