The owner of a firm has been struck off, after it emerged that he misappropriated over £163,000 of client funds. Charles Ogbonna Azotam, admitted in 2013, was the sole principal at immigration firm ...

White & Case’s London office is one of the most venerable in the City, having been around since 1971. So it's safe to say that it looks set, along with competitors Shearman & Sterling (er - scratch ...

In 2024, Allen & Overy merged with US firm Shearman & Sterling, minting A&O Shearman and creating a beast comprising approximately 7,000 people, 4,000 lawyers and 800 partners across 47 offices, with ...

After a successful prosecution, the MoJ roughed up the perp to teach them a lesson. Demonstrating an impressive commitment to understanding absolutely every aspect of the criminal justice system it ...

The cover of Stephenson's book. Legal influencer Alice Stephenson has accused the liquidators of her law firm of making her bankrupt as “punishment”. In 2023 the self-described “most followed lawyer ...

A barrister has been reprimanded by the Bar Standards Board for letting out his inside voice when he was talking to probation staff, who were his clients. Timothy Compton, who was called to the bar in ...

Romantic sunset drinks: £6.50. How it might have looked, if the ruse hadn't been discovered. A Walker Morris staffer has been banned from the legal profession after she kept the donations intended for ...

A ruling clarifying that non-solicitors cannot conduct litigation, even under supervision, has provoked an outpouring of anger – but also relief and delight. The decision in Julia Mazur & Others v ...

Callaghan's "experience" included a light-fingered approach to accounts. A former solicitor and deputy district judge had been jailed for defrauding clients at two firms, to the tune of almost ...