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Leaky Assange Questioned by British Cops

Julian Assange, the man everyone is loving to hate or just loving is being questioned by British police and expected in court tomorrow to discuss the small problem of a Swedish warrant for extradition relating to alleged sexual assaults in that country, according to The Guardian. At the same time, a legal net is tightening [...]

Dec 6 2010 | Posted in Legal Exotica,London Town,Screaming Scandals | Read More »

Slaughtering Lawyers – Toughening Up

Slaughter and May has become the latest UK law firm to introduce an extra layer of testing for its future trainees, reports The Lawyer. The mega firm added a written exercise to its selection procedure at the beginning of November when it started interviewing for its 2013 trainee solicitor intake, The Lawyer says. Slaughters’ HR [...]

Nov 24 2010 | Posted in London Town,The Firm | Read More »

Too Many Lawyers Prompts Law Education Review in UK

The UK’s three biggest legal regulators have launched a review of legal education and training because of ‘lawyer oversuppy’. The Lawyer reports that the review by the Solicitors Regulation Authority, the Bar Standards Board and the Institute of Legal Executives Professional Standards will examine routes to qualification and the requirements placed on law schools in light of [...]

Nov 21 2010 | Posted in Law Life,London Town | Read More »

Lawyers Working For Nothing

Working for nuttin. That’s what The Lawyer reports about some black and minority ethnic (BME) lawyers are working for because they failed to land paid training contracts or work after they were made redundant.The UK Law Society said: “Some BME solicitors [are] working for no pay. In today’s society, with wrangles over the minimum wage, [...]

Nov 1 2010 | Posted in London Town,The Society | Read More »

Harry Potter’s Nemesis Strikes in Copyright Claim

JK Rowling has been impregnable as a tour-de-fortress until now it seems, with the successful copyright claim brought by Blackstone Chambers Robert Howe, according to a report in The Lawyer. Howe succeeded on behalf of the trustees of the estate of the late Adrian Jacobs in their claim that themes from Jacobs’ 1987 book The [...]

Oct 26 2010 | Posted in Legal Exotica,London Town | Read More »

US Firms on Top

The latest law firm rankings based on gross profits, headcount and profits-per-partner show how hard the recession has hit the Magic Circle and third-tier British firms, which have slipped badly if not right off the rankings. The American Lawyer rankings put the top spots based on revenues to Baker & McKenzie and Skadden Arps, but [...]

Oct 14 2010 | Posted in Big Lawyers,London Town,The Firm | Read More »

The “Making Partner” Secret Sauce

It’s out – the secret to making partner. Nope, not just brown nosing, this is the real deal according to The Lawyer. Forget commerciality or technical knowhow. Even social skills pale in comparison with the defining quality that is… being called David. Yep, that’s it The Lawyer says. Their “exclusive research” shows that David is [...]

Sep 27 2010 | Posted in Big Lawyers,Legal Exotica,London Town,The Firm | Read More »

Tougher Times For the London Law Job

Times are a-changing for lawyers seeking work in the UK. A New Zealand Lawyer story on the changes to the new quota system introduced to the UK, limits the number of tier-two visas each law firm has available, hampering the ability of Magic Circle – or any other law firm’s – ability to sponsor lawyers [...]

Sep 6 2010 | Posted in London Town | Read More »

Unmasking The Stig

What sort of spoil sport is Mr Justice Morgan, anyway? The Beeb lost its case in keeping the Top Gear stunt driver’s identity secret. The Stig was revealed as Ben Collins, 35, Top Gear’s incognito racing driver for the past seven years and he’s written an autobiography that the BBC tried to prevent being published, [...]

Sep 1 2010 | Posted in Featured,Legal Exotica,London Town | Read More »

Hammonds Eyes Up Yank Deal

The latest UK firm to eye a merger in the old colony is Hammonds says The Lawyer, after announcing it is in talks over a potential tie-up with Cleveland-headquartered Squire Sanders & Dempsey. Squire Sanders chairman James Maiwurm and Hammonds managing partner Peter Crossley said the firms are holding preliminary discussions in a move that [...]

Sep 1 2010 | Posted in London Town | Read More »

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Time to Buy Dollars Again, Hedge Fund Says FX Concepts LLC, the hedge fund that bought the euro in June just as it began a 9.7 percent surge against the dollar, now says it’s almost time to get out of the currency. G20 bank of england protest City of London copper refusing to give number [...]

Aug 2 2010 | Posted in London Town,Photos | Read More »