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Merger raises competition concerns

An independent panel, chaired by Richard Feasey, has found that Spreadex's acquisition of Sporting Index could harm competition in the UK's online sports spread betting market

Freeths Achieves Silver-Level Accreditation in Stonewall's Workplace Equality Index

Stonewall, Europe’s leading charity for LGBTQ+ rights, evaluates businesses based on a variety of measures, including policies and benefits, the employee lifecycle, and staff networks

Is your firm under attack?

The legal firms — one of the most vulnerable sectors to ransomware attacks

Making sense of the decision in Finch

Harriet Townsend, a Barrister at Cornerstone Barristers, provides a breakdown of the Supreme Court’s ruling in Finch (on behalf of the Weald Action Group) v Surrey County Council and others [2024] UKSC 20, delivered on 20 June 2024, and its wider implications

Prison crisis: violence and self-harm

Violence and self-harm in prisons reach alarming levels, demanding immediate reform and systemic intervention

A closer look at the King’s Speech

Bills about crime and the police, it seems, are like buses, says Tim Kiely, a Criminal Barrister at Red Lion Chambers, they have a habit of arriving in groups

Laying new foundations for housing disrepair cases

Colin Wilkinson, a Senior Litigation Executive in the Consumer Claims department at Express Solicitors, looks at a housing disrepair case that opened the door to significantly increased damages

A&O Shearman expands its debt finance practice with strategic hire of leading leveraged finance lawyer

The recently merged firm hires Filippo Crosara from Barclays to bolster its Debt Finance team in London