Pulse UK Archive » May, 2025

Pulse UK - May, 2025

162 articles

• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• SRA Mulls Changes To Rules On Complaints To Firms
• British Businessman Appears In Court In Malawi Bribery Case
• The Revolving Door: Blackstone Taps White & Case Counsel
• Orrick Hires Compensation And Benefits Pro From Latham
• Law Firm Fined £25K Over Lack Of AML Controls, Records
• Law Society Elects Obelisk Chief Exec As Deputy VP
• BSB Weighs Changes To Help Clients Complain To The Bar
• Eversheds, William Fry Call Off Irish Merger Talks
• SQE2 Pass Rate Rises To 75% But Black Candidates Lag
• Home Office Lawyer Reprimanded For 'Foolish' Bottle Assault
• Lawyer Cleared In Undercover Reporter's Fake Asylum Sting
• Consultant Solicitor Loses Appeal For Ex-Colleagues' Fees
• SRA Ordered To Fix Failures After Axiom Ince Collapse
• Ex-Credit Karma GC Tapped As Legal Chief At UK Fintech Co.
• CMS Adds Indian Firm To Network In Push Into Market
• SRA U-Turns On Fines Amid Criticism Of Overreach
• Solicitor Claims Entrapment In Bogus Asylum Sting Case
• Crowell & Moring Widens London Footprint With City Move
• Ex-Judge Launches £25B Ad-Price Action Against Google
• Ex-SFO General Counsel Lands Role At Mayfair Chambers
• Gov't Reforms Divert Funding From Solicitor Apprenticeships
• Lancaster Crown Court Faces Closure Over Security Concerns
• BSB Drops Enhanced Equality Duty Plan Amid Legal Worries
• Clyde & Co. Can't Stop Bias Claim By Aspiring Trainee
• DWF Teams Up With Verisk To Provide Services To Insurers
• Practice Leader Insights From Covington's Gregor Frizzell
• M&A Rainmaker Returns To A&O Shearman From Skadden
• Conveyancing Specialist Firm Fined For AML Failings
• Gov't To Boost Judicial Pay 4% Despite Call For More
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Latham, HSF Pros Tapped For LCIA Court
• UPC Adds 4 Technical Experts To Roster Of Judges
• The Revolving Door: Top M&A Pro Returns To A&O Shearman
• MPs Demand CCRC Exec Step Down Over Leadership Failures
• HSF Launches Free Tool To Track AI Regulatory Changes
• Pogust Goodhead Sued In Brazil Over 'Abusive' Retainers
• Baker McKenzie Adds Eversheds Life Sciences Pro To IP Team
• Lawyer Denies Aiding Undercover Reporter's Fake Asylum Bid
• Cleary Closes Frankfurt Office As It Consolidates In Germany
• Marsh Settles $143M Claim Over Losses In Greensill Collapse
• Definely Launches AI Tool To Streamline Contract Drafting
• DWF Reveals Forest Project As Part Of Net-Zero Goals
• UK Lawyer Charged With Money Laundering In NCA Probe
• Russell-Cooke Promotes 2 Women To Partnership
• Cadwalader Adds Ex-Latham Infrastructure Atty In London
• Legal AI Biz Legora Raises $80M In Funding Round
• 'Amicus' Name Not Distinctive, Rival Law Firm Argues
• Legal Aid Agency Hack Highlights Cyber Risks For Industry
• Tenn Capital, Elite Law Settle £1.9M Loan Fraud Dispute
• Corker Binning Hires Veteran White Collar Pro Stephen Gentle
• Benson Mazure Fights To Nix £4.6M Negligence Case
• Knights Group Expects Full-Year Revenue To Top £160M
• PE-Backed Consolidator Lawfront Acquires Trethowans
• Slater And Gordon Beats Claim By 224 Clients Over Retainers
• Latham Hires Antitrust Pro In Brussels From Garrigues
• CPS Barrister's Win As Bar Council Vice Chair Makes History
• Osborne Clarke Pro's Conduct Risked Public Trust, SDT Says
• Ex-Allen & Overy Chiefs Set Up Shop To Match PE, Law Firms
• Wills Management Co. Adeus Awarded £500K UK Grant
• UK-EU Pact Aims To Revive Youth Work Mobility After Brexit
• Norton Rose Hires 6 Projects Pros From Eversheds In Paris
• UK Aims To Recruit 1,000 Tribunal Judges, Panelists In 2025
• Kelyn Bacon Named President Of Competition Appeal Tribunal
• Practice Leader Insights From Farrer & Co.'s Simon Ward
• Firm And Consultant Fined £10K Over Accounts Rules Breach
• Foot Anstey Bags Boohoo Retail Expert In Manchester
• Legal Aid Agency Cyberattack Shutters Online Portal
• How The Magic Circle Is Angling For Dominance In New York
• Sidley Keeps Door Open For London Hires
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• The Revolving Door: Mishcon Expands Amid Partner Exit
• Ashurst Adds Paris White Collar Chief From Eversheds
• UK Legal Revenue Tops Record £5B In March
• Clifford Chance Adds Arbitration Expert From Pinsent Masons
• India Opens Some Doors To Foreign Lawyers With New Rules
• Judge Sidelined Over Bias Concerns In Business Taxes Feud
• SRA U-Turn On Global Revenue Fines Calms Industry Worries
• Ex-Solicitor Hit With 1st Individual Tax Avoidance Stop Notice
• Freeths Hires Pensions Specialist From Simmons & Simmons
• Vaginal Mesh Claims Pro Kept Settlement Funds, SRA Alleges
• HSF Names UK, EMEA Exec Partner For Kramer Levin Merger
• Legal Costs Insurer On The Hook For £83K Payout To Ex-Exec
• Ex-Managing Partner Fights To Redo Costs After Bias Case
• Former Law Firm Owner Hit With Record £4M Fine
• DWF Names New Director From Outsourcing Giant Mitie
• Feds Say Ex-BigLaw Atty Must Start Prison In OneCoin Case
• Eversheds Sutherland Rehires Tax Expert From DLA Piper
• EU Wrong To Deny Dutch Tax Firm's Trademark, Court Says
• In-House Solicitors Get New Ethics Guidance After Scandals
• Goodwin Hires Legal Ops Expert From HSBC
• Reed Smith Loses Costs Security Bid In £21M Oil Tanker Clash
• UK Gov't To Shut Ministry Of Justice's London Headquarters
• Ex-Bevan Brittan Pro Loses Appeal Over Antisemitic Tweets
• Linklaters, EY Sued For Negligence By Fintech Investor
• BCLP Hires 2 Partners From Taylor Wessing, A&O Shearman
• Magistrate Reprimanded For Sharing Views On Homosexuality
• HP's $4B Fraud Case To Resume After Mike Lynch's Death
• K&L Gates Adds Ex-Taylor Wessing Atty In London
• Solicitor Sanctioned For Unauthorized Immigration Work
• Victims Call For Punishment Of Post Office Lawyers In Report
• Europe-Focused Legal AI Noxtua Opens Paris Office
• Funders Roiled As Slow Cases, PACCAR Dull Demand
• SSB Law Staff Let Go Without Consultation Win 90 Days' Pay
• Russia Sanctions Spotlight: Divergent Approaches Emerge
• Small UK Firms Opt For Organic Growth As M&A Declines
• SRA Ditches Plan To Fine Firms Based On Global Turnover
• Dentons Launches AI Tool For Europe, Central Asia Staff
• CILEX Gets Green Light For Chartered Paralegal Status
• Shoosmiths Downsizes Space In Nottingham, Milton Keynes
• DWF Partner Must Shell Out £33K For Payment Error
• Mancunian Law Firm Sues To Block Firm With Same Name
• Practice Leader Insights From Morgan Lewis' Nick Bolter
• Fladgate Posts £88M Revenue In Record Year
• SRA Bars Ex-Eversheds Sutherland Staffer, Citing Forgery
• The Revolving Door: Paul Weiss Raids A&O Shearman
• Gov't Tables £92M Hike For Criminal Legal Aid Solicitors Fees
• Pillsbury Hires Ex-MoFo Outsourcing Partner In London, Calif.
• Arbitration Pro Joins Outer Temple In Move To Bar Full-Time
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• LSB To 'Escalate' Action Against Barristers' Regulator
• Akin Hires Another White & Case Disputes Pro In London
• McDermott, Schulte Roth Unveil Plans To Join For $2.8B Firm
• Goodwin Expands In Brussels With Former Quinn Antitrust Pro
• Solicitors' Watchdog Seeks £16.3M Budget Increase
• Freeths Hires Real Estate Pro From Knights, Picks New Leader
• King's College, Birmingham Profs To Join Law Commission
• Akin Hires Tech And IP Pro From Orrick To Boost Deals Team
• The Times Pays Pogust Goodhead Damages Over BHP Article
• Fieldfisher Expands Into Poland With 2 New Offices
• FCA Update Eases Private Stock Market Disclosure Rules
• Tribunal Clears CPS In Legal Adviser's Discrimination Case
• Norton Rose Fulbright Rolls Out Associate-Led Client Program
• Taylor Wessing Launches New Patent Practice In Paris
• Partner Moves In London Up 7% In March And April
• Leigh Day Can't Ax £26M Negligence Claim Over Clinical Case
• Solicitor Wins Unpaid Wages From Shuttered Ex-Firm
• RFB Beats Ex-Partner's Claim He Was Ousted By Boss
• Squire Patton Adds To EY Law's Woes With 5-Lawyer Hire
• India Stays Closed To UK Lawyers Despite New Trade Deal
• HSF Names Chair, Senior Partner Of New Transatlantic Firm
• SRA OKs 1st AI Law Firm In Bid To Broaden Access To Justice
• Knights Continuing Expansion With £16.6M Birkett Long Buy
• Lewis Silkin Says Property Sale Advice Was Not Its Job
• Law Commission Sued For Bias Over Recruiting Test Aid Fail
• Practice Leader Insights From Mayer Brown's James West
• Law Firm Can't Ax €213M Action Over Claim Form Blunders
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• A&O Shearman Ex-Partners Cite Leadership Gap Amid Exits
• The Revolving Door: Linklaters Hires Public Law Head
• Ex-UN Judge Gets 6 Yrs For Forcing Woman To Work As Slave
• Excello Law Expands With Launch Of Boutique Firm
• BCLP Is Latest Firm To Launch Redundancy Consultation
• Ashurst Appoints Claire Dutch As London Office Chief
• Kennedys Names 21 Partners In Bumper Promotion Round
• DLA Piper Names New Office Chief For Manchester, Liverpool
• Keystone Law Nears Revenues Of £100M
• BNY Can't Escape A&O Shearman's £93M Negligence Claim
• Richard Susskind On What Attys Should Do In The Age Of AI
• Injury Lawyers 4U Defeats Law Firms' Case Over Ad Prices
• Ex-Solicitor Gets Prison For Pocketing £160K In Client Money
• Osborne Clarke Promotes 10 To Partner, Addleshaw Adds 15