Tag: United Kingdom
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Ben Obese-Jecty: ‘We must get the future of British cycling back on track’
If you ask most people why they love the sports that they do, most will have been inspired by watching the sports they love on… Read More
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Trump’s executive orders under siege — but is he already winning?
As legal challenges mount, US President escalates his attack on law firms In just the first seven weeks of his presidency, the Trump Administration faced… Read More
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Benefits system ‘unsustainable, indefensible and unfair’, Keir Starmer tells Labour MPs
Britain’s benefits system is the “worst of all worlds”, with the numbers of people out of work or training “indefensible and unfair”, the prime minister… Read More
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Latham joins Kirkland in $7 billion revenue club
Very (very!) strong financials Latham & Watkins has joined Kirkland & Ellis in the $7 billion revenue club after posting a record-breaking financial performance for… Read More
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Labour MP warns government’s planned welfare cuts ‘feel like a rerun of austerity’
A Labour MP has said he is worried that the government’s widely trailed welfare cuts feel “like a rerun of austerity”. Neil Duncan-Jordan, the Labour… Read More
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SRA to fund disadvantaged SQE students using fines imposed on Kaplan
£360k accumulated so far The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has established a new six-figure fund to support disadvantaged aspiring lawyers through the SQE, using financial… Read More
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Senior MP stands by claim Trump could be Russian asset: ‘If it quacks like a duck’
A senior Conservative MP has undertaken to explain his comment that we must consider the “possibility” that the US president is a Russian asset. Graham… Read More
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US lawyer jailed for faking Kirkland & Ellis experience to land six-figure legal roles
Also posed as a former footballer and ex-Marine A disbarred US lawyer who falsely claimed to have worked at top law firm Kirkland & Ellis… Read More
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Keir Starmer’s mission to ‘rewire the state’ will test the limits of Labour
The prime minister addressed a meeting of the Parliamentary Labour Party (PLP) yesterday evening with a clear message for his natural allies and awkward squad… Read More
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Why AI probably won’t disrupt law firms any time soon
The idea that 25 year-old rookie solicitors earning nearly £200,000 are ripe for replacement by tech is appealing, but likely to be wrong In 2017… Read More