The commoditisation of artificial intelligence means many areas of the lawyer’s trade are at risk – including the ‘creative’ element. Lawyers like nothing more than a good argument. That’s one of the attractions of the job for us. And the arguments are raging over the role of technology in law and driving us into two […]
Proponents of reforms to judicial review claim they will deter ‘frivolous’ cases but the legal profession is worried about the effect on access to justice. A number of reforms to the way judicial reviews can be brought and financed in the UK have caused industry-wide concern over the past two years. Lawyers, ministers and peers have universally […]
Move of the week Cooley has hired life sciences partner John Wilkinson to join its London office. Former Reed Smith partner Wilkinson was in this year’s The Lawyer’s Hot 100 list for his work advising Bavarian Nordic on its licence to supply an Ebola vaccine in Africa. His practice involves representing pharmaceutical and life sciences […]
Exactly one year on from becoming Aurelius’ first UK-based legal counsel, The Lawyer caught up with Kimberley Whitaker to see how her role has developed Taking on the job of European investor Aurelius’ first and only UK lawyer was a career-changing move for Kimberley Whitaker. “It was my first permanent in-house position,” she says. “But […]
Fracas! It’s the story everyone has been talking about. [Motormouthed telly bore/hero of the common man] (delete as applicable) Jeremy Clarkson has been [his irrepressible self/thumping people] and it’s [a national disgrace/storm in a teacup/typical of the namby-pamby BBC]. However you feel about the nation’s second-favourite Top Gear presenter, there’s no denying it’s big news. […]
Higher fees are likely to drive litigants away from the court and into alternative means of resolving disputes. Issuing a claim to recover money in the English courts now costs significantly more than it used to. The fee charged for starting proceedings in any case involving a monetary claim, whether for a specified debt or […]
Barclays’ general counsel for Asia Pacific Simon Croxford is replacing Erica Handling as general counsel for Europe and Middle East (EME) investment. Croxford will move to London to take on the job, which also sees him take over responsibility for the legal coverage of Barclays’ non-core assets. The appointment takes effect in April, at which […]
Karanović & Nikolić, in co-operation with Omnia Strategy, recently hosted a seminar entitled ‘Dealing with Disputes – Leading International and Local Dispute Resolution Experts Guide you Through the Process’. Clients had the chance to sit down and chat with Cherie Blair, founder and Chair of Omnia Strategy, and Milan Lazić, Partner and head of the dispute resolution department at […]
A jury heard that Hayley Wilson, the wife of a drug gang boss, took some cash to her husband Karl in Jamaica, where he had fled as the police closed in. It was claimed she had been given £40,000 from a bundle of money handed by her husband to his cousin before leaving the UK. […]
Conyers Dill & Pearman received three Deal of the Year awards at the annual IFLR Asia Awards. The firm was awarded for its work on the record-setting Alibaba IPO, and the Giant Interactive Group and Pacetera Technology take-private deals. The IFLR Asia Awards are based solely on legal innovation, recognising the region’s most innovative deals […]
In an eventful week for news, Jeremy Clarkson jostled shoulders with judges ousted for viewing porn and barristers landed with chunky tax bills. The top story of the week in the outside world was undoubtedly the ‘fracas’ between Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson and his producer – and in the legal world, the news that […]
Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has created its first arbitration practice in Hong Kong by hiring a team of nine lawyers from boutique construction and arbitration firm Haley & Co in Hong Kong, including three of the firm’s four partners. The bolt-on means the firm has added to its Asian arbitration capability in Singapore, to add […]