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  • August 1, 2007 |

    Banks call in big guns in response to OFT charges

    A raft of law firms have bagged roles representing banks after the Office of Fair Trading launched a claim last week in relation to overdraft charges. Clifford Chance is advising Barclays, Slaughter and May is advising Nationwide and Addleshaw Goddard has been instructed by Clydesdale. Ashurst, Linklaters, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Lovells have also won roles advising Abbey National, Royal Bank of Scotland, HSBC and Lloyds TSB respectively.

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  • August 1, 2007 | International Edition

    Restrictive covenants 'ineffective and inappropriate', say top lawyers

    Covenants are outdated and do little to protect a law firm. Georgina Stanley reports on the results of the latest Big Question survey

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  • August 1, 2007 |

    Restrictive covenants 'ineffective and inappropriate', say top lawyers

    Covenants are outdated and do little to protect a law firm. Georgina Stanley reports on the results of the latest Big Question survey

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  • July 25, 2007 |

    Ex-Garretts partners face £300k London Eye claim

    Tourist attraction the London Eye has launched a negligence claim against the legacy partners of defunct law firm Garretts over advice it provided back in 2000.

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  • July 25, 2007 |

    Deal Week Dispatch: 25/7/2007

    Deal Week Dispatch brings readers an early taster of news from Legal Week's unparalleled Deal Week section, with Allen & Overy, Dentons and Gibson Dunn among the deal-doers.

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  • July 19, 2007 |

    Big four secure world-beater status as top 50 breaks £10bn

    London's big four have secured their place among the emerging global elite after what will be seen as a breakthrough year for the UK's leading law firms.

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  • July 18, 2007 |

    Nationals get City status with strong results

    Top national firms have outperformed their City counterparts, making the group among the strongest performers in the UK over the past six years.

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  • July 18, 2007 |

    Financial Management: The merger masterclass

    Most professionals, and especially lawyers, are inherently hurried, impatient people. Typically ambitious, 'type A' personalities, they work in a world of client deadlines and personal productivity, where everything was due yesterday and where good enough is never just that.

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  • July 18, 2007 |

    One in four partners sound note of caution over 'crazy' City pay levels

    Lawyers are divided over rising City salaries as one quarter describe current levels as 'crazy', while partners give junior lawyers' pay gripes short shrift. Claire Ruckin reports on the latest Big Question survey

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  • July 16, 2007 |

    The curious case of Mr Justice Smith

    “This is a most unusual case.”That is how Sir Anthony Clarke chose to describe the circumstances surrounding Mr Justice Peter Smith’s…

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