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March 06, 2025
Lawmaker Says Regulators Need To Do More To Tackle SLAPPs
A lawmaker slammed lawyers who help super-rich individuals silence free speech with libel litigation threats, saying at a conference Thursday that regulators are not doing enough to tackle the problem.
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March 06, 2025
Barrister Beats 'Backdoor Appeal' Negligence Claim
A London judge dismissed a businessman's claim against his former barrister for allegedly failing to raise certain legal arguments in a dispute concerning shipping containers Thursday, ruling that it was "a form of backdoor appeal" against another judge's decision.
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March 06, 2025
Magistrate Faces Setback In Disability Bias Case
A magistrate has lost nearly all her disability bias claims against the Ministry of Justice after failing to convince an employment tribunal that other bench members had harassed her over a painful condition.
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March 06, 2025
Addleshaw Goddard Latest Firm To Adopt Legora AI Platform
Addleshaw Goddard LLP has joined the growing list of prominent law firms adding artificial intelligence platform Legora to its arsenal, in a move the firm said on Thursday will enhance its ability to manage large-scale document reviews.
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March 06, 2025
Blake Morgan Denies Botching Pensions Advice To Trust
Blake Morgan LLP has denied giving an archaeological trust negligent advice on the closure of its pensions plan, telling a London court that it was on the trust to make sure it validly shut the scheme.
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March 06, 2025
Private Prosecutions Face Reform After 'Catastrophic' Failures
Private prosecutions will face heightened scrutiny and reform after a series of "catastrophic" failures such as the Post Office Horizon scandal, the government announced Thursday.
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March 05, 2025
Hogan Lovells' Global Revenue Hits $3B In Record Year For UK
Hogan Lovells said Thursday that its global revenue reached nearly $3 billion in 2024, driven by strong performance on both sides of the Atlantic, including its best-ever year in the U.K.
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March 05, 2025
LSB Moots Stricter Ethical Standards Regime For Lawyers
The Legal Services Board began a consultation on Thursday on plans to require regulators to oversee lawyers' ethics more strictly, alluding to heavy scrutiny of the profession following the Post Office Horizon IT scandal.
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March 05, 2025
Lewis Silkin Elects Employment Partner As New Chair
Lewis Silkin LLP said Wednesday that it has named an employment partner with over 20 years of experience as its new chair, to take over from corporate partner Jo Evans following a three-year stint.
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March 05, 2025
RWK Goodman Hit For £5M Over Botched Company Buyout
RWK Goodman LLP has been hit with an estimated £5 million ($6.4 million) claim from a former client who alleges the firm botched his plan to buyout a company that had owned properties with "significant" redevelopment and revenue potential.
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March 05, 2025
Law Firm Must Face Ex-Assistant's Brain Injury Bias Claim
An employment tribunal has ruled that a law firm in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight must face a former assistant's claims that it discriminated against her because of a disability, ruling that her symptoms were caused by an underlying brain injury.
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March 05, 2025
Law Firms' Earnings Grew 6.1% In 2024, Law Society Says
U.K. law firms on average saw their earnings grow 6.1% in 2024, despite challenges posed by rising costs within the legal sector, the Law Society said Wednesday.
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March 12, 2025
PCB Byrne Adds Civil Litigation Pro In London
PCB Byrne LLP has hired Simon Colledge as a new civil litigation partner from Gunnercooke LLP to work in its dispute resolution team in London, as the firm ramps up its offering in its insolvency practice.
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March 04, 2025
Crown Courts Set To Oversee Record Number Of Cases
The Ministry of Justice announced Wednesday that Crown Court judges will sit at a record high level across the next financial year, as a spending watchdog warned that the government is failing to boost confidence in a system plagued by delay.
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March 04, 2025
Lawyers See Chance For Overhaul In LSB, SRA Exec Changes
A change of guard at two of the key regulators of the U.K. legal sector has sparked calls for a root-and-branch reassessment of their roles amid criticism that the watchdogs are overreaching.
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March 04, 2025
Firms Must Retain Control Of Client Cash, City Lawyers Say
The City of London Law Society has criticized proposals to allow third parties to hold and manage client money, calling instead on the regulator to adopt a more modern approach to regulating the sector.
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March 04, 2025
Judge Slams Lawyers For Bringing Welsh Injury Case At RCJ
A London judge has chastised the lawyers involved in a personal injury case for keeping the relatively small claim at the High Court, saying that hiring a London lawyer was not a good enough reason to litigate in the capital.
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March 04, 2025
LSB Calls For Legal, Financial Oversight Of Litigation Funding
Legal and financial watchdogs must work together to regulate the litigation funding market and protect consumers from potential risks, the Legal Services Board said in a document released Tuesday.
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March 04, 2025
Gov't Defends Decision To Pull Firm's Legal Aid Contract Offer
The Ministry of Justice has hit back at allegations it unlawfully withdrew a contract offer for legal aid services from an English law firm, telling the High Court that the withdrawal was a result of the firm's "own error and neglect."
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March 04, 2025
Barclays Official Kept In Dark About Staley's Email To Epstein
Former Barclays boss Jes Staley told Jeffrey Epstein about forthcoming press coverage detailing their relationship without the bank's knowledge, its former head of communications testified at a trial on Tuesday.
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March 04, 2025
BNY Tries To Escape £93M Nationwide, A&O Negligence Case
Bank of New York Mellon on Tuesday asked a London court to dismiss Allen Overy Shearman Sterling's claims that the bank negligently caused Nationwide Building Society to face a £93 million ($118 million) tax bill by mishandling the issuance of notes.
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March 03, 2025
2 Temple Gardens Co-Head Didn't Mislead Court, Judge Finds
A High Court judge ruled in a hearing Monday that a co-head of 2 Temple Gardens and a solicitor did not mislead the court in a long-running dispute with a Black barrister who claimed he was expelled from the set because of his race.
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March 03, 2025
Orrick Hikes London NQ Salary To £160K
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP has handed its newly qualified lawyers based in London a double-digit pay bump, raising their salaries to £160,000 ($203,276).
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March 03, 2025
Simmons & Simmons Elects New Managing Partner
Simmons & Simmons LLP said Monday that it has elected a construction disputes expert as its new managing partner, to succeed Jeremy Hoyland who has been in the job since 2011.
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March 03, 2025
Knights Inks £30M Takeover Of Regional UK Law Firm
Knights said Monday it has agreed to buy IBB Law LLP for up to £30 million ($38.1 million), adding 140 lawyers to its ranks in a move to scale up its presence in southeast England.