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Profits per partner slump to £15,000 among Glasgow sole practitioners
The latest financial survey of Scottish law firms has shown a profession struggling in certain areas to reach the earnings levels of previous years.
Clients of London immigration lawyers await election result before acting
London - the city which boasts more billionaires per capita - could lose some of its attractions to the extremely wealthy if the Conservatives are ousted from power, according to immigration lawyers and other wealth specialists in the UK.
Slaughters puts up NQ salaries to 70pc of Davis Polk pay
Slaughter and May, the first of the Magic Circle to announce newly-qualified pay hikes for London, is to raise salary 8% to a level of £70,000 - still well behind that of the top US firms in the UK.
Online gaming addiction confessed by lawyer who stole from clients
The co-founder of Shepherd Evans, Steven Shepherd, has been jailed for three years in the UK after pleading guilty on nine charges of theft and false accounting - having stolen money from his probate and personal injury clients.
Potential for fees to fall as legal fee tracking hits the big time in the UK
Fourteen firms including Macfarlanes and Taylor Vinters have signed up to Apperio, a legal fees platform that claims to be cutting fees for clients by 12 per cent.
Pinsents lawyer rejoices as football team he saved enters Premier League
The expected promotion of Bournemouth to the Premier League is the culmination of an 18-year journey from when a junior litigator at Hammonds helped save the club from bankruptcy and being ejected from the Football League.
Ian McEwan reads for JUSTICE
British writer Ian McEwan will head for Gray's Inn Hall in London on 30 April to take part in the JUSTICE appeal, following in the footsteps of Hilary Mantel.
More class actions likely for data breaches
A recent ruling by London's Court of Appeal could open the floodgates for compensation over data breaches.
Amal Clooney enters Rich List of Top 1000 in UK and Ireland
Amal Clooney has brought £1m to the £121m fortune that she shares with husband George, a combined total which puts the couple into 790th place in the Sunday Times Rich List that was published yesterday.
Female finance partner takes over booming London office for Latham
Jayanthi Sadanandan is now conducting a review of where the Latham & Watkins office - which grew 20 per cent last year - should increase the size of its teams and overall investment.
Property team of nine moves from Eversheds to KWM in London
The two property partners, six associates and a technology specialist make the journey in the steps of three former Eversheds partners from the structured real estate group who also made the same transition in January.
Law firms prepare to mimic corporate client structure in future
The big trend expected to spread across many law firms in the next five years is a move to the corporate structure used by many of their clients - a shift from the last five years in which the dominant trend was one of developing new risk strategies.
Scottish law firm starts ad campaign at three main airports
Shepherd + Wedderburn, the four-office UK law firm, is advertising near its three Scottish offices by taking space at the airports of Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen - where a third of flyers are business travellers.
Lawyers top the tables for having the most costly funerals
Lawyers beat health workers, soldiers, the finance sector and teachers to take the number one slot for a slightly dubious honour - spending the most on their funerals, according to UK company Perfect Choice Funerals.
Lloyds Bank looks to streamline its legal work
Lloyds Bank is looking to outsource a chunk of its work and is consulting with its legal department over possible redundancies.
Managing corporate reputation
Trust levels have barely improved between government, business and the media since the financial crisis, according to research conducted by DLA Piper with Populus. Sir Nigel Knowles will discuss the way forward at the Trust & Reputation event.
Law productivity growth by lawyer seen as dragging down UK economy
Professional services is one of four sectors identified by the Financial Times whose low productivity increases are dragging down the UK economy, explaining why employment is strong but economic growth has been weak.
Latham revenues soar by 20 pc in London
Growth of revenue in the London office of Latham & Watkins is outstripping its global growth rate by 50 per cent - as fees rose to £163m in the UK capital on the back of a doubling in the headcount there since 2009.
Gibson Dunn partner denied leave to appeal
Peter Gray, the Dubai-based partner who has been suspended by Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, saw his application to appeal against a ruling that he deliberately misled the court dismissed in 15 minutes yesterday.
US lawyer leads Oxford team to historic win
The 34-year old stroke Caryn Davies - who got a JD from Columbia University - is being given the credit for securing the win against Cambridge, the first time women were allowed to use the same course as men since the boat race started in 1829.