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March 07, 2025
Solicitor Struck Off Over Immigration Application Lies
A former lawyer at Seddons Law LLP who repeatedly lied about the immigration applications of "vulnerable" clients he was representing was struck off by the profession's disciplinary tribunal on Friday.
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March 07, 2025
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
This past week in London has seen an Iranian oil company sued for $95 million, Betfred hit with a lawsuit from a property company and NHS England face a human rights claim brought by a man detained under the Mental Health Act for over 20 years. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.
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March 07, 2025
Gibson Dunn To Increase Number Of London Trainees
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP said Friday that it will increase the number of trainee solicitors in London by 50%, in a move that demonstrates its commitment to the world's second-largest legal services market.
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March 07, 2025
BSB Suspends Barrister For Sexualized Conduct
A junior barrister has been suspended for three months after a tribunal found that he touched a woman inappropriately without her permission, and made unwanted comments to her, the Bar Standards Board has said.
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March 06, 2025
Fundamental Problems With AML Oversight, Charity Warns
The U.K.'s legal regulators show long-standing and fundamental problems in their approach to anti-money laundering supervision, an anti-corruption charity warned in a report Thursday amid an almost two-year government consultation that has yet to publish its response.
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March 06, 2025
Barclays GC Helped Staley Respond To Epstein Controversy
Former Barclays boss Jes Staley was helped by executives in the bank to draft talking points to "properly reflect" his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein to avoid being sacked as trustee from his alma mater, the bank's former top lawyer told a trial court Thursday.
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March 06, 2025
Lawmaker Says Regulators Need To Do More To Tackle SLAPPs
A lawmaker slammed lawyers who help super-rich individuals silence free speech with libel litigation threats, saying at a conference Thursday that regulators are not doing enough to tackle the problem.
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March 06, 2025
Barrister Beats 'Backdoor Appeal' Negligence Claim
A London judge dismissed a businessman's claim against his former barrister for allegedly failing to raise certain legal arguments in a dispute concerning shipping containers Thursday, ruling that it was "a form of backdoor appeal" against another judge's decision.
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March 06, 2025
Magistrate Faces Setback In Disability Bias Case
A magistrate has lost nearly all her disability bias claims against the Ministry of Justice after failing to convince an employment tribunal that other bench members had harassed her over a painful condition.
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March 06, 2025
Addleshaw Goddard Latest Firm To Adopt Legora AI Platform
Addleshaw Goddard LLP has joined the growing list of prominent law firms adding artificial intelligence platform Legora to its arsenal, in a move the firm said on Thursday will enhance its ability to manage large-scale document reviews.
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March 06, 2025
Blake Morgan Denies Botching Pensions Advice To Trust
Blake Morgan LLP has denied giving an archaeological trust negligent advice on the closure of its pensions plan, telling a London court that it was on the trust to make sure it validly shut the scheme.
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March 06, 2025
Private Prosecutions Face Reform After 'Catastrophic' Failures
Private prosecutions will face heightened scrutiny and reform after a series of "catastrophic" failures such as the Post Office Horizon scandal, the government announced Thursday.
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March 05, 2025
Hogan Lovells' Global Revenue Hits $3B In Record Year For UK
Hogan Lovells said Thursday that its global revenue reached nearly $3 billion in 2024, driven by strong performance on both sides of the Atlantic, including its best-ever year in the U.K.
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March 05, 2025
LSB Moots Stricter Ethical Standards Regime For Lawyers
The Legal Services Board began a consultation on Thursday on plans to require regulators to oversee lawyers' ethics more strictly, alluding to heavy scrutiny of the profession following the Post Office Horizon IT scandal.
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March 05, 2025
Lewis Silkin Elects Employment Partner As New Chair
Lewis Silkin LLP said Wednesday that it has named an employment partner with over 20 years of experience as its new chair, to take over from corporate partner Jo Evans following a three-year stint.
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March 05, 2025
RWK Goodman Hit For £5M Over Botched Company Buyout
RWK Goodman LLP has been hit with an estimated £5 million ($6.4 million) claim from a former client who alleges the firm botched his plan to buyout a company that had owned properties with "significant" redevelopment and revenue potential.
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March 05, 2025
Law Firm Must Face Ex-Assistant's Brain Injury Bias Claim
An employment tribunal has ruled that a law firm in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight must face a former assistant's claims that it discriminated against her because of a disability, ruling that her symptoms were caused by an underlying brain injury.
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March 05, 2025
Law Firms' Earnings Grew 6.1% In 2024, Law Society Says
U.K. law firms on average saw their earnings grow 6.1% in 2024, despite challenges posed by rising costs within the legal sector, the Law Society said Wednesday.
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March 12, 2025
PCB Byrne Adds Civil Litigation Pro In London
PCB Byrne LLP has hired Simon Colledge as a new civil litigation partner from Gunnercooke LLP to work in its dispute resolution team in London, as the firm ramps up its offering in its insolvency practice.
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March 04, 2025
Crown Courts Set To Oversee Record Number Of Cases
The Ministry of Justice announced Wednesday that Crown Court judges will sit at a record high level across the next financial year, as a spending watchdog warned that the government is failing to boost confidence in a system plagued by delay.
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March 04, 2025
Lawyers See Chance For Overhaul In LSB, SRA Exec Changes
A change of guard at two of the key regulators of the U.K. legal sector has sparked calls for a root-and-branch reassessment of their roles amid criticism that the watchdogs are overreaching.
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March 04, 2025
Firms Must Retain Control Of Client Cash, City Lawyers Say
The City of London Law Society has criticized proposals to allow third parties to hold and manage client money, calling instead on the regulator to adopt a more modern approach to regulating the sector.
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March 04, 2025
Judge Slams Lawyers For Bringing Welsh Injury Case At RCJ
A London judge has chastised the lawyers involved in a personal injury case for keeping the relatively small claim at the High Court, saying that hiring a London lawyer was not a good enough reason to litigate in the capital.
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March 04, 2025
LSB Calls For Legal, Financial Oversight Of Litigation Funding
Legal and financial watchdogs must work together to regulate the litigation funding market and protect consumers from potential risks, the Legal Services Board said in a document released Tuesday.
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March 04, 2025
Gov't Defends Decision To Pull Firm's Legal Aid Contract Offer
The Ministry of Justice has hit back at allegations it unlawfully withdrew a contract offer for legal aid services from an English law firm, telling the High Court that the withdrawal was a result of the firm's "own error and neglect."