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  • August 04, 2025

    Solicitors' Firm Blames Dishonest Lawyers For Missing Funds

    A law firm has denied misusing the funds of a dead individual's estate, arguing that alleged sham property purchases were carried out without its knowledge by a disbarred barrister and a former director of the outfit.

  • August 01, 2025

    The Revolving Door: Big PE Hires For MoFo, DLA Piper

    Over the past week, a private equity veteran departed Decherts for DLA Piper, Morrison Foerster added a partner from HSF Kramer and Goodwin Procter tapped Travers' head of leveraged finance.

  • August 01, 2025

    Manufacturer Wins 5-Year Ban On Pro-Palestine Protesters

    Twelve people who allegedly took part in protests in the name of Palestine Action have been barred from entering a manufacturer's sites for five years, as a London court found Friday there remains an imminent risk of further incidents.

  • August 01, 2025

    Senior President Of Tribunals Keith Lindblom Retires

    Justice Keith Lindblom has stepped down as the senior president of tribunals and as a lord justice of appeal, the Courts and Tribunals Judiciary said on Friday.

  • August 01, 2025

    Linklaters To Keep 83% Of London Trainees In Fall

    Linklaters said on Friday that more than 80% of trainees from its London office who qualify as solicitors this fall will be staying on at the firm.

  • August 01, 2025

    UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

    This past week in London has seen several telco giants hit with a trademark claim, a collapsed hotel company sue a property investor in an ongoing dispute over a decades-old hotel sale, and two litigation funders square off against each other.

  • August 01, 2025

    BSB Agrees To Targets After Failing Performance Assessment

    The Bar Standards Board has committed to ensuring it is on track to implement reforms and improve its regulatory performance after the legal industry's oversight watchdog reported that it had failed to meet the required standards in its annual assessment.

  • August 01, 2025

    UK Gov't Unveils AI Strategy To Cut Court Backlogs

    The Ministry of Justice has laid out its plans to use artificial intelligence to address court backlogs and other longstanding issues facing the justice system.

  • August 01, 2025

    Barrister Fails To Overturn Disbarment For Sexual Misconduct

    A former barrister has lost his bid to challenge his disbarment for sexual misconduct, with a court ruling that a tribunal was entitled to find that a lighter sentence would be inappropriate given his repeated offenses and lack of insight.

  • August 01, 2025

    Walker Morris Hits Record 拢84M Revenue As PE Work Grows

    Walker Morris LLP said Friday that its revenue has hit an all-time high of more than 拢84 million ($111 million) and profits have also surged in the first year since its managing partner took office in May 2024.

  • July 31, 2025

    New Arbitration Act To Streamline UK Dispute Resolution

    A suite of reforms to the U.K.'s arbitration laws aimed at attracting more business to the country's legal sector took effect Friday, as the government enacted the first updates to the almost 30-year-old law.

  • July 31, 2025

    Linklaters Hires Paul Hastings' Former London Co-Chair

    Linklaters LLP announced Thursday that it has added the former co-chair of Paul Hastings' London office to its corporate and structured lending practice.

  • July 31, 2025

    Pogust Goodhead To Sue BHP For 拢1.3B Over Dam Litigation

    Pogust Goodhead revealed plans on Thursday to sue BHP and Vale in London for 拢1.3 billion ($1.7 billion) in damages, accusing the mining companies of interfering in litigation over the collapse of a dam in Brazil and pressuring claimants into settling.

  • July 31, 2025

    Equality Watchdog Gets New Chair Amid Trans Controversy

    The government appointed a controversial new chair to the Equality and Human Rights Commission on Thursday, despite accusations she had endorsed gender-critical views, as the commission fights a challenge to the legality of its guidance on toilet use for trans people.

  • July 31, 2025

    Chambers Offers Free Training After Legal Aid Cyberattack

    The Barrister Group chambers said Tuesday it has won regulatory approval to provide public access training that it will offer for free to barristers struggling to make ends meet after a cyber attack halted legal aid payouts.

  • July 31, 2025

    Shoosmiths Hikes NQ Pay To 拢105K Amid Pay Crunch Worries

    Shoosmiths LLP said Thursday that it is increasing the salaries of newly qualified lawyers in London to 拢105,000 ($139,000) while acknowledging concerns that rising rates could leave less room for distinction between junior solicitors and their more senior colleagues.

  • July 31, 2025

    SRA Warns Law Firms Over Handling Of Motor Finance Claims

    The solicitors' watchdog warned law firms Thursday that they must tell prospective clients about possible cost-free ways to pursue their motor finance commission claims before agreeing to act on a case for a fee.

  • July 31, 2025

    Ex-GSK Lawyer Drops Probe Case After Losing Bid For Docs

    A former lawyer for GSK has abandoned his claim that he was forced to quit by an unfair investigation into his alleged misconduct at a work event after an employment tribunal dismissed his bid to force greater disclosure from the pharmaceutical giant.

  • July 31, 2025

    Mayer Brown Hikes New Lawyers' Pay By 11% To 拢150K

    Mayer Brown LLP said Thursday that it is now paying newly qualified lawyers at its London office 拢150,000 ($198,000), putting it on a par with law firms in the Magic Circle.

  • July 31, 2025

    CMS' Global Revenue Hits 鈧2B Driven By Corporate Work

    CMS said Thursday that its global revenue has exceeded 鈧2 billion ($2.3 billion) for the first time as it recorded growth in major practices in its latest financial results.

  • July 30, 2025

    Watson Farley Atty Will Lead Seward & Kissel Transpo Team

    An 18-year veteran of London-headquartered Watson Farley & Williams LLP, who worked with that firm's New York asset and structured finance group, has moved her practice to Seward & Kissel LLP, where she'll lead its transportation finance team, according to a Tuesday announcement.

  • July 30, 2025

    Spencer West Partner Rebuked After Drink-Driving Conviction

    A lawyer at Spencer West LLP has been reprimanded after he was convicted for driving a motor vehicle while he had an excess amount of alcohol in his system, the Solicitors Regulation Authority said Wednesday.

  • July 30, 2025

    Slater And Gordon Swings To Profit Despite Revenue Drop

    Slater and Gordon Ltd. has聽swung back to recording a pretax profit even though revenue declined as it manages costs and repositions to focus on higher-value and more complex legal services.

  • July 30, 2025

    BigLaw Firms Ordered To Explain Leak Of PrivatBank Decision

    Law firms including Hogan Lovells and Fieldfisher LLP will be required to provide witness statements after the High Court judge overseeing the long-running PrivatBank fraud case revealed on Wednesday that his judgment had apparently been leaked.

  • July 30, 2025

    Pharma Tech Co. Diaceutics Hires Former Sandoz Atty As GC

    Pharmaceutical technology company Diaceutics PLC has hired a lawyer with in-house experience at Sandoz and Novartis as its general counsel.

Expert Analysis

  • Series

    Practice Leader Insights: Bird & Bird's Rebecca O'Kelly-Gillard

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    Rebecca O'Kelly-Gillard, who co-heads Bird & Bird's international copyright group, discusses the challenges of working on long cases with complex issues,聽whether current copyright law is fit for purpose in light of artificial intelligence, 鈥嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧媋nd why聽understanding technology makes it聽easier to argue the nuances of聽the law.

  • Series

    Practice Leader Insights From Birketts' Maria Peyman

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    Maria Peyman, who heads Birketts' intellectual property team, discusses the challenges of cases involving聽multiple patents, the need to reform聽legislative provisions聽in light of artificial intelligence, and why junior lawyers should聽take opportunities to get a broad range of experience before specializing.

  • Rethinking 'No Comment' For Clients Facing Public Crises

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    鈥淣o comment鈥 is no longer a cost-free or even a viable public communications strategy for companies in crisis, and counsel must tailor their guidance based on a variety of competing factors to help clients emerge successfully, says Robert Bowers at Moore & Van Allen.

  • Series

    Practice Leader Insights: Mishcon de Reya's Daniel Naftalin

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    Daniel Naftalin, who chairs the employment practice at Mishcon de Reya, discusses the challenges of working on聽multijurisdictional litigation,聽the need to show consideration for lawyers'聽well-being, and why聽employment law offers unique opportunities to specialize in a commercial field with a high degree of human interest.

  • Series

    Practice Leader Insights From Baker McKenzie's David Scott

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    David Scott, head of the London mergers and acquisitions practice at Baker McKenzie, discusses the excitement of working on a highly complex transaction, the need for a harmonized approach to deal regulatory scrutiny, and why deal work can become addictive.

  • Transatlantic Law Firm Mergers Are Transforming UK Market

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    With the current prevalence for high-profile U.K.-U.S. law firm mergers likely to continue, a new type of firm could emerge that strikes a balance between U.K. culture and working style, but with the global ambition that U.S. firms offer, says Ria Karnik at Major Lindsey.

  • Series

    Practice Leader Insights: Taylor Wessing's Paul Callaghan

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    Paul Callaghan, who leads Taylor Wessing's employment, pensions and mobility group, discusses the challenges of clients who take matters personally, why discrimination based on socioeconomic background needs to be addressed by the law, and how being contracted as an independent investigator is becoming a new trend for senior employment lawyers.

  • Series

    Practice Leader Insights From BCLP's Benjamin Lee

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    Benjamin Lee, who co-leads BCLP's global corporate transactions practice,聽discusses the value of face-to-face meetings, how aspects of English company law could align with a more global approach, and what junior lawyers can learn by observing their senior colleagues.

  • Opinion

    Defunding Lawyer Apprenticeships Could Have Hidden Costs

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    In proposing to reform the U.K. apprenticeship system, it is crucial that the government gives sufficient consideration to how funding changes could reduce opportunities for underrepresented groups and negatively affect firms' ability to deliver effective training, says Carrie Laws at The Family Law Co.

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    Practice Leader Insights From Eversheds' Diane Gilhooley

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    Diane Gilhooley, who leads Eversheds Sutherland's聽employment, labor and pensions practice, looks at the multifaceted challenges of advising clients during pandemic lockdowns, the need to reform U.K.'s whistleblowing law, and why it's important for lawyers to enjoy their work.

  • 'Revolving Door' Model Can Help Bridge Legal Sector Gaps

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    The ability for lawyers to move freely between private and public sectors, a long-time feature of the U.S. legal landscape that was recently embraced by the U.K. Government Legal Department, offers valuable career experience and an effective way to close talent gaps at either end, say James Lavan and Thomas Hanlon at Buchanan.

  • Pros And Cons Of Nonequity Partnership For English Firms

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    With Cleary recently announcing a new nonequity partner category, it is an opportune time for firms governed by English law to examine the advantages and disadvantages of this position from the perspective of both the firm and the lawyer, says John Gould at Russell-Cooke.

  • Global Law Firms: The Challenge Of Where To Do Business

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    As the world becomes less predictable and operational risks present greater challenges, global law firms must contend with a range of pressures, yet financial considerations still drive much of the process when deciding where to plant a flag, say Bethaney Durkin and Liam McCafferty at Byfield Consultancy.

  • How Partners' Role In Firm Culture Affects Pay Decisions

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    Amid an increased regulatory focus on workplace culture, law firms are more than ever having to grapple with how they can reinforce the right partner behaviors when making decisions as to promotion or remuneration, in a way that is objective and fair, say Andrew Pavlovic and Corinne Staves at CM Murray.

  • 3 Reasons For Popularity Of Pro Bono In UK, Europe BigLaw

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    Several factors have contributed to the rise in organized pro bono work in the legal sector across the U.K. and Europe, and with large law firms looking to distinguish themselves and compete for talent, the trend seems likely to continue, says Paul Yates at Freshfields.

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