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  • February 28, 2025

    SRA Says It Has Completed SSB Investigation

    The Solicitors Regulation Authority has completed its investigation into claims firm SSB Law, taking action against several people working at the now-collapsed firm.

  • February 28, 2025

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

    This past week in London has seen the billionaire Zakay brothers, founders of Topland Group, become embroiled in a legal dispute with each other, Unilever sue three major perfume companies over alleged illegal price-fixing, and the publisher of Vogue magazine file an intellectual property suit against Cornucopia Events. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

  • February 28, 2025

    Bates Wells Elects 1st Part-Time Managing Partner

    Bates Wells & Braithwaite LLP said Friday that it has elected its first part-time managing partner, sending a strong signal in a profession where long hours are often baked into the culture.

  • February 28, 2025

    LSB Chair Steps Down Halfway Through 1st Term

    The chair of the Legal Services Board stepped down halfway through his first term on Friday, citing personal reasons — the second departure of a senior figure from one of the sector's regulators in a week.

  • February 27, 2025

    Court Clerk Can Keep Most Of £226K Retirement Payout

    A former court clerk has won the right to collect the majority of his £226,800 ($287,500) retirement payout, convincing a tribunal that the Ministry of Justice can only subtract £88,800 for a lump sum he has already picked up.

  • February 27, 2025

    Group Claims Firm Opens 2nd UK Office In London

    Specialist group litigation firm Johnson Law has opened a new office in London — and it's on the hunt to recruit "some of the best legal talent in the country," its U.K. managing director said Thursday.

  • February 27, 2025

    Paul Weiss Revenue Grows By More Than 30%

    Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP reported high double-digit growth in 2024, with revenue increasing by more than 30% amid continued success on both sides of the Atlantic.

  • February 27, 2025

    Gibson Dunn Atty Wins Exit From Amazon Worker Dispute

    An employment tribunal has dismissed a Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP lawyer from a former Amazon worker's unfair dismissal claim after ruling the Dallas-based associate had been dragged into the claim in a case of mistaken identity.

  • February 27, 2025

    Lib Dem Founder Loses Fight Against Expulsion From Party

    A founder of the Liberal Democrats has lost her case that she was unfairly expelled from the party as a London court ruled on Thursday that an internal tribunal had not made errors that invalidated her expulsion over a bullying complaint.

  • February 27, 2025

    SRA Chief Exec To Retire Amid Torrid Times For Watchdog

    The solicitors' watchdog said Thursday that chief executive Paul Philip will retire after more than a decade in the job, amid a turbulent period for the watchdog that has sparked calls for changes at the top.

  • February 26, 2025

    Law Commission Unveils Plan To Overhaul Criminal Appeals

    The criminal appeals system in England and Wales needs to be reformed to allow the wrongfully convicted to successfully challenge their convictions, an independent legal body recommended on Thursday.

  • February 26, 2025

    PE Investment In UK Law Firms Nears £1.2B Since 2019

    Private equity firms have injected almost £1.2 billion ($1.5 billion) into law firms in England since 2019, with nearly half of that coming in the last year, a report published on Thursday shows.

  • February 26, 2025

    Lawyer's Age Bias Win Is A Cue To Revisit Retirement Norms

    A legal victory by a Walker Morris LLP partner over the firm's mandatory retirement policy is a "warning shot" to firms underscoring that they cannot rely on forced ousters to make room for younger talent to advance, lawyers say, as the once-declining practice regains popularity.

  • February 26, 2025

    Orrick Sued For £21M Over Debt Enforcement Advice

    A Luxembourgeois unit of hedge fund TREO Asset Management LLC has hit global firm Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe (UK) LLP with a negligence claim in a London court for allegedly failing to advise it to enforce a €21 million ($22 million) debt in a French energy group's insolvency.

  • February 26, 2025

    Litigation Funder, Investor Settle £16M Arbitral Award Claim

    A litigation funder has settled its clash with a Finnish mining investor it accused of owing as much as £16.74 million ($21.2 million) from arbitration proceedings against Egypt over the investor's shuttered iron ore project.

  • February 26, 2025

    Law Firm Denies Botching Advice On Failed Flat Purchases

    A law firm has denied giving negligent advice to investors regarding their failed purchases of flats in a property development, telling a London court that they helped ensure their own downfall by not exploring how risky the deals were.

  • February 26, 2025

    Solicitor Must Pay £20K To SRA For Baseless Bias Claims

    An employment tribunal has ordered a solicitor to pay £20,000 ($25,284) to cover the Solicitors Regulation Authority's costs in defending his baseless allegations of race and disability bias, ruling that it was an exceptional case.

  • February 26, 2025

    Axiom Ince Crash Sparks Tougher SRA Action Against Firms

    The collapse of Axiom Ince Ltd. has "spurred" the solicitors' watchdog into taking more action against law firms over suspected dishonesty and financial misconduct, according to data published on Wednesday by accountants Hazlewoods LLP.

  • March 05, 2025

    Fladgate Boosts Private Equity Team With Avonhurst Hire

    Fladgate LLP has added a corporate mid-market specialist as a partner to its London office, as the firm swoops to bolster its growing private capital practice.

  • February 26, 2025

    Lawyer Suspended For Improper Use Of Client Account

    A City solicitor who was convicted in 2023 for tipping off a client about an anti-money laundering investigation by the Serious Fraud Office has been suspended by a tribunal for improper use of a client account.

  • February 25, 2025

    Bird & Bird Equips Lawyers With Legora Generative Tool

    Bird & Bird LLP said Tuesday that it has armed the whole firm with Legora's generative text platform aiming to cut turnaround times and free up its lawyers' time.

  • February 25, 2025

    Why DeepSeek Is A Turning Point For Some Legal AI Vendors

    As law firms remain tentative about using DeepSeek's generative artificial intelligence tool, legal technology vendors are more optimistic, with some already exploring the AI model and integrating it into their platforms.

  • February 25, 2025

    Half Of Judges Considering Early Exit Over Workload, Pay

    Almost half of salaried judges are thinking about retiring from their post early because of a strenuous workload and limits on pay awards, according to a survey published Tuesday.

  • February 25, 2025

    BCLP Reports Double-Digit Growth In UK Revenue

    Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP said Tuesday that its U.K. business grew by 12% in 2024, far outpacing the firm's overall global growth.

  • February 25, 2025

    Law Firm Sues Ad Agency For £200K Over Failure To Bring Biz

    A law firm in Sussex has demanded that a marketing agency return £205,003 ($259,411), claiming that it was paid to find hundreds of potential claimants for the firm but had only managed to identify a dozen. 

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