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Latest News in Pulse UK
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July 03, 2026
Reed Smith LLP will retain almost its entire cohort of trainees who are due to qualify as solicitors this fall after 11 of its 12 trainees accepted permanent positions at the firm.
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July 03, 2026
Over the past week, DWF lost top talent to Hill Dickinson, RPC and Shoosmiths, an insurance M&A pro left DLA Piper for Sidley Austin, and Ashurst Perkins Coie hired a partner from Stephenson Harwood to head up its post-merger real estate litigation team. Here, Law360 looks at those and more of the week's most notable lateral hires across the U.K.
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July 03, 2026
DLA Piper has hiked the pay of newly qualified solicitors in London to £140,000 ($187,000), marking its second increase in less than 12 months as law firms continue to offer higher pay to attract emerging talent.
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July 03, 2026
The solicitors' watchdog has proposed two new rules that would require law firms to communicate more clearly and regularly with clients who make complaints as part of reforms to strengthen complaint-handling standards before matters are escalated to the Legal Ombudsman.
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July 03, 2026
Axiom Ince has challenged the solicitors watchdog's defense to the law firm's negligence claim, arguing that the regulator missed a "crucial opportunity" to uncover the alleged £65 million ($87 million) misappropriation of client money by intervening too late.
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