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June 24, 2026
Shoosmiths unveiled a new AI tool on Wednesday that it has built in-house to help lawyers review contracts more quickly as the firm uses innovation to drive growth.
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June 24, 2026
Pogust Goodhead said Wednesday that it has secured $150 million in fresh funding from Gramercy Funds Management and retained Quinn Emanuel to advance its £36 billion claim over a disastrous dam collapse in Brazil that affected hundreds of thousands of people.
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June 23, 2026
Germany-based legal artificial intelligence startup Jupus announced on Tuesday it has raised €13 million ($14.8 million) in a Series A funding round.
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June 23, 2026
A former King's Counsel barrister argued Tuesday that a disciplinary tribunal was wrong to disbar him for falsely claiming he studied at the University of Oxford in an application for tenancy, telling a London court that the sanction was disproportionately severe.
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June 23, 2026
A London judge has referred a barrister to the High Court to consider contempt of court proceedings over a closing speech he made while representing a Palestine Action activist who took part in a raid on an Israeli arms manufacturer.
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June 23, 2026
Rosen Group has announced the hire of a new chief legal officer from global printing and packaging company Flint Group Packaging Solutions.
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June 23, 2026
Legal AI startup Legora is moving to consumption-based pricing for its new Agent Pro product, reflecting a broader industry shift from flat subscriptions to usage-based billing.
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June 23, 2026
A former senior associate at Ellis Jones has been struck off after he fabricated correspondence in an attempt to conceal his failure to appeal or seek extensions of time for two clients pursuing compensation claims against Royal Bank of Scotland.
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June 23, 2026
The legal services group that runs Shakespeare Martineau LLP and Mayo Wynne Baxter said Tuesday that it has suspended its chief executive after receiving a complaint.
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June 23, 2026
Ashurst said Tuesday that it has posted record annual revenue of almost £1.2 billion ($1.6 billion), marking a decade of continuous growth as the firm published its last set of financial results before merging with Perkins Coie.
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June 22, 2026
Garfield AI said Monday that it has won its first case in the English courts after the artificial intelligence law firm helped a freelancer to draft materials to instruct a barrister to recover £7,000 ($9,269) in unpaid commissions.
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June 22, 2026
A London court has stripped a national law firm of a £30,400 ($40,200) success fee, ruling that it could have helped its client fund his personal injury claim through an existing insurance policy rather than a conditional fee agreement.
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June 22, 2026
Barbri said Monday it has acquired legal technology startup Lega to help law students and lawyers become proficient in the use of AI as the technology reshapes the delivery of legal services.
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June 22, 2026
Lawyers will face fresh "fit and proper" tests when the Financial Conduct Authority takes over control of anti-money laundering regulation from the Solicitors Regulation Authority, the government has confirmed.
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June 22, 2026
The Judicial Conduct Investigations Office said Monday that an employment judge has been formally warned over delays in completing judicial work, at a time when wider systemic pressures are driving record backlogs at the tribunal.
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June 22, 2026
Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced plans on Monday to step down after losing the support of the Labour Party for him to stay on, clearing the way for former Manchester mayor Andy Burnham to launch his bid for the top job.
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June 19, 2026
A London judge has dismissed an order requiring a law firm to pay £27,500 ($36,355), ruling that a new court should consider the firm's bid to put an end to a couple's claims of professional negligence in a wider case over drug trafficking allegations.
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June 19, 2026
Intellectual property law firm Mathys & Squire LLP said Friday that three people in its Birmingham and London offices have been elevated to the role of partner as part of a wider promotions round that also includes six new managing associates.
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June 19, 2026
As top U.S. law firms push newly qualified lawyer salaries in London toward £200,000 ($268,000), recruiters and consultants say the latest pay hikes are driven as much by market positioning as by competition for talent.
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June 19, 2026
The past week in London has seen Royal Mail Pension Plan companies sue Wates Construction after investing in a Cambridge development project, law firm Ronald Fletcher Baker launch proceedings against several former partners and the rival firm they moved to, Lansdowne Law, and energy group VAROPreem bring an intellectual property claim against North Sea producer Viaro Energy and its chief executive. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.
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June 19, 2026
Over the past week, a data security lawyer joined K&L Gates from Hunton Andrews Kurth, Steptoe hired an international arbitration specialist and professor from Clyde & Co. and Orrick recruited a structured finance pro from McDermott.
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June 19, 2026
The Solicitors Regulation Authority set out proposed rules on Friday that would require law firms to notify it of mergers and acquisitions, and when they begin holding client money, as it seeks to avoid another scandal such as the collapse of Axiom Ince.
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June 18, 2026
U.S. law firm Boies Schiller Flexner LLP has elected a senior arbitration partner in its London office to a place on its executive committee, which has expanded from nine seats to 10.
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June 18, 2026
A former head of family law at Hampshire firm Dutton Gregory LLP succeeded Thursday at a London appellate tribunal in reviving her claim that she was expelled for whistleblowing.
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June 18, 2026
A London judge has given two property owners extra time to file a negligence claim against their former lawyers at JMW Solicitors LLP, ruling that key documents were missing from a client file the firm had provided them with regarding their breach claims over building defects.