Pulse UK

  • March 10, 2025

    Lennons Solicitors Enters Administration

    Southeast English law firm Lennons Solicitors has entered into administration after it had operated for more than 40 years, Quantuma Advisory Ltd. said Monday.

  • March 10, 2025

    Solicitor Was Harassed By Manager's 'Chinese Law' Jibe

    A Chinese-born lawyer working at London law firm TWM Solicitors LLP has won her claim for harassment after a managing associate asked her if she was researching Chinese — not English — law, but failed to prove that she faced several instances of discrimination.

  • March 10, 2025

    Fieldfisher Elects Vivien Davies As Senior Partner

    Fieldfisher LLP said Monday that it has elected Vivien Davies, an expert in commercial disputes, as its next senior partner as the firm looks to build upon its expansion in Europe in recent years.

  • March 10, 2025

    Paul Hastings Reelects Chair, Managing Partner To 2nd Terms

    Paul Hastings LLP Chair Frank Lopez and Managing Partner Sherrese Smith have been reelected to their second three-year terms, the firm said Monday.

  • March 10, 2025

    Partner Moves In London Hit Record Total In Jan. And Feb.

    Partner moves in London's legal market hit a new high in January and February amid an exodus from Memery Crystal LLP and continued expansion by U.S. law firms, industry data published by a legal recruitment consultancy revealed on Monday.

  • March 10, 2025

    Addleshaw Wins Bankruptcy Order Against Former LC&F Boss

    Addleshaw Goddard has obtained a bankruptcy order against a former boss of London Capital & Finance after a court ruled he defrauded investors out of £237 million ($306 million) by running the investment company like a Ponzi scheme.

  • March 10, 2025

    Industry Divided On Funders' Oversight As CJC Review Closes

    Submissions to a government-backed review of litigation-funding, which closed this month, have exposed sharp divisions among litigators, funders and trade bodies over whether the market for such financial backing should be targeted with mandatory regulation.

  • March 07, 2025

    Mauritius Government Lawyer Joins CMS Affiliate

    CMS said an attorney with more than a decade of experience as a Mauritius government lawyer has joined CMS Prism, the firm's Mauritian affiliate.

  • March 07, 2025

    The Revolving Door: 4-5 Gray's Inn Hires 15-Barrister Team

    Over the past week, 4-5 Gray's Inn bolstered its employment practice with 15 barristers from The Barrister Group, Pierson Ferdinand LLP hired a magistrate as a partner in its international disputes practice and Haynes Boone and Edwin Coe snagged partners from Memery Crystal amid an ongoing walkout.

  • March 07, 2025

    Solicitor Struck Off Over Immigration Application Lies

    A former lawyer at Seddons Law LLP who repeatedly lied about the immigration applications of "vulnerable" clients he was representing was struck off by the profession's disciplinary tribunal on Friday.

  • March 07, 2025

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

    This past week in London has seen an Iranian oil company sued for $95 million, Betfred hit with a lawsuit from a property company and NHS England face a human rights claim brought by a man detained under the Mental Health Act for over 20 years. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

  • March 07, 2025

    Gibson Dunn To Increase Number Of London Trainees

    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP said Friday that it will increase the number of trainee solicitors in London by 50%, in a move that demonstrates its commitment to the world's second-largest legal services market.

  • March 07, 2025

    BSB Suspends Barrister For Sexualized Conduct

    A junior barrister has been suspended for three months after a tribunal found that he touched a woman inappropriately without her permission, and made unwanted comments to her, the Bar Standards Board has said.

  • March 06, 2025

    Fundamental Problems With AML Oversight, Charity Warns

    The U.K.'s legal regulators show long-standing and fundamental problems in their approach to anti-money laundering supervision, an anti-corruption charity warned in a report Thursday amid an almost two-year government consultation that has yet to publish its response.

  • March 06, 2025

    Barclays GC Helped Staley Respond To Epstein Controversy

    Former Barclays boss Jes Staley was helped by executives in the bank to draft talking points to "properly reflect" his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein to avoid being sacked as trustee from his alma mater, the bank's former top lawyer told a trial court Thursday.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

Expert Analysis

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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, whether current copyright law is fit for purpose in light of artificial intelligence, ​​​​​​​and why understanding technology makes it easier to argue the nuances of 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 multiple patents, the need to reform legislative provisions in light of artificial intelligence, and why junior lawyers should take opportunities to get a broad range of experience before specializing.

  • Rethinking 'No Comment' For Clients Facing Public Crises

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    “No comment” 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.

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    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 multijurisdictional litigation, the need to show consideration for lawyers' well-being, and why employment law offers unique opportunities to specialize in a commercial field with a high degree of human interest.

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    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.

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    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.

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    Practice Leader Insights From BCLP's Benjamin Lee

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    Benjamin Lee, who co-leads BCLP's global corporate transactions practice, 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 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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