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  • Thursday, 26 May, 2022
    Ernst & Young
    EY plans global audit spin-off in drastic Big Four shake-up

    Sweeping overhaul would allow firm to escape conflicts of interest with consulting business that dog the industry

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    KPMG LLP
    Bankrupt former KPMG partner sues law firm over job loss

    Claims that Herbert Smith Freehills tipped off his employer about his debt problems tied to ski chalet investments

  • Thursday, 26 May, 2022
    Ombudsman under fire over pension charges probe

    Couple’s complaint has taken more than a year to investigate

  • Thursday, 26 May, 2022
    Special ReportInnovative Lawyers
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  • Thursday, 26 May, 2022
    Special ReportAccelerating Business
    In-house lawyers move out of the shadows

    Company legal teams are out to prove their worth. Plus: four case studies and eight tests of a smart department

  • Wednesday, 25 May, 2022
    Cat Rutter Pooley
    Don’t hope for simplicity from the City’s Russia export ban

    Complexities are an inevitable and acceptable consequence of restrictions on professional services

  • Tuesday, 24 May, 2022
    Special purpose acquisition companies
    Blank-cheque companies restate accounts after US watchdog’s warnings

    Revisions to corporate financial reports rose 289% in 2021, with increase led by Spacs

  • Tuesday, 24 May, 2022
    KPMG UK
    KPMG fined over Rolls-Royce audit

    UK regulator says Big Four firm’s 2010 audit of engine maker suffered from serious failings

  • Tuesday, 24 May, 2022
    Accounting & Consulting services
    UK professional services firms seek exemptions to ban on Russia work

    Industry body recommends that advisers are allowed to help clients meet legal requirements

  • Monday, 23 May, 2022
    Clifford Chance LLP
    Clifford Chance raises pay for newly qualified lawyers to £125,000 a year

    ‘Magic circle’ law firm is latest to raise salaries as sector competes for talent

  • Monday, 23 May, 2022
    UK politics & policy
    UK lawyers plan further protest over legal aid rates

    Solicitors in London to refuse burglary cases from May 25 as criminal barristers’ dissent continues

  • Sunday, 22 May, 2022
    Russian business & finance
    London Lawfare: how lawyers helped Russia’s super-rich

    Since the invasion of Ukraine, work done by firms such as CMS, Harbottle & Lewis and Carter-Ruck for Russian billionaires has come under increasing scrutiny

  • Thursday, 19 May, 2022
    Markets InsightCarson Block
    U-turn on audit reform is bad for British capitalism

    Accounting industry is failing to protect investors and employees from malfeasance

  • Wednesday, 18 May, 2022
    Media
    Prigozhin’s libel suit against Bellingcat founder thrown out of UK court

    Businessman known as ‘Putin’s chef’ has case against Eliot Higgins struck out for ‘failure to comply with orders’

  • Wednesday, 18 May, 2022
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    Big Four accountancy fines could in future go to UK state coffers

    Industry bodies which have received £50mn in recent penalties say they are open to reform

  • Wednesday, 18 May, 2022
    Cat Rutter Pooley
    KPMG’s Carillion case should worry juniors across the City

    The accounting watchdog has pushed for a £50,000 fine for a then 25-year-old who created misleading meeting minutes

  • Tuesday, 17 May, 2022
    ADLER Group SA
    KPMG ditches troubled German real estate group Adler as audit client

    Move comes after Big Four firm refused to sign off company’s 2021 results

  • Monday, 16 May, 2022
    Ernst & Young
    EY accused of basic failings in $2.7bn claim over NMC collapse

    Abu Dhabi hospital group’s administrator alleges litany of errors at Big Four auditor

  • Sunday, 15 May, 2022
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    Pallas’s Natasha Harrison: ‘I felt completely like an outsider going into law’

    The British-born lawyer was set to take over from David Boies, one of the world’s most famous litigators, but instead quit to start her own firm

  • Friday, 13 May, 2022
    KPMG UK
    Junior KPMG auditor ‘should not lose his home’ for misleading regulator, says tribunal

    Lawyer argues penalties sought by FRC over Carillion audit are designed to ‘destroy’ accountant’s life

  • Thursday, 12 May, 2022
    Special ReportInnovative Lawyers
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    Special ReportAsia-Pacific Innovative Lawyers
    ‘Future-ready’ in-house legal teams hone strategy roles

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    Listings for groups expelled from the US are keeping lawyers busy

  • Thursday, 12 May, 2022
    Special ReportAsia-Pacific Innovative Lawyers
    Tech-savvy legal professionals transform working habits

    The professionals highlighted here have developed new products and pioneered fresh skills in their firms

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    Special ReportAsia-Pacific Innovative Lawyers
    Legal practitioners’ ideas boost business in the Asia-Pacific region

    The top 10 individuals featured below have looked beyond their specialisms to solve client demands

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