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  Taylor Wessing Revenue Tops €600M Amid Growth Push

  By Ashish Sareen

  Taylor Wessing said Tuesday that its global revenue has hit an all-time high of more than €600 million ($700 mil...(read more)

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  Property Deals Remain Top Money Laundering Risk, SRA Says

  By Marialuisa Taddia

  Property conveyancing is still the biggest money laundering risk in the legal sector, the Solicitors Regulation ...(read more)

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• SRA Shuts Down Law Firm Tied To Labour Councillor

  By Ashish Sareen

  A London law firm that had a Labour Party councillor as one of its managers has been shut down by the Solicitors Regulation Authority, the solicitors' watchdog has said.

• Clifford Chance Denies Blame For SocGen's $483M Gold Loss

  By Jamie Lennox

  Clifford Chance LLP has denied breaching any duty to Société Générale SA with its advice on a $483 million gold bullion dispute, telling a London court that the blame for the French bank's failed claim lies elsewhere.

• RPC Launches In-House AI Tool To Streamline Lawyers' Work

  By Ashish Sareen

  Reynolds Porter Chamberlain LLP said Monday that it has launched its own artificial intelligence assistant as a growing number of law firms are using the new technology to "augment" the way they deliver legal services.

• Legal Market Sees Record Team Moves Amid Battle For Talent

  By Marialuisa Taddia

  The London legal market is experiencing an unprecedented surge in partner hires, with law firms increasingly hiring teams wholesale in search of faster growth in a cutthroat business environment.

• DAC Beachcroft Taps Insurance Chief For Managing Partner

  By Ashish Sareen

  DAC Beachcroft said Thursday that its global head of insurance would become the firm's first new managing partner in a decade later in the year.

• Fraud Trials Without Juries At Heart Of Radical Court Reform

  By Eddie Beaver

  A landmark independent review of England's ailing criminal court system on Wednesday called for serious and complex fraud cases to be tried by judge alone and the creation of a new category of court without juries.

• Post Office Blamed For Adversarial Stance To Scandal Claims

  By Eddie Beaver

  The Post Office and its advisers adopted an "unnecessarily adversarial attitude" to those seeking financial redress for the Horizon IT scandal, according to the first findings published Tuesday by the public inquiry into what has been labeled the worst miscarriage of justice in U.K. modern history.

• Students Get Review Panel To Weigh Late SQE Appeals

  By Ashish Sareen

  The Solicitors Regulation Authority has introduced a new review panel for late appeals from candidates sitting the Solicitors Qualifying Exam, part of a broader series of changes to its appeals and complaints policies designed to make those processes clearer and fairer.

• Cripps, Michelmores Drop Merger Plans After Talks

  By Marialuisa Taddia

  Two English law firms said Tuesday they had ended talks to merge to form a nearly £100 million ($135 million) firm, as legal practices reassess growth strategies amid rapid technological change and intensifying competition.

• Ex-Jones Day Partner Faces SDT Over Evidence Destruction

  By Ashish Sareen

  A former private equity partner at Jones Day has been referred to a disciplinary tribunal after a London court held him in contempt of court for instructing an IT manager to delete a secure messaging app, the Solicitors Regulation Authority has said.

• Top Judge Expresses 'Horror' At Lawyers Citing Fake Cases

  By Jamie Lennox

  The most senior judge in England and Wales has recalled her "horror" at reports of lawyers citing fake judgments in the U.S., calling for a robust approach to adopting artificial intelligence into the courtroom.

• Committee Defends Secret Feedback Process To Pick Judges

  By Adele Redmond

  The practice of eliciting responses from sitting judges about applicants for judicial office is lawful and must be kept confidential, the Judicial Appointments Commission told the Court of Appeal on Thursday, hitting back at claims that the process is opaque and unfair.