Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced plans on Monday to step down after losing the support of the Labour Party for him to stay on, clearing the way for former Manchester mayor Andy Burnham to launch his bid for the top job.
In-house lawyers might send an email or get on the phone when they want to talk to outside counsel. But the head of artificial intelligence startup Legora tells Law360 he sees a future where a client's first port of call might be an artificial intelligence tool offered by a law firm.
A judge's challenge on Wednesday to the lawfulness of a secretive process used to appoint judges will shine a light on part of the U.K. legal system that is often criticized but largely opaque.
When Dana Denis-Smith launched her campaign to become president of the Law Society of England and Wales, her message was clear: the legal profession has changed dramatically over the past two decades — and must keep evolving.
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Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced plans on Monday to step down after losing the support of the Labour Party for him to stay on, clearing the way for former Manchester mayor Andy Burnham to launch his bid for the top job.
In-house lawyers might send an email or get on the phone when they want to talk to outside counsel. But the head of artificial intelligence startup Legora tells Law360 he sees a future where a client's first port of call might be an artificial intelligence tool offered by a law firm.
A judge's challenge on Wednesday to the lawfulness of a secretive process used to appoint judges will shine a light on part of the U.K. legal system that is often criticized but largely opaque.
When Dana Denis-Smith launched her campaign to become president of the Law Society of England and Wales, her message was clear: the legal profession has changed dramatically over the past two decades — and must keep evolving.
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July 03, 2026
The past week in London, Russia's state development bank was sued in a commercial fraud claim involving military GPS technology, one of Nike's subsidiaries brought an intellectual property claim against a menswear company owner, BlackBerry re-opened a $6.49 million claim against its South Asian licensee and CBRE property services filed a claim against CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP.
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July 03, 2026
Reed Smith LLP will retain almost its entire cohort of trainees who are due to qualify as solicitors this fall after 11 of its 12 trainees accepted permanent positions at the firm.
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July 03, 2026
Over the past week, DWF lost top talent to Hill Dickinson, RPC and Shoosmiths, an insurance M&A pro left DLA Piper for Sidley Austin, and Ashurst Perkins Coie hired a partner from Stephenson Harwood to head up its post-merger real estate litigation team. Here, Law360 looks at those and more of the week's most notable lateral hires across the U.K.
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July 03, 2026
DLA Piper has hiked the pay of newly qualified solicitors in London to £140,000 ($187,000), marking its second increase in less than 12 months as law firms continue to offer higher pay to attract emerging talent.
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July 03, 2026
The solicitors' watchdog has proposed two new rules that would require law firms to communicate more clearly and regularly with clients who make complaints as part of reforms to strengthen complaint-handling standards before matters are escalated to the Legal Ombudsman.
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July 03, 2026
Axiom Ince has challenged the solicitors watchdog's defense to the law firm's negligence claim, arguing that the regulator missed a "crucial opportunity" to uncover the alleged £65 million ($87 million) misappropriation of client money by intervening too late.
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July 02, 2026
Reed Smith LLP has bolstered its private equity practice with the hire of a former Norton Rose Fulbright group leader in Munich.
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July 02, 2026
The legal industry began the second half of 2026 with another busy week as BigLaw firms merged and expanded their practice offerings. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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July 02, 2026
Confusion during the onboarding process and a lack of clear information about costs are among problems people experience when they turn to law firms and claims management companies specializing in high-volume consumer claims, research commissioned by the Solicitors Regulation Authority revealed Thursday.
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July 02, 2026
Hill Dickinson defeated a doctor's bid for a wasted costs order Thursday, with an appellate tribunal ruling that the firm's failure to disclose a document didn't amount to negligence even if it might have been relevant to his whistleblowing case.
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July 02, 2026
Three personal injury claimants on Thursday sought to revive their data privacy claim against DWF, arguing at an appeals court that the law firm should not have shared their health data in proceedings involving their insurers without removing identifying information.
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July 02, 2026
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP has said that it is planning to move to a larger office in Frankfurt as it seeks to expand in Germany.
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July 02, 2026
Macfarlanes LLP said Thursday that it has raised the basic salary for newly-qualified lawyers to £150,000 ($200,000), matching the level offered by Magic Circle firms.
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July 01, 2026
International law firm Withers has appointed a dozen new partners across three countries, nearly half of whom are based in the United States.
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July 01, 2026
Setfords has launched a new legal technology platform that it built in-house and combines case, accounts and practice management capabilities, the firm announced Wednesday.
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July 01, 2026
With the official launch of Hogan Lovells Cadwalader, Boston attorneys at Hogan Lovells are expecting the firm to be able to leverage Cadwalader's strengths and some of the Hub's unique traits in what they call a truly "additive" merger.
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July 01, 2026
Walkers said Wednesday that it has promoted a total of 14 new partners across its global network, with women making up more than half.
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July 01, 2026
A senior barrister accused of cheating the public revenue out of nearly £2 million ($2.6 million) believed he was "clever enough" to devise a lawful scheme to reduce his tax liability, his counsel told the trial Wednesday.
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July 01, 2026
A senior barrister at Garden Court Chambers is set to face contempt of court proceedings over allegations that he breached rulings when he delivered a closing address to a jury while representing a Palestine Action activist in criminal proceedings.
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July 01, 2026
Simmons & Simmons said Wednesday that it has set records as profits climbed 14% and revenue rose to almost £700 million ($927 million), driven by a focus on sectors including asset management, use of new technology and growth in partner numbers.
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June 30, 2026
Legora's chief financial officer also serves as a director of a newly listed SPAC and could have oversight of future investments there as the legal artificial intelligence company grows through acquisitions.
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June 30, 2026
A recent ruling that communications between claimant lawyers and prospective litigation funders are not automatically protected by litigation privilege could widen disclosure and make it harder for claimant firms to secure funding, experts say.
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June 30, 2026
Mexican billionaire Ricardo Salinas Pliego urged an appeals court Tuesday to overturn a ruling refusing him a quick win in his $415 million fraud claim, arguing that using a private intelligence agent to gain information from his opponent's lawyer did not amount to an abuse of process.
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June 30, 2026
Cripps has denied costing Margate Dreamland's operator £3.4 million ($4.5 million) for misadvising the venue on using a termination clause to exit a catering contract, arguing that the operator had not retained the firm during its sale to Live Nation.
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June 30, 2026
An employment tribunal has tossed a lawyer's second bid to sue the most senior judge in Scotland, finding that he already had his chance to sue over his suspension as a part-time sheriff.