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  • January 25, 2010 |

    Eight partners to join Clydes as firm confirms Shadbolt merger details

    Clyde & Co has finalised plans to acquire parts of construction boutique Shadbolt, it was announced today (25 January). The UK top 20 firm is set to take over Shadbolt's London-based construction and infrastructure projects and disputes groups, as well as its UK corporate practice and Paris office.

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  • January 13, 2010 |

    A matter of timing

    The costs of disclosure have rocketed in recent years with the shift from paper to electronic documents. The growth of email, together with the increased use of portable digital devices, has combined to produce an explosion in the volume of documents created by businesses, and the courts have now begun to take notice. Lord Justice Jackson has identified the disclosure process as one of the main causes of excessive litigation costs, and a string of recent judgments have penalised litigants for failing to properly manage their disclosure exercises.

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  • December 21, 2009 |

    Training and education: All tied up

    The last few years have seen the College of Law, BPP Law School and, to a lesser extent, Kaplan Law School jostle with each other to secure tie-ups with the top law firms. In the main, firms have been receptive to their advances, with the result being that the vast majority of UK top 20 law firms - and many top 50 firms and US firms with London offices - now have arrangements in place to send their future trainees to study the Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL) and Legal Practice Course (LPC) exclusively with a certain course provider.

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  • December 13, 2009 |

    Clyde & Co

    Barlows without the identity crisis, this top-notch insurance/litigation shop has looked very sure-footed of late. Old-school senior partner Michael Payton is a steady hand on the tiller.

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  • December 8, 2009 |

    Virgin Media recruits IBM lawyer as assistant general counsel

    Virgin Media has appointed a new assistant general counsel to oversee the company's delivery and infrastructure functions. Toni Vitale joins the media company from IBM where he was a senior counsel leading the technology, outsourcing and services team in Europe.

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  • December 8, 2009 |

    DLA Piper and Clydes set for High Court fee disputes with clients

    DLA Piper and Clyde & Co have both been drawn into High Court fee disputes with current or former clients. DLA Piper's former client Harlequin Property Management and Harlequin Hotels and Resorts launched a claim against the top 10 law firm on 6 October in the Queen's Bench Division, alleging that it was overcharged.

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  • November 19, 2009 |

    Clydes kicks off merger talks with construction boutique Shadbolt

    Clyde & Co has become the latest City firm to consider a merger, with the firm in talks with construction boutique Shadbolt. The insurance specialist confirmed today (19 November) that it is in preliminary tie-up talks with the London-based Shadbolt, with an email about the discussion sent out to partners earlier this year.

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  • November 18, 2009 |

    Eight more UK top 30 firms size up legal outsourcing moves

    Some of the City's leading law firms are considering outsourcing legal work as increasing numbers of firms look to cut costs by using external providers for both legal and business support. Linklaters, SJ Berwin, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and CMS Cameron McKenna are among eight firms within the top 30 currently looking at introducing some aspects of legal process outsourcing (LPO).

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  • November 9, 2009 |

    Halliwells partner trio quit to launch new base for insurance specialist

    A trio of Halliwells partners have left the firm to launch a Manchester base for insurance litigation specialist Plexus Law. Insurance liability partners Chris Gough, Tim Short and Louise Shaw are in the process of looking for premises in Manchester and expect to be fully operational within the next two months. Plexus said it plans to expand the new Manchester base to a total of 18 lawyers within the next 18 months.

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  • October 23, 2009 |

    Law Firm of the Year – why they made the shortlist

    As previously mentioned, this year Legal Week's editorial team has taken a more hands-on role in helping to draw up the shortlists for the 2009 British Legal Awards. The clearest example of that is for arguably the biggest award of the night, Law Firm of the Year, for which there are no submissions. Instead, the editorial team have drawn up the shortlist for our judging panel of senior clients and industry veterans.

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