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  Court Of Appeal Reverses Mazur Ruling On Litigation Rights

  By Joanne Faulkner

  The Court of Appeal said Tuesday that supervised non-solicitors can carry out litigation work, reversing a landm...(read more)

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  AI Reshapes Junior Lawyer Roles In Training And Hiring

  By Marialuisa Taddia

  Artificial intelligence is forcing law firms in the U.K. and elsewhere to rethink how junior lawyers are trained...(read more)

• Barristers Call For Specialist Courts Over Jury Trial Curbs

  By Marialuisa Taddia

  Barristers' groups urged the government on Tuesday to prioritize the creation of specialist courts for sexual and domestic abuse cases rather than curbing jury trials as a way of reducing the Crown Court backlog.

• UK Regulators To Target Poor Motor Finance Claims Practices

  By Alex Davidson

  The Financial Conduct Authority said Monday that it has launched a joint taskforce with the Solicitors Regulation Authority and other regulators to tackle poor handling of claims for motor finance compensation by some claims management companies and law firms.

• DLA Piper's London Office Managing Partner To Leave Firm

  By Ashish Sareen

  The managing partner of DLA Piper's office in London is set to depart as a partnership vote looms on changing the structure of the firm.

• BigLaw Races To Capture Expanding Fund Finance Market

  By Kevin Penton

  Debt financing work at the fund level has long been dominated on the lender side by attorneys from Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP, Haynes Boone and Mayer Brown LLP, but other firms are increasingly crafting formal practices and poaching fund finance stars from the more established players.

• Crown Court Backlog Tops 80K As Gov't Promises Action

  By Marialuisa Taddia

  The Ministry of Justice has said the number of cases awaiting trial at Crown Courts in England and Wales has climbed above 80,000 for the first time as the government said it would pull "every lever" to cut the growing backlog.

• SRA Says Dentons AML Case Needs Fresh Tribunal

  By Ronan Barnard

  The Solicitors Regulation Authority said Thursday that the Court of Appeal should uphold a ruling that a regulatory tribunal should rehear allegations that Dentons had breached anti-money laundering regulations, arguing that the tribunal had misdirected itself.

• River Cam Fund Looks To Buy Small Firms Eyeing Succession

  By Marialuisa Taddia

  U.K. search fund River Cam Group, which has completed its first acquisition, is now targeting additional small and midsized law firms and is positioning itself as a solution to the growing succession problem facing law offices in England and Wales.

• Morgan Lewis Adds 5-Lawyer Hughes Hubbard Team In Paris

  By Ashish Sareen

  Morgan Lewis said Thursday that it has hired a five-lawyer team of experts in international trade and investigations from Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP in Paris, as clients face mounting geopolitical uncertainty and increasing scrutiny from regulators.

• Firms Hold Steady In Middle East Despite Recruiting Jitters

  By Marialuisa Taddia

  The war with Iran hasn't yet prompted law firms to announce major changes to their operations in the Middle East, but the regional fallout is starting to weigh on the market, as recruiters report hesitation among some candidates considering a move to the region.

• Kingsley Napley Hires Ex-Taylor Vinters Chief As COO

  By Ashish Sareen

  Kingsley Napley said Wednesday that it has hired the former managing partner of Taylor Vinters as its new chief operating officer, describing him as "an experienced leader."

• Knights In Talks to Acquire Regional English Law Firm

  By Marialuisa Taddia

  Knights said on Wednesday that it is in talks to buy a law firm based in southeast England as the publicly listed consolidator continues its acquisition spree across the country.

• SRA Shuts Quarter Of Firms Over Accounting Breaches

  By Marialuisa Taddia

  Breaches of accounting rules were behind more than a quarter of the law firms shut down by the solicitors' watchdog over 12 months, data released on Wednesday shows, following heightened scrutiny of the profession after the Axiom Ince scandal.