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Colt hires Innovation Group's first head of legal
James Liddiard will join the company as its legal and commercial director as well as company secretary.
PFI contracts come under scrutiny by Labour Party
A future Labour government in the UK would attack PFI contracts, the Labour Party conference has heard.
Online divorce website acquires a law firm
The service, which provided documentation for uncontested divorces, is expanding its reach.
The false picture of the UK's battle against fraud
Uncertainty over the future of the UK's Serious Fraud Office needs to end, says Dominic Carman.
Partners Employment Lawyers joins up with Excello Law
London-based Partners Employment Lawyers has joined forces with agile working national firm Excello Law.
Pinsent Masons consults over making secretarial roles redundant
The law firm is reviewing personal assistant (PA) roles and has consulted with those at risk.
City law firms remain defiant despite Brexit, as regional firms stutter
City law firms have demonstrated resilience to tough political and economic conditions this year as growth overtakes that of regional law firms.
Shell revamps UK legal team
UK legal head Michael Coates moves to become associate general counsel of Shell's global upstream business.
UK elite law firm partners earn over £2 million a year
Star performers in elite UK law firms now earn over £2 million, according to the latest figures from the Lawyer.
Scottish law firm goes into administration
The closure of Pagan Osborne will see around 70 jobs lost in the coming weeks.
LOD looks to tackle secondee challenge for law firms
The company, which provides interim lawyers, is now offering to provide secondees to companies
Kennedys completes its acquisition of Berg
The UK firm has boosted its litigation practice with Manchester firm Berg.
Allen & Overy picks legaltech innovators
Allen & Overy has chosen eight companies to work in Fuse, the new tech innovation space based in its London offices.
Extradition post Brexit remains in disarray
The UK is looking to stick with the current arrangements on extradition, but will the EU agree? Ben Keith discusses the possibilities.
Lawyers procrastinate for over an hour a day
From chatting, surfing the web and engaging in social media, lawyers are prone to a bout of procrastination every day. The good news for their bosses - accountants are worse.
Pemberton Greenish hires new CEO
The private client firm was looking for an executive with proven experience growing a law firm.
Law Superstore acquired by property moves website
The latest UK legal comparison website has been taken over by Reallymoving.com.
Flint Bishop beats revenue targets
The UK firm's successful year saw it grow revenues by 11 per cent and appoint new partners.
PwC expands managed services division
PwC has hired a manager from Axiom to continue growing its commercial contracting division.
Bishop & Sewell sweeps up Fisher Meredeth
Bishop & Sewell will take over the family firm as part of its expansion strategy creating a £9 million business.