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.

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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.

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Probate Firm Ex-Staffer's 'Fraudster' Posts Were Defamatory

By Hanna Vioque

A London judge has found that a probate executive's online reviews calling a law firm owner a "fraudster" amounted to defamation, but the firm itself couldn't claim that it had also taken a hit as it was left out of her one-star reviews. 

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Letter From Law Firm Partner Spurs Rebuke From SRA

By Ashish Sareen

A director at a City law firm has formally been sanctioned by the Solicitors Regulation Authority after he was found to have written a letter that undermined public confidence in the profession.

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IP Firm Mewburn Ellis Names 5 New Partners

By Ashish Sareen

Mewburn Ellis LLP has promoted five intellectual property specialists to its partnership, more than double the intake of those who made the grade to become partners in 2025.

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

By Laura Stewart Liberty

The past week in London has seen Apple hit back at a tech company's wireless charging patent claim, a flurry of businesses bring COVID-19 pandemic insurance claims as a key deadline draws closer and Ipulse Partners LLP file a claim against a luxury yacht company it represented in a trademark dispute. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

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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.

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HFW Hires Senior In-House Amazon Pro For Paris Office

By Ashish Sareen

Holman Fenwick Willan has boosted its office in Paris with the hire of a senior in-house lawyer at Amazon, which it says will strengthen the firm's services in global disputes and regulatory investigations.

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The Revolving Door: MoFo Recruits Seasoned Litigator 

By Max Austin

Over the past week, Morrison Foerster recruited a veteran litigator from Pallas Partners, Broadfield expanded its private client bench with a partner duo, and DLA Piper appointed a new intellectual property head in Birmingham.

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