Gateley bolsters HR offering with £3.4m acquisition
Listed law firm Gateley has hit the acquisition trail once more, spending £3.4m on another HR business to help create “one of the largest specialist human capital consultancy businesses in the UK”.
Partnership “validly kept alive” to avoid pension liability
A law firm that incorporated its business but kept the partnership alive solely to frustrate a retired partner’s pension entitlement has defeated that partner’s claim in the High Court.
Solicitor fined £50,000 for misusing client’s interim payments
A solicitor who spent £46,600 of a disabled client’s interim payments on costs and disbursements instead of on rehabilitation, has been fined £50,000 by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal.
Just Costs staff win claim for unpaid wages
Twenty four members of staff at Just Costs Solicitors, which went into administration in January, have won an employment tribunal claim for unpaid wages.
City firms set for Brexit-related work boom
City law firms are set for a “boom in Brexit-related advisory work” as the UK’s future relationship with the EU becomes clearer, an authoritative analysis has predicted.
Tribunal savages SRA witnesses as prosecution left in tatters
The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal has savaged two witnesses who gave evidence on behalf of the Solicitors Regulation Authority against a Yorkshire sole practitioner.
Call for “real inclusion” rather than tick boxes at the Bar
The Bar should focus on “real inclusion” and “actionable, practical steps” to improve diversity rather than tick boxes, a black barrister and human rights activist has argued.
Solicitor helped himself to £88,000 from dementia sufferer
A solicitor who helped himself to almost £88,000 from a dementia victim for whom he was acting under a power of attorney has been struck off by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal.
McKenzie Friends giving “biased and misleading” online advice
McKenzie Friends are giving “biased and misleading” advice to vulnerable family litigants, an academic study of online posts has found. It found “many negative attitudes expressed towards lawyers”.
DWF unveils largest acquisition by listed law firm
DWF is to make the biggest acquisition by a listed law firm to date by spending more than £40m on a leading Spanish practice. The news came as the firm announced positive half-year results.
