Cost of living crisis: UK lawyers braced for talent war and surge in fraud cases January 5, 2023 Lawyers working in top British companies are anticipating a hike in fraud, disputes, and debt recovery cases over 2023 as the UK’s economy takes a turn for the worse, a new survey shows. In-house lawyers expect they will be forced to deal with the fallout of the UK’s cost-of-living crisis as the economic downturn sets [...]
Trade Union Congress “unfairly dismissed” two employees rules Tribunal June 4, 2024 Two former employees of union giant Trade Union Congress were unfairly dismissed, a Tribunal ruled, as both men were awarded financial compensation
Get help hiring top talent from overseas September 14, 2023 Did you know that since 1 January 2021, a sponsorship licence has been required in order to hire most workers from outside the UK? Cranbrook Legal helps organisations of all sizes and sectors to apply for, obtain and maintain their Sponsor Licence (formerly the Tier 2 Sponsor Licence). The company has more than 25 years’ [...]
Explainer: Mark Rowley vs the government on sacking abusive Met officers August 10, 2023 The Met police is under the spotlight again, but this time, it’s because its chief Sir Mark Rowley has openly accused the government of standing in the way of getting rid of abusive officers within the force. Rowley, who became the Met commissioner last September, has made it his mission to clear up the force. [...]
WWE’s Vincent McMahon hit with sex trafficking lawsuit in US January 26, 2024 WWE’s billionaire founder and executive chairman Vincent McMahon was hit with a lawsuit in the US accusing him of sex trafficking. A former employee at World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), Janel Grant, has accused wrestler of physical, emotional, and sexual abuse as well as trafficking in a lawsuit filed on Thursday at the District Court for [...]
Whistleblower in Saudi bribery case launches £100k lawsuit against MoD and government April 4, 2024 A whistleblower has filed a £100,000 lawsuit against the Ministry of Defence (MoD) and Department for Business and Trade over damages he claims to have endured during a high-profile Saudi bribery case. The retired lieutenant colonel Ian Foxley raised concerns about British defence company GPT Special Project Management back in 2012 over £1m in “corrupt [...]
Ferrari-owners Exor to lead £12m funding round for British AI company Jigsaw April 29, 2024 Before Jigsaw, the co-founders worked on building XRef, a proofreading software company, which they sold for a reported $10m (£8m).
UK’s Serious Fraud Office should cover ENRC’s £21m costs in corruption investigation, London’s High Court hears March 6, 2023 Kazakh mining company ENRC today said the UK’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) should, alongside US law firm Dechert, cover extra costs it accrued because of ex-City lawyer Neil Gerrard’s decision to leak company information to the fraud investigator, leading to the launch of a 10-year probe into the former FTSE 100 firm. At the opening [...]
Former Met police detective sues ex-City lawyer over ENRC hacking claims February 27, 2023 A former Metropolitan police officer has accused an ex-City lawyer of trying to hack his emails to steal information about Kazakh mining company ENRC. Former detective Cameron Findlay has claimed ex-Dechert partner Neil Gerrard orchestrated a campaign of ‘spear-phishing’ attacks against him during a court dispute surrounding the Kazakh firm, US court papers show. A [...]
Squire Patton Boggs bolsters London bankruptcy practice in preparation for worsening economic climate September 7, 2022 US law firm Squire Patton Boggs has bolstered its London bankruptcy team in anticipation of worsening economic conditions. The law firm said it had poached five restructuring and insolvency lawyers from rival Brown Rudnick, including Charlotte Møller, the head of the firm’s EU bankruptcy practice. The hires come as Squire Patton Boggs said it anticipates [...]