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March 31, 2025
SRA Gets 1st Red Rating From Legal Services Board

The Legal Services Board turned up the heat on the Solicitors Regulation Authority on Monday, describing the legal watchdog's performance as "insufficient" following its handling of the Axiom Ince Ltd. collapse.
March 28, 2025
Freeths Joins 3-Firm Frasers Group Legal Panel

Freeths LLP said Friday that it has been appointed to Frasers Group PLC's real estate panel, which includes Eversheds Sutherland and Browne Jacobson LLP.
March 28, 2025
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

This past week in London has seen sparkling winemaker Nyetimber hit a rival distillery with an intellectual property claim, Newcastle United's former owner Mike Ashley target the club's ex-vice president for damages tied to a fraudulent investment, and a real estate agency file a legal claim against law firm Winston & Strawn LLP. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.
March 28, 2025
'We Didn't Have A Precedent': Lawyers Test New Regime

As part of a series of interviews with lawyers, class representatives and litigation-funders to mark the 10-year anniversary of the collective proceedings order regime, Law360 spoke to Boris Bronfentrinker and Ricky Versteeg — lawyers on opposite sides of the courtroom — about the watershed Mastercard swipe fees case.
March 28, 2025
The Revolving Door: Baker McKenzie Hires McDermott, Euclid Pros

Over the past week, Baker McKenzie brought on M&A and antitrust pros, Lionsgate's former general counsel joined Gunnercooke as partner, and White & Case lost an international team to Paul Hastings.
April 04, 2025
Baker McKenzie Boosts M&A Team With Ex-McDermott Pro

Baker McKenzie has boosted its London team with the appointment of a senior corporate lawyer from McDermott Will & Emery LLP who specializes in transactions in the life sciences and technology sectors.
March 28, 2025
Winston & Strawn Ups NQ Lawyers' Pay In London To £160K

Winston & Strawn LLP has raised the salaries of newly qualified lawyers in its London office to £160,000 ($207,000), the law firm said Friday as it steps up its efforts to secure junior talent in a hot hiring market.
March 27, 2025
Oligarch's Ex-Wife Ends Payne Hicks Negligence Case

A Russian oligarch's former wife has ended a negligence action against Payne Hicks Beach LLP over claims it failed to exercise the proper care and skill in a divorce battle involving the oligarch's £200 million ($260 million) yacht.
March 27, 2025
'A Challenge We Have To Rise To': Class Reps Take The Stage

Launching a series of interviews with lawyers, class representatives and litigation-funders to mark the 10-year anniversary of the collective proceedings order regime, Law360 spoke to Justin Gutmann and Rachael Kent about how the role of class reps has evolved in the decade since CPOs were introduced
March 27, 2025
Key Moments That Formed The UK's Class Action Regime

The U.K.'s collective proceedings regime — introduced a decade ago — has grown rapidly after a slow start. Law360 looks here at the biggest moments of the regime so far and what's ahead.
March 27, 2025
Court Backlog To Soar To 100K Cases By 2029, Gov't Warns

The U.K. government announced a record high Crown Court backlog Thursday, warning that if the crisis continues at its current rate then 100,000 cases could be waiting to be heard by the end of 2029.
March 27, 2025
Law Firm Fined £25K For Being 13 Years Late On AML Rules

A law firm has been fined almost £25,000 ($32,400) for not being fully compliant with anti-money laundering regulations for more than a decade, which the Solicitors Regulation Authority has said fell below what the public would expect from a legal business.
March 27, 2025
Excello Law Expands Into US With New Calif. Office

Excello Law is expanding into the U.S. with the launch of Excello Law US LLP, the U.K. dispersed model firm announced Thursday.
March 27, 2025
TLT Names 7 New Partners In Promotion Round

TLT LLP said Thursday that it has elevated seven lawyers across the business to the partnership in a wider round of promotions at the firm.
March 27, 2025
5 Questions For Norton Rose's Global Head Of Corporate

Raj Karia, Norton Rose Fulbright's new global head of corporate, M&A and securities, has spent his entire legal career at the firm after a childhood watching boats on Africa's Lake Victoria propelled him to a training contract with a shipping focus.
March 26, 2025
Covington Hires Ex-CJEU Judge In Brussels

Covington & Burling LLP said Wednesday that it has hired a former judge at the Court of Justice of the European Union to help clients prepare case strategies amid a surge in litigation that has been fueled by new European rules.
March 26, 2025
Cooley Revenue Up 6% Despite Dip In London

Cooley LLP's revenue climbed nearly 6% between 2023 and 2024 to reach $2.2 billion even though its turnover in London slumped below $100 million, the firm's latest financial results show.
March 26, 2025
10 Years On, CPO Regime's Success Hinges On Payouts

It's 10 years since the U.K. government approved legislation for opt-out collective actions, but lawyers believe it is still too early to tell whether the regime is working as it should be judged by what money ends up in the hands of consumers.
March 26, 2025
Jury's Still Out: Law360 Looks At Decade Of UK Class Actions

Ten years after the Consumer Rights Act received formal approval in March 2015, lawyers are still grappling with the opt-out class action regime it introduced in the U.K. for the first time for competition claims.
March 26, 2025
Ex-Law Firm Boss Denies Conspiring To Steal Probate Clients

The former boss of a law firm has denied conspiring to steal clients and business from a probate firm to advance her own interests, telling a London court that there is no evidence of such a plot.
March 26, 2025
Linklaters Promotes 34 To Partners

Linklaters LLP said Wednesday that it has elevated 34 lawyers to its partnership, a sizable jump from the number it promoted a year earlier.
March 26, 2025
Paralegal To Pay £20K Over 'Hopeless' Dismissal Claim

A paralegal must pay approximately £20,000 ($25,800) in costs after she brought a "hopeless" wrongful dismissal claim against her law firm and "behaved unreasonably" in turning down a settlement offer, an employment tribunal has ruled.
March 26, 2025
Judge's Relative Can't Quash 'Merciful' Sentence On Appeal

A London appeals court on Wednesday upheld a "merciful" decision to suspend a man's jail sentence following his baseless accusations that his brother-in-law, a judge, was engaged in fraud and money laundering.
March 26, 2025
Civil Service Cuts Could Have 'Significant' Impact On MoJ

The U.K. government said Wednesday it will cut administration costs in the civil service by 15% by the end of the decade, in a move that a trade union warned could have "significant ramifications" for the Ministry of Justice.
March 26, 2025
Slaughter And May Promotes 6 Lawyers To Partnership

Slaughter and May said Wednesday that it has appointed six new partners in a London-based cohort spread across a number of practice areas.

A recent judgment from the U.K. Supreme Court in one of the most significant decisions on legal advice privilege for many years. Prudential PLC v. Special Commissioner of Income Tax, which dealt a blow to tax advisers and other nonlegally qualified service providers who provide legal advice to their clients, confirmed that — consistent with the position in the U.S. — legal advice privilege only protects communications to or from a qualified lawyer, say Richard Hornshaw and Daniel Cohen of Bingham McCutchen LLP.

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