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IBA publishes for the first time a legal agenda identifying profession’s most pressing concerns

The International Bar Association (IBA) has published the IBA Legal Agenda (the Agenda) – a document that identifies the most pressing challenges facing the legal profession over the next five years (2023–2028)

Professional Services Firm Gunnercooke Reports 23% Rise in Revenues and Welcomes Over 150 New Fee Earners

Professional services firm gunnercooke is cementing its position as the one of the UK’s fastest growing law firms after revenues increased 23 per cent to £592 million during the latest financial year (FYE December 31 2022).

Irwin Mitchell Expands In Reading And Thames Valley

Specialist London family law partner joins reading office as ambitious growth plans continue

Burges Salmon completes tenth land acquisition to support Oxygen Conservation’s ambition to ‘Scale Conservation’

Independent UK law firm Burges Salmon has completed its tenth UK land acquisition for Oxygen Conservation, a company committed to protecting and restoring nature and the built environment through conservation projects focused on delivering positive environmental and social impact

Black History Month: Legal profession celebrates influential Black women lawyers

Solicitors in England and Wales will celebrate Black History Month (1 October) by embracing the ’Saluting our Sisters’ theme, which highlights the role Black women have had in shaping history, inspiring change and building communities

The Law Society intervention ensures liberal approach to dealing with concurrent problems on legal aid

The High Court has handed down its judgment in R v Lawstop, a judicial review case where the Law Society intervened

TMG and Temeraire sell ship management companies to Grindrod Shipping

Watson Farley & Williams (“WFW”) advised Taylor Maritime Group Limited (“TMG”) and Temeraire Holding (MI) Limited (“Temeraire”) on the c US$13.5m sale of Taylor Maritime Management Limited and Tamar Ship Management Limited to a subsidiary of Grindrod Shipping Holdings Ltd. (“Grindrod Shipping”). The sale is subject to certain closing conditions and closing is expected before mid-October 2023, after which the two companies will become wholly-owned subsidiaries of Grindrod Shipping.

Jeanne Kelly elected President of the British Irish Chamber of Commerce

Jeanne Kelly, one of the founding partners of Browne Jacobson’s Dublin offering was yesterday (Tuesday 26 September) announced as the new elected President of the British Irish Chamber of Commerce (BICC)