‘The outcome of the Supreme Court is not foreseeable’: City lawyers react to Brexit challenge Legal Business City lawyers across private practice and the Bar have reacted as the High Court has today (3 November) decided that…
Mishcon succeeds as claimants win Brexit challenge against government Legal Business A group of claimants has landed its first blow in an article 50 case against the government, after the High…
SRA claims reforms will help ease uncertainty for law firms post-Brexit Kathryn McCann The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is claiming that reforms on regulation to open up the market, increase competition and focus…
Brexit: a pragmatic position for the worried managing partner Legal Business Theresa May’s claim from the distant history of July that ‘Brexit means Brexit’ has already become famous for answering nothing…
Brexit: a pragmatic position for the worried managing partner Legal Business Theresa May’s claim from the distant history of July that ‘Brexit means Brexit’ has already become famous for answering nothing…
Trowers & Hamlins latest to freeze pay as Brexit fallout continues Legal Business Trowers & Hamlins is the latest firm to place a freeze on fee earners’ pay, citing the ‘economic uncertainty’ following…
Brexit blues: Addleshaws and Gowling WLG freeze pay as a result of referendum vote Kathryn McCann Both Addleshaw Goddard and Gowling WLG have frozen their August salary reviews until the autumn as a result of Britain’s…
Real estate practice worst-hit as Simmons makes redundancies across its London office Legal Business Simmons & Simmons has laid off lawyers in London following the Brexit vote. While the firm has refused to comment…
Comment: After the Brexit vote you can kiss the UK’s stability premium goodbye Legal Business The dust has yet to settle, indeed the horizon in post-referendum Britain is heavy with smoke and particles of an…
The Brexit effect: BLP becomes the first City firm to freeze pay post EU referendum Tom Moore City firm Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has become the first law firm to freeze pay for UK staff following the…
The profession takes stock as Brexit vote sends UK crashing out of EU… and into years of uncertainty Tom Moore Tom Moore and Matthew Field size up the immediate impact of the vote on City lawyers It was the result…
Anger over article 50: Protesters gather outside Mishcon over Brexit legal challenge Legal Business Protesters gathered outside the headquarters of City firm Mishcon de Reya today (7 July) in response to the firm’s plans…
Guest post: Don’t abuse the Brexit litigants – their action shows we live in a free country Legal Business The law firm Mishcon de Reya is bringing an action to force the Prime Minister, whoever she (or just conceivably…
IP UK Legal Business Brexit and the outlook for sports law Sport is a multibillion-dollar global industry on a permanent growth trend. Football, that…
Brexit challenged: Mishcon takes on article 50 action for mystery clients Legal Business Mishcon de Reya is preparing to launch a legal action over the triggering of article 50 and the process of…
Devereux Chambers barrister raises £10,000 in crowdfunder to challenge Brexit article notice Matthew Field A high-profile barrister has launched a publicly-funded campaign with human rights firm Bindmans to consider a public law case on…
The Brexit effect: Law Society urges government to delay plans to separate from SRA after EU vote Legal Business Due to the uncertainty and economic volatility stoked by last week’s shock Brexit vote, the Law Society has told MPs…
Brexit fallout: US firms feel the pressure in London but A&O and Freshfields commit to New York pay increases Legal Business With most US law firms experiencing something of a slowdown in the London market following the instability around the referendum…
Guest post from Herbert Smith Freehills – Brexit: After the vote Legal Business The ‘in-out’ referendum on the question of the UK’s membership of the European Union (EU) which has dominated the political…
The profession reels as shock Brexit vote sends UK crashing out of EU… and into years of uncertainty Tom Moore European integration was the bedrock for City law firms’ dramatic globalisation during the 1990s and 2000s but yesterday’s shock vote…
