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Bank of England investigation costs £2.9 million in legal fees
Law firm Travers Smith got the biggest chunk whilst barrister Lord Grabiner QC was paid £400,000.
IT projects start to replicate decision-making of judges
The computer science department at the University of Liverpool is looking at the potential for case analysis by artificial intelligence, using 'automated reasoning' to spot the winning arguments in legal cases.
Hollywood meets law in London
Whilst the Clooney factor is keeping the Inns of Court in Hello mode, news has just emerged of Benedict Cumberbach's near legal conversion.
Lawyers rank with shop workers as unhappiest UK employees
While over half of British workers feel underpaid and unhappy, that proportion rises to two in three for two categories - shop workers and lawyers.
Freshfields gives cyber security help on pro bono basis
Freshfields and Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson are giving free advice to start-up entrepreneurs taking a 12-week programme with a new pro bono advice organisation called Cyber London.
Law firms warned on cost control
An accountancy firm has warned law firms to keep costs down at a cash-critical time of year.
Law firms snubbed by Debrett's listing of most influential lawyers
Only two lawyers in law firms get a mention in the Debrett's listing of the 500 most influential people in Great Britain - as the 250-year old guide appears to view barristers, including the new Amal Clooney, as the greater wielders of power.
Rihanna victorious in Topshop image rights case
Celebrity image rights will be on the agenda at this year's Luxury Law Summit on 19 May as pop star Rihanna wins her case against Topshop.
CC YouTube trainee interned at Slaughter, Freshfields and White & Case
Media coverage of a Clifford Chance trainee making comments about non-Muslims has been mushrooming as it emerges he also did internships at Freshfields, BLP, Slaughter and May and White & Case.
Osborne Clarke reactivates private client dept
The Bristol firm has recruited new partners and vows to expand the group in 2015.
Around the house
A weekly round-up of moves around the globe.
CC forced into terrorism debate by trainee's YouTube talk
Clifford Chance has been criticised for its response to a 20-minute YouTube video in which a trainee, speaking in both English and Arabic, claims that Islam is better than Western ideologies and attacks Muslims who have been 'colonised' by the West.
UK security service forced to disclose surveillance procedure
MI6, the UK's external security body, has given details of its written policy which covers how staff should deal with material covered by legal privilege - including exchanges between lawyers and their clients.
Bakers takes top place for London LGBT
The London office of Baker & McKenzie has won top place among law firms in the latest Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Trans-Gender rankings in the UK , putting it in sixth position for all employers.
Long-awaited Cooley office opens in London
The former head of Morrison & Foerster in London, Justin Stock, has been appointed head of the new 55-lawyer office opened by California-based Cooley in Old Broad Street in the City of London.
Partners in UK Top 10 breach £1m mark in annual earnings
Average profits per equity partner have gone north of £1m - for the first time since 2008 - according to the 2014 Annual Law Firms' Survey from PwC.
Expert witnesses warned over giving broad brush evidence
A recent BBC TV programme in the investigative Panorama series should put expert witnesses on warning that they need to make precise predictions about the potential earnings of personal injury victims, according to an executive search firm.
Kennedys launches in Scotland
The insurance practice now has offices in all parts of the UK.
Belfast services centre helps A&O cut staff costs
Allen & Overy brought down its staff costs in 2013/14 - partly because of its creation of a support centre in the lower cost city of Belfast.
A fifth of couples consider post-Christmas divorce proceedings
One in five people is considering separating from a partner after getting to the end of a Christmas period truce, according to UK law firm Irwin Mitchell.