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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 17, 2009 |

    Third-party litigation funding broker Calunius set to launch private fund

    Specialist funding broker Calunius Capital - one of the first brokers to enter the UK third-party litigation funding market - is set to launch a private fund. Calunius will fund its own cases from January 2010, having previously raised capital via a range of methods including pension funds and private investors.

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  • December 14, 2009 |

    Addleshaw Goddard

    Arguably the most successful national/City merger...

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  • December 13, 2009 |

    Mills & Reeve

    A well-regarded employer with a fast-growing private client practice

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  • December 13, 2009 |

    Hammonds

    The national giant continues to wrestle with the consequences of its over-expansion in the 1990s.

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  • December 13, 2009 |

    Halliwells

    The now-defunct firm completed the break-up and sale of its business in July 2010, with the majority of staff transferring to Barlow Lyde & Gilbert, HBJ Gateley Wareing, Hill Dickinson and Kennedys...

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  • December 13, 2009 |

    Cobbetts

    With the bruising partnership restructuring of 2006 now in the past, it's a make-or-break period for this emerging national player.

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  • December 13, 2009 |

    Eversheds

    Sprawling national giant that seems to be slowly gaining a bit more direction. One to watch.

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  • December 10, 2009 |

    Addleshaws to retain fixed-share rank after review of partnership

    Addleshaw Goddard has opted against a move to an all-equity model after a review of the firm's partnership structure. The decision, announced today (10 December), will see the firm retain its 74-strong fixed-share partner rank.

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  • December 8, 2009 |

    Addleshaws senior partner set to step down after 12 years at the top

    Addleshaw Goddard senior partner Paul Lee has announced that he is to step down at the end of his current term. Lee told the firm today (8 December) that intends to step down at the end of April after 12 years at the firm's helm.

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