Authored by Fraser MacLean, Executive Legal Search & Management Consultant at MacLean Legal Search, the piece below shines a light on the actual revenue and profits of the London offices of some of the leading US Law Firms. Profits remain the main indicator of a company’s health and success. Here in the UK, we can check […]
With ongoing discussions around the Cypriot failure to tackle money laundering and economic crime, global banking expert Robert Lyddon discusses US efforts to force the island to improve its policies. On June 14th 2018 the Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) sent a circular to all Cyprus’ banks enjoining them to better and more complete Due […]
The government would say it’s ‘not’, but ask any family practitioner undertaking publicly funded work and you will get a very different response. This is what Shiva Ancliffe, a specialist family law practitioner at Coram Chambers, believes, as she provides the Bar Council with her own personal opinions on justice in the UK family system. […]
Below Wendy Gouldingay, Director at Gouldingays's Family Law & Mediation, provides her insight into the departure of longstanding President of the High Court’s Family Division, Sir James Munby. In a time of unprecedented uncertainty and huge shifts in society, passionate, resolute leaders driving positive change for the good of families across the country are more important than […]
Free movement of EU workers has been the cornerstone of UK-EU relations for many years. Below Lawyer Monthly hears from Rahul Batra at Hudson McKenzie on the potential future of low skilled worker in a post-Brexit world. Several hundred thousand low-skilled workers from EU countries are employed each year in jobs predominantly in cleaning, hospitality […]
The Law Commission of England and Wales has announced that electronic legal documents should be considered just as valid as wet signatures for UK property. The news comes amidst The Department of Health moving forward with abolishing the need for doctors’ signatures for paper prescriptions. The Health Secretary, Matt Hancock, said this will improve the delivery […]
Sporting Lisbon recently demanded compensation for players who terminated their contracts then signed elsewhere. Below David Rogers, a Senior Manager at Moore Stephens, delves into the intricate world of sports disputes, taking point from the Sporting Lisbon precedent and stressing the importance of good advice in similar legal disagreements. In the world of football, when […]
A recent survey of almost 400 IP law firms and corporate IP departments identified three key strategies for law firms to improve their understanding of corporate requirements and drive profitable growth. Conducted by IP technology and services provider CPA Global, the survey researched both the challenges facing IP law firms and, importantly, how corporate IP […]
The SEC announced last week that it has brought fraud charges against Tesla CEO Elon Musk over his tweets on August 7th claiming that he had secured funding to take the automaker private. The SEC’s action has already led to a steep drop in Tesla stock. For some thoughts on what the SEC’s action means […]
‘Words are just words’, right? Well, not for business owners and C—Level executives. Take Elon Musk, for example, whose words have buried him in an unfavourable position, and not for the first time. Most recently, Tesla’s CEO was caught under the spotlight after calling a British diver - Vern Unsworth, who had rescued a youth […]
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