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Ten months after Nick Ephgrave (shockingly) announced he was stepping down as director of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO), the anti-fraud department has posted the job listing for the top role.
Ephgrave officially stepped away from the leadership position in March, halfway through his five-year term, in order to retire after 38 years in public office.
It was a surprising announcement at the time, given how proactive he was when he first came into office. Especially with his former police officer background for an office that lawyers traditionally held.
But now the SFO is hunting for its next director. For £199,000 (plus a £57,650 pension contribution), you can lead a vital but struggling prosecutor's office.
Elsewhere, it seems the British version of ‘Suits’ is coming to the BBC next year.
The ‘high-stakes’ legal drama will be known as ‘Counsels’. But I wonder if we'll see this aesthetic appear on wannabe lawyers’ TikTok accounts, as Suits has.
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PROF SERVICES
PwC expects junior hiring to ‘push back up’ across professional services despite AI fears
The chief executive of PwC UK said he expects the hiring of young people across the professional services sector to “push back up”, challenging the notion that AI is replacing junior work and slowing entry-level recruitment.
ADVISORY
Dutch consulting disruptor takes aim at City’s ‘five-to-one’ markup
Sweav, a Dutch-founded freelance consulting platform, is launching in the UK to challenge the traditional professional services market on pricing, City AM can reveal.
LAW
Former City traders’ fraud convictions overturned
The Court of Appeal has overturned the fraud convictions of five former City traders previously convicted of Libor and Euribor-related offences.
LAW
Post Office former senior lawyer slammed over remote Tribunal request
The Post Office’s former GC is “putting her own convenience” first by filing an application to appear remotely from Australia for a Tribunal hearing over alleged misconduct during the Horizon IT Scandal, the legal regulator counsel said.
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