Revolving doors: A high profile return to chambers as Squire, Eversheds and A&O make key hires Legal Business The legal market has seen a high-profile return to chambers and a series of both national and international lateral appointments…
Bar regulator gets green light to approve alternative business structures Legal Business The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has gained approval from the Legal Services Board (LSB) to become a licensing authority for…
One Essex Court takes banking silk duo from 3VB Legal Business One Essex Court has hired banking silk duo Adrian Beltrami QC and Sonia Tolaney QC from 3 Verulam Buildings (3VB),…
Straight to the source – the pros and occasional cons of direct access Legal Business In-house teams instructing the Bar has gone mainstream over the last ten years. LB assesses how far direct access can…
Changing counsel: Clyde & Co swaps XXIV Old Buildings for Brick Court Chambers in $285m mining tussle Tom Moore The bitter dispute between Zamin Ferrous, the mining company run by Indian billionaire Pramod Agarwal, and embattled natural resources group…
Perspectives: Sir Bernard Eder Legal Business I’ve had a happy time. My wife said at school I spent most of my time in the library. I…
Jasbir Dhillon QC: Freezing injunctions and receivership in support of arbitration Legal Business Jasbir Dhillon QC Brick Court Chambers A frequently encountered problem for any claimant in international arbitration arises where the respondent…
‘Supporting strategic expansion’: Wilberforce takes barrister duo from 3 Stone Buildings Sarah Downey Wilberforce Chambers continues to expand, adding Fenner Moeran QC and Andrew Child from 3 Stone Buildings, just weeks after bringing…
Freedom to operate: Bar Standards Board wants to relax barrister rules for corporate vehicles and agencies Legal Business The Bar Standards Board (BSB) is proposing to make it easier for barristers to work through agencies and corporate vehicles,…
The Legal 500 view: more choice and competition defines market Legal Business The UK legal market now offers more choice than ever, and this is reflected in the 2015 edition of The…
Wilberforce Chambers takes silk trio and five juniors from soon-to-be dissolved 11SB Sarah Downey Wilberforce Chambers has taken silks Lexa Hilliard QC, Alan Gourgey QC and Marcia Shekerdemian QC from 11 Stone Buildings (11SB)…
Strike action: Criminal Bar Association votes to support solicitors in legal aid protest Kathryn McCann The Criminal Bar Association of England and Wales (CBA) has voted to support solicitors in their strike action over the 8.75% cut…
Strike action: Solicitors and barristers to boycott legal aid cases from 1 July following ‘untenable’ cuts Kathryn McCann Solicitors and barristers in London and across the UK have agreed to boycott legal aids cases from tomorrow (1 July)…
BSB considers QASA’s timing after Supreme Court dismisses long-running appeal Legal Business The controversial Quality Assurance Scheme for Advocates (QASA) is set to go ahead after the Supreme Court dismissed an appeal…
Deregulating education: BSB proposes to put barristers in charge of pupillage Legal Business The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has today (20 February) announced in a new report that chambers and employers are best…
From suits to silks: the rise of the solicitor QC Legal Business The five solicitors to take Queen’s Counsel in the latest round of appointments had one thing in common: they were…
Heading to the bar: Hogan Lovells streamlines dual management role as former arbitration co-head leaves Legal Business Hogan Lovells’ former co-head of international arbitration, Simon Nesbitt, is set to depart the firm and join the Bar, a…
Bar shuffles: Matrix hires media silk Millar from Doughty Street Sarah Downey High-profile silk Gavin Millar QC is set to join Matrix Chambers from Doughty Street in a bid to enhance its…
‘Costs disputes is a growth area’: Thirty Nine Essex Street appoints former Senior Costs Judge Legal Business Leading set Thirty Nine Essex Street has yesterday (26 November) announced a major appointment, with Peter Hurst, former Senior Costs…
News in brief – October 2014 Legal Business LORD CHANCELLOR ACTED ‘UNLAWFULLY’ IN LEGAL AID CONSULTATION Kingsley Napley and 11 KBW last month acted for the London Criminal…
