/pulse-uk?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Pulse UK Copyright 2025 sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½. en-US Wed, 25 Jun 2025 16:07:25 +0000 /pulse-uk/articles/2357206?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse-uk/articles/2357206 An employment tribunal has rejected a panel member's claim for holiday pay because she wasn't a worker under U.K. law. Wed, 25 Jun 2025 14:00:29 +0000 /pulse-uk/articles/2357368?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse-uk/articles/2357368 The private equity arm of Lloyds Banking Group has acquired a stake in an English law firm that relies almost entirely on solicitors working remotely, as investors continue to target the £37 billion ($50 billion) U.K. legal services market. Wed, 25 Jun 2025 13:52:31 +0000 /pulse-uk/articles/2357252?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse-uk/articles/2357252 Legora said Wednesday that it has developed a new system that uses advanced artificial intelligence technology to automate more complex legal tasks such as due diligence from start to finish, freeing human lawyers to spend more time delivering strategic advice to clients. Wed, 25 Jun 2025 13:33:44 +0000 /pulse-uk/articles/2357376?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse-uk/articles/2357376 The Ministry of Justice said Wednesday that it will spend £14 million ($19 million) to fix a leaky roof at Nottingham Crown Court that has led to the closure of several courtrooms. Wed, 25 Jun 2025 13:12:48 +0000 /pulse-uk/articles/2357360?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse-uk/articles/2357360 A solicitor has been handed an eight-month suspended sentence and a £30,874 ($40,871) bill for filing false claims that city potholes in Stoke-on-Trent were damaging cars, following an investigation that uncovered anomalies in his invoices. Wed, 25 Jun 2025 11:08:50 +0000 /pulse-uk/articles/2357224?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse-uk/articles/2357224 An employment tribunal has barred a former employee of Trowers & Hamlins LLP from bringing part of a legal claim against the firm after it reported her to the Solicitors Regulation Authority. Wed, 25 Jun 2025 09:07:27 +0000 /pulse-uk/articles/2350198?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse-uk/articles/2350198 Baker McKenzie has hired an energy and infrastructure contract expert as a partner at its London office as the firm presses ahead with its lateral hiring push. Wed, 25 Jun 2025 07:52:32 +0000 /pulse-uk/articles/2357212?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse-uk/articles/2357212 The solicitors' regulator has rebuked the U.K. arm of Steptoe International after it breached the terms of its license to act for two clients under the Russian sanctions regime. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 16:14:21 +0000 /pulse-uk/articles/2356762?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse-uk/articles/2356762 A London court on Tuesday denied Irwin Mitchell's bid to scrap a professional negligence suit against a firm it merged with in 2015, but ruled Irwin Mitchell itself is not liable for the advice given to a pensioner in the wake of alleged fraud. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 15:42:14 +0000 /pulse-uk/articles/2356771?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse-uk/articles/2356771 The U.K. government has laid out plans to introduce "clearer and more proportionate" money laundering regulations in broader plans to boost growth as it dubbed the country's legal sector one of the key drivers. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 12:23:27 +0000 /pulse-uk/articles/2356705?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse-uk/articles/2356705 The Solicitors Regulation Authority said Tuesday that it has shut down a law firm in Liverpool after finding that the firm and its managers failed to comply with rules governing the handling of client money. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 11:23:02 +0000 /pulse-uk/articles/2356713?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse-uk/articles/2356713 A partner at Portner Law denied dishonestly allowing use of the firm's account to launder money, telling a London trial that he did not register any red flags with a client who was involved in a £7 million ($9.5 million) fraud. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 10:43:52 +0000 /pulse-uk/articles/2354196?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse-uk/articles/2354196 Gateley PLC has denied that a law firm it acquired gave negligent advice to a housing developer during the purchase of two sites in southeast England and said that alleged legal restrictions on the land have not rendered the plots unprofitable. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 10:15:13 +0000 /pulse-uk/articles/2356653?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse-uk/articles/2356653 The percentage of pupils who would recommend a career at the bar has dipped amid rising stress levels and doubts about their future in the profession, according to a study published by the Bar Council on Tuesday. Mon, 23 Jun 2025 17:02:31 +0000 /pulse-uk/articles/2356535?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse-uk/articles/2356535 Perkins Coie LLP, which successfully fended off President Donald Trump's executive order targeting the firm, has reportedly laid off roughly 5% of its professional staff this month, and attributed the reductions to the firm's strategic realignments following a yearlong review of its business operations. Mon, 23 Jun 2025 14:48:30 +0000 /pulse-uk/articles/2356352?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse-uk/articles/2356352 A disciplinary tribunal has struck off a solicitor after he sent part of a client's personal injury compensation to a bank account tied to his own wife before falsifying documents to cover up the trail. Mon, 23 Jun 2025 14:29:57 +0000 /pulse-uk/articles/2356067?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse-uk/articles/2356067 The Solicitors Regulation Authority has fined two more law firms for failing to put adequate measures in place to counter the risk of exposure to money laundering activity, adding to the growing number it has already sanctioned. Mon, 23 Jun 2025 11:24:32 +0000 /pulse-uk/articles/2356121?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse-uk/articles/2356121 A recent High Court judgment exposed how nonexistent artificial intelligence-generated citations had been used in legal arguments — but experts say this could be the tip of the iceberg for increasingly sophisticated fake evidence making its way into disputes. Mon, 23 Jun 2025 10:56:53 +0000 /pulse-uk/articles/2356059?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse-uk/articles/2356059 Carey Olsen LLP said Monday that it has elevated three lawyers from its office in the Channel Island of Jersey to its partnership as part of a wider round of partner promotions that takes the overall number at the firm to 87. Mon, 23 Jun 2025 10:21:05 +0000 /pulse-uk/articles/2306731?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse-uk/articles/2306731 Caroline Yarrow, head of Broadfield's employment practice, discusses the challenges of analyzing huge volumes of data in a service provider transfer of 2,000 employees, why the employment tribunal system needs urgent review, and why being pragmatic and commercial when giving advice is important.