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Knights raises fees as it looks to restart organic growth
Listed law firm Knights said yesterday it was on course to return to organic growth this year after revealing that the 13% increase in revenues for the last 12 months came from acquisitions.
Small firms at heart of AML reports made by SRA
The Solicitors Regulation Authority reported transactions potentially involving money laundering worth over £75m to the National Crime Agency in the last financial year.
Private equity giant in talks to buy DWF for £342m
DWF – the only law firm listed on the main London Stock Exchange – is in talks with a leading private equity company over a possible buyout that values it at £342m.
Court refuses to grant law firm injunction against departed solicitor
The High Court has refused to grant a law firm an injunction to prevent a departing solicitor from trying to entice any of its clients away for two years.
Chambers ordered to pay barrister £20,000 in costs after tribunal claim
Garden Court Chambers has been ordered to pay former member Allison Bailey costs of £20,000 following her successful employment tribunal claim against it.
Axiom saves another big firm as Plexus deal follows Ince
The little-known law firm that bought listed practice Ince out of administration in April has now done the same with defendant firm Plexus, saving a further 540 jobs.
SRA granted civil restraint order against struck-off solicitor
The High Court has granted the Solicitors Regulation Authority an extended civil restraint order to stop a struck-off solicitor from taking further legal action against it.
Family law firm allows solicitors to work four-day week
A family law firm in North London is giving its solicitors a day off every Wednesday as part of a pilot of the four-day working week, its managing director has revealed.
Government commits to end barriers holding back CILEX lawyers
The Ministry of Justice has set out its vision of ensuring that “there are no unnecessary barriers preventing CILEX members progressing their careers”.
Ban for paralegal who lied on CV to get job at law firm
A paralegal who lied on his CV about his experience, signed a statutory declaration and held himself out as a solicitor has been banned from working in the profession.
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Motor finance – the FCA is more worried about banks than consumers
The Financial Conduct Authority’s motor finance redress scheme announced last week amounts to one of the largest ever consumer failures by the regulator.
Mazur: a symptom not a cause?
If Mazur is a symptom, what does it mean for the underlying health of our civil justice system: the ‘finest legal system in the world’?
Cross-generation collaboration: the key to in-house legal tech adoption
In-house legal function leaders will increasingly have to evolve their thinking on how to manage multigenerational teams containing differing levels of technological expertise.
