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  • June 25, 2025

    Ex-Trowers Pro Loses Disability Claim Over SRA Referral

    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.

  • June 25, 2025

    Baker McKenzie Hires Transactions Pro From K&L Gates

    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.

  • June 25, 2025

    Steptoe Chastised For Breaching Russian Sanctions

    The solicitors' regulator has rebuked the聽U.K. arm of Steptoe International after it breached the terms of its license to act for two clients under the Russian sanctions regime.

  • June 24, 2025

    Irwin Mitchell Can't Ax Pension Fraud Negligence Claim

    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.

  • June 24, 2025

    Gov't Eyes Clearer AML Rules Under Industrial Strategy

    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.

  • June 24, 2025

    Liverpool Conveyancing Firm Shuttered Over Client Accounts

    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.

  • June 24, 2025

    Law Firm Partner Denies Ignoring Signs Of 拢7M Client Fraud

    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 拢7 million ($9.5 million) fraud.

  • June 24, 2025

    Gateley Denies Housing Developer's Negligence Claim

    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.

  • June 24, 2025

    Bar Pupils Report High Stress, Doubts About Future

    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聽Tuesday.

  • June 23, 2025

    Perkins Coie Lays Off 5% Of Staff Amid Strategic Review

    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.

  • June 23, 2025

    Solicitor Who Sent Client Funds To Wife's Account Struck Off

    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.

  • June 23, 2025

    Solicitors Regulator Fines 2 Law Firms For Lax AML Controls

    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.

  • June 23, 2025

    AI-Driven Fake Evidence Could 'Play Havoc' In Legal Disputes

    A recent High Court judgment exposed how nonexistent artificial intelligence-generated citations had been used in legal arguments 鈥 but experts say this could be the tip of the iceberg for increasingly sophisticated fake evidence making its way into disputes.

  • June 23, 2025

    Carey Olsen Promotes Jersey Trio Amid Global Expansion

    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.

  • June 23, 2025

    Shoosmiths Partner Profit Tops 拢1M For First Time

    Shoosmiths LLP said Monday that it has recorded record partner profits of 拢1 million ($1.34 million) as its revenue and net profit also hit all-time highs.

  • June 23, 2025

    Judge Faces Renewed Call For Probe For Bullying Litigants

    An employment judge faces a potential misconduct probe after being accused of a "longstanding pattern" of bullying and intimidation during hearings.

  • June 20, 2025

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

    This past week in London has seen Pogust Goodhead face legal action from mining giant BHP Group, Trainline bring a procurement claim against the Department for Transport, Sworders auction house sue Conservative peer Patricia Rawlings, and Nokia hit with a patents claim by Hisense. Here, 极速赛车 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

  • June 27, 2025

    Hogan Lovells Adds IP Duo In Paris From A&O Shearman

    Hogan Lovells has broadened its intellectual property litigation bench in Europe with the hire of two heavyweight intellectual property litigators, who join the firm's Paris office as partners from A&O Shearman.

  • June 20, 2025

    BHP Sues Claimant Lawyers Amid 拢36B Dam Disaster Trial

    BHP is suing law firm Pogust Goodhead, which is representing hundreds of thousands of individuals, municipalities and businesses in a 拢36 billion ($48.5 billion) claim against the Australian mining giant over a dam disaster in Brazil that killed 19 people, according to court records.

  • June 20, 2025

    Mathys & Squire Appoints New Chief For Consulting Arm

    Intellectual property specialist Mathys & Squire LLP said Friday that it has recruited a senior manager at KPMG Law to lead its consulting arm.

  • June 20, 2025

    The Revolving Door: Sullivan & Cromwell Bags Finance Head

    Over the past week, the head of Allen Overy Shearman Sterling's financial services group joined Sullivan & Cromwell, Baker McKenzie swiped an investment funds specialist from Latham & Watkins, and a cyber heavyweight exited Deloitte Legal for Reynolds Porter Chamberlain.

  • June 20, 2025

    Ex-Orrick Solicitor Gets 12-Month Ban For Groping Colleagues

    A London tribunal has suspended a former associate at Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP after it found that he touched two work colleagues in a sexually inappropriate manner without their consent.

  • June 19, 2025

    Pro Bono Plan Aims To Make CAT Claims Accessible To All

    It might come as a surprise that the U.K.'s venue for high-stakes class actions against some of the world's largest companies is planning a new pro bono scheme. But the Brick Court Chambers antitrust silk running the program told 极速赛车 that she sees a real chance to help smaller players get a fair shot at enforcing their rights under a complex area of law.

  • June 26, 2025

    Greenberg Traurig Adds Spheres GC To London PE Team

    Greenberg Traurig has recruited a senior lawyer from European private investment firm Spheres, the third new shareholder in its private equity team in London in recent months.

  • June 19, 2025

    Browne Jacobson Posts Record Revenue Of 拢137M

    Browne Jacobson LLP has reported that its revenue has broken last year's record to reach 拢137 million ($184 million), coinciding with an aggressive lateral hiring strategy and investment in new practice areas and technology infrastructure.

Expert Analysis

  • Series

    Practice Leader Insights From HFW's Christopher Foster

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    Christopher Foster, global head of insurance and reinsurance at HFW, discusses the challenges of conducting聽complex arbitration, why聽arbitration rules should be amended, and how learning about the market聽makes working in insurance law easier.

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    Practice Leader Insights From Broadfield's Sajjad Khan

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    Sajjad Khan, head of Broadfield's intellectual property practice, discusses how trademark matters that appear to be simple can end up being complex, why the regulatory framework for artificial intelligence and copyright is in clear need of reform, and how junior lawyers should persevere if interested in this competitive area of law.

  • Series

    Practice Leader Insights From Cleary's Gareth Kristensen

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    Gareth Kristensen,聽head of the Europe, Middle East and Africa intellectual property practice group at Cleary, discusses the challenges when data laws are not adapted to frontier artificial intelligence, why聽IP rights can have such significant value, and聽how聽nothing beats a deep understanding of what you enjoy within the realm of tech, IP and data.

  • Series

    PR Perspectives: 3 Misconceptions Around Law Firm Brands

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    Despite an implicit understanding of the value of brand, misconceptions around logo and financial value have resulted in law firms being slow to manage and build this valuable asset, without which it becomes difficult to attract the same caliber of client or recruit the best lawyers, says Daniela Conte at Gibson Dunn.

  • Series

    Practice Leader Insights From Covington's Sonia Campbell

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    Sonia Campbell, head of the U.K. insurance recovery practice at Covington, discusses the challenges of working during the COVID-19 pandemic, why聽cyber underwriting risk will be critical for sector reform, and how junior lawyers need to be resilient and tenacious.

  • Roundup

    Practice Leader Insights

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    In this 极速赛车 U.K. Expert Analysis series, leaders of employment, intellectual property, insurance and transactions practice groups share thoughts on keeping the pulse on legal trends, tackling difficult cases and what it takes to make a mark in their area.

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    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.

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    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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