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  • August 3, 2012 |

    Mills & Reeve sets up low-cost paralegal unit in Norwich

    Mills & Reeve has joined the growing list of firms setting up low-cost paralegal support units. The firm has pulled together a team of seven paralegals in Norwich for the unit, which launched last month, with the paralegals taking on low cost, high volume work.

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  • August 2, 2012 |

    CMS Cameron McKenna plans energy-focused Dubai launch

    CMS Cameron McKenna has become the latest UK firm to set its sights on Dubai, with the firm applying for a licence to open in the region. London energy partner Matthew Culver is expected to relocate to Dubai to lead the office, which is set to open as soon as the firm has received regulatory approval.

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  • August 2, 2012 |

    You're fired - how angry clients get to the point of dumping their advisers

    GCs usually eschew the drama of dumping advisers but relationships can easily wither and die. Caroline Hill examines how the client/law firm bond can break

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  • August 1, 2012 |

    CC and Linklaters head up £300m sale of Broadgate West

    Clifford Chance (CC) and Linklaters have taken the lead roles on the sale of Broadgate West in London's EC2, in deal valued at around £300m. The development, which counts Ashurst and US firm Shearman & Sterling among its tenants, has been sold to a joint venture between HSBC Alternative Investments Limited and US developer Hines. The property comprises 42,000 square metres of office space.

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  • July 30, 2012 |

    Lloyds set to appoint new legal chief as GC confirms retirement

    Lloyds Banking Group general counsel and company secretary Harry Baines is set to retire from the bank, almost four years after taking the top legal role in the wake of the Lloyds TSB-HBOS merger, it has emerged. Baines, the former legal head of HBOS, took up his current role in October 2008 following Lloyds TSB's £12.2bn takeover of HBOS, which formally took effect in January 2009.

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  • July 29, 2012 |

    Leading firms sign up to encourage solicitors to apply for judiciary

    Some of the UK's leading law firms have pledged to encourage their lawyers to apply for judicial appointments, as part of a campaign by the Law Society to increase the number of solicitors appointed as judges. Twenty firms have committed to the campaign, including 11 of the UK's 20 largest firms by revenue, including Allen & Overy, Ashurst, Clifford Chance, Herbert Smith, Hogan Lovells, Linklaters and Addleshaw Goddard.

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  • July 26, 2012 |

    DWF, Kennedys and Mishcons trump top 50 rivals with fastest five-year growth

    DWF, Kennedys and Mishcon de Reya have emerged as the fastest-growing firms in the UK top 50 over the past five years, according to research compiled by Legal Week.

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  • July 26, 2012 |

    UK-wide law firms record 9.4% turnover growth to outpace City-centric rivals

    Nationally represented law firms have outpaced their City counterparts after a period of consolidation to post average turnover growth of 9.4%.

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  • July 26, 2012 |

    A good time to grow... if you have the nerve – senior lawyers spy opportunity in hard times

    Leaders across the top 50 reflect on a turbulent and eventful 2011-12 as firms get used to the New Normal

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  • July 24, 2012 |

    Shoosmiths confirms 86 job cuts after two-month consultation

    Shoosmiths has confirmed it is making 86 members of staff redundant following a two-month consultation process that came to an end yesterday (23 July). The cuts comprise 71 voluntary and 15 compulsory redundancies, and primarily affect the firm's volume motor personal injury team, which is based in Basingstoke.

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