Listed law firms lay out £4m impact of NI increase
Listed law firm Gateley said yesterday that it expected “pricing and efficiencies” to mitigate the extra £1.8m that the National Insurance increase is set to cost it.
Employers’ organisation buys Sheffield law firm
Make UK, the representative voice of UK manufacturing, has expanded its employment law and HR services by acquiring a Sheffield-based law firm.
Carr hits out over civil digitisation and criminal court sitting days
The Lady Chief Justice yesterday complained to MPs about the government’s decisions to reduce the digitisation of civil justice and limit sitting days in the criminal courts.
LinkedIn superinfluencers “massively outperform” their law firms
Law firms need to redesign their social media strategies to embrace influencers who “massively outperform” their firms on LinkedIn.
City law firm creates first solicitor-barrister partnership in Ireland
The Irish arm of City giant Simmons & Simmons has become the first of a new breed of law firms that allows solicitors to form partnerships with barristers.
Tribunal “copied most of ruling” from one side’s submissions
A judge has strongly criticised an employment tribunal that copied most of its reasons from the respondent’s witness evidence or written submissions.
Fee-share law firms growing faster than traditional practices
Fee-share law firms are still growing “at pace”, with two recruiting more lawyers in the first half of this year than any traditional practice, according to new research.
Pre-action reforms offer exemption from post-issue mediation
Parties that engage in formal pre-action dispute resolution should be exempt from any mandatory requirement to mediate post-issue, the Civil Justice Council has recommended.
Ethical clashes can cause young lawyers health problems
Having a professional identity as a young lawyer that does not align with the values of your law firm could turn “wellbeing issues into serious health problems”, a leading legal academic has warned.
Judge blasts City firm’s “disgraceful” and “improper” conduct
A judge has condemned the London arm of a US law firm for sending a “disgraceful” letter to a competitor of one of its clients.
