Sophie Dillon

Oxford

Editorial Writer and Researcher at Legal Cheek

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DWF announces job cuts with over 100 roles at risk

1 month ago | legalcheek.com | Sophie Dillon

Around 2% of the firm’s workforce DWF has placed more than 100 staff at risk of redundancy as the firm moves to streamline its operations amid ongoing cost-cutting pressures. The layoffs will affect fee earners and business services employees at the firm, with 108 roles — representing around 2% of the total workforce — in DWF’s commercial services and central services teams currently under consultation.
Private client executive moved £200k from dead client’s estate into company he controlled

1 month ago | legalcheek.com | Sophie Dillon

Disqualified by SRAA private client executive has been barred from working in the legal profession after misappropriating over £200,000 from a deceased client’s estate and transferring the funds into a company he owned. Christopher Takamitsu Foster, formerly employed as a private client executive at Robert Barber & Sons in West Bridgford, Nottingham, was disqualified by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) earlier this month.
Legal exec moved £200k from dead client’s estate into company he controlled

1 month ago | legalcheek.com | Sophie Dillon

Disqualified by the SRAA legal executive has been barred from working in the legal profession after misappropriating over £200,000 from a deceased client’s estate and transferring the funds into a company he owned. Christopher Takamitsu Foster, formerly employed as a private client executive at Robert Barber & Sons in West Bridgford, Nottingham, was disqualified by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) earlier this month.
UAE turns to AI to draft the laws of the future

1 month ago | openlegalblogarchive.org | Sophie Dillon

Making legislative system ‘faster and more precise’The United Arab Emirates is poised to become the first country in the world to use artificial intelligence to assist in lawmaking. Announced last week by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and ruler of Dubai, the country will be the first to use AI to help write new legislation and review and amend existing laws – rather than merely to improve efficiency.
UAE turns to AI to draft the laws of the future

1 month ago | legalcheek.com | Sophie Dillon

Making legislative system ‘faster and more precise’The United Arab Emirates is poised to become the first country in the world to use artificial intelligence to assist in lawmaking. Announced last week by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and ruler of Dubai, the country will be the first to use AI to help write new legislation and review and amend existing laws – rather than merely to improve efficiency.
How to break into a US law firm — without leaving the UK - Legal Cheek

1 month ago | legalcheek.com | Sophie Dillon

Claire Flores, head of student sales at BARBRI, discusses qualifying via the SQE, the global appeal of US law firms, and how aspiring solicitors can stand out in a competitive marketIf you’ve ever found yourself daydreaming about six-figure salaries, skyscraper offices, and glamorous cross-border deals, you’re not alone.
Law student drops legal action over Birmingham bin strikes

1 month ago | legalcheek.com | Sophie Dillon

Open University student withdraws case after receiving written assurances from the union about adherence to picketing rulesA Birmingham law student came within hours of facing one of the UK’s largest unions in court over the ongoing bin workers’ strike, which has left the city strewn with rubbish. Mr R. Heart, 34, threatened Unite the Union with a high court injunction in a bid to stop striking bin workers from blocking lorries at depots across the city, including the Atlas site in Tyseley.
Ukraine calls in Hogan Lovells for US minerals deal

1 month ago | legalcheek.com | Sophie Dillon

Washington partners drafted inHogan Lovells has been drafted in by the Ukrainian Ministry of Justice to advise on negotiations with the US over a potentially massive minerals agreement — one that would likely secure US support and investment into Ukraine. The firm’s involvement was revealed through a filing under the US Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) register, which confirms Hogan Lovells’ US arm will provide legal advice on “international trade and US policy issues” linked to the deal.
Solicitor 'restrained' after judge lets them bypass court security

1 month ago | legalcheek.com | Sophie Dillon

Judge issued formal advice A judge who helped a solicitor enter a court building through an “alternative entrance” after they refused to comply with security checks has been issued with formal advice. Judge Jenna McKinney, who was sitting as a magistrate at the time, let the unnamed duty solicitor back into the court building through another entrance after they had previously been denied re-entry by security staff.
Powering progress: The role lawyers play in leading the global energy transition

1 month ago | legalcheek.com | Sophie Dillon

White & Case’s Ryan Gawrych and Hannah Bragge unpack life in the firm’s busy Energy, Infrastructure, Project and Asset Finance team As governments and industries around the world race to decarbonise, lawyers are increasingly needed to advise on the new technologies and innovative deal structures driving the energy transition forward.