The gender pay gap at the U.K.'s highest-earning law firms is 25% on average — but disparities within a single firm can vary from zero to more than 100%.
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.
In-house lawyers might send an email or get on the phone when they want to talk to outside counsel. But the head of artificial intelligence startup Legora tells Law360 he sees a future where a client's first port of call might be an artificial intelligence tool offered by a law firm.
A judge's challenge on Wednesday to the lawfulness of a secretive process used to appoint judges will shine a light on part of the U.K. legal system that is often criticized but largely opaque.
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The gender pay gap at the U.K.'s highest-earning law firms is 25% on average — but disparities within a single firm can vary from zero to more than 100%.
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.
In-house lawyers might send an email or get on the phone when they want to talk to outside counsel. But the head of artificial intelligence startup Legora tells Law360 he sees a future where a client's first port of call might be an artificial intelligence tool offered by a law firm.
A judge's challenge on Wednesday to the lawfulness of a secretive process used to appoint judges will shine a light on part of the U.K. legal system that is often criticized but largely opaque.
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October 23, 2026
A German Burford Capital affiliate is pressing a Delaware federal court to keep on hold a German claims aggregator's lawsuit over an allegedly fraudulent arbitration agreement, disputing the latter company's argument that a London tribunal has confirmed that the matter belongs in court.
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October 23, 2026
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP and Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP have ended merger discussions and another top Weil partner is set to depart the firm, sources with knowledge on the matters told Law360 Pulse on Friday.
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October 23, 2026
U.S. law firms' race to dominate London's lucrative private capital market is making some partnerships more fragile, as Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP has seen with increasingly mobile rainmakers across the city commanding huge pay packages and controlling client relationships worth tens of millions of dollars, recruiters and consultants say.
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October 23, 2026
Latham & Watkins LLP has elected 36 associates to its partnership in its second round of promotions in 2026, with its New York office gaining the biggest share — just under a third of those who leveled up.
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October 23, 2026
A retired solicitor who invested in a redevelopment scheme in Birmingham, England, lost his bid to recover more than £432,000 ($578,000) when a London court ruled he didn't show the scheme's managers were negligent by failing to preserve tax relief in the deal.
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October 23, 2026
Angus Dawson, a partner at Macfarlanes LLP, speaks here to Law360 about how pressures from financing costs and uncertainty over regulatory approvals are shaping construction contracts, and why technically demanding projects such as data centers require more complex contractual arrangements.
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October 23, 2026
The past week in London has seen former solicitor Paul Baxendale-Walker file a claim, private equity firm Novalpina Capital sue its founder Stefan Emanuel Kowski amid fallout over its investment in NSO Group, and Boehringer bring a patents claim against Teva Pharmaceuticals.
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October 23, 2026
A former senior judge has spoken out against government plans to allow judge-only trials for cases of serious fraud and financial crime, rejecting arguments that juries are unable to understand complex cases.
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October 23, 2026
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP has elected 24 lawyers across its offices in the U.S. and Europe to its partnership in a slimmer promotions round compared to 2025.
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October 23, 2026
Over the past week, Paul Weiss recruited two lawyers from Weil as the firm continued to lose partners, DLA Piper hired a nuclear energy specialist from Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, and Haynes Boone launched its U.K. derivatives practice with the hire of a Macfarlanes LLP finance partner.
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October 23, 2026
BHP criticized Pogust Goodhead and Bailey Glasser International over their battle for control of £36 billion ($48 billion) litigation arising from a collapsed dam, warning on Friday that the dispute has disrupted preparations for a trial to determine compensation.
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October 23, 2026
This was another busy week for the legal industry as BigLaw firms expanded or shifted their practice offerings. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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October 22, 2026
After dozens of partners left the firm this year, including several practice leaders, Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP faced two paths: embrace a leaner footprint or merge with another law firm.
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October 22, 2026
The Solicitors Regulation Authority said Thursday it is increasing scrutiny of potentially higher-risk firms in response to recent law firm failures, while delaying planned changes to rules governing compliance officer roles.
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October 22, 2026
Boutique white collar criminal law firm Rahman Ravelli has gone into administration after a quarter-century of representing clients in corporate crime cases.
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October 22, 2026
The Solicitors Regulation Authority warned law firms Thursday to ensure lawyers follow their anti-money laundering procedures, after finding that firms were failing to put their own policies into practice.
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October 22, 2026
DWF LLP, Pinsent Masons LLP and Trowers & Hamlins LLP are among 18 firms picked to advise Homes England on real estate investment and corporate matters under contracts worth up to £75.6 million ($100.2 million).
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October 22, 2026
The government said Thursday its legal department will collect self-declared diversity data from barristers applying to its panels to monitor whether work and fees are distributed fairly across backgrounds.
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October 22, 2026
Two domain names that combine the names of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP and Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP have been registered, fueling speculation about a potential merger between the two prominent Wall Street law firms.
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October 21, 2026
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP has hired two more lawyers from Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP to strengthen its London private equity practice, the latest in a string of departures from the Wall Street law firm as merger rumors swirl.
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October 21, 2026
Sweden-based Legora, which offers a legal artificial intelligence platform, announced on Wednesday the raising of a $550 million Series E at an $8.8 billion post-money valuation for the purposes of expanding further into North America.
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October 21, 2026
The Ministry of Justice has proposed a judicial pay rise of around 2% for the next financial year, citing fiscal constraints and competing spending priorities within the department.
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October 21, 2026
Eurasian Natural Resources Corp. urged a London judge Wednesday to order lawyers for a Serious Fraud Office investigator to file a sworn statement that they had handed over all documents relevant to their retainer with him in a £1.8 million ($2.4 million) costs dispute.
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October 21, 2026
Swiss insurance giant Zurich said Wednesday it has appointed a new general counsel in the U.K. who joins from rival Standard Life.
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October 21, 2026
Solicitors must stay on top of their professional competence and are accountable when they use artificial intelligence systems, the Law Society said Wednesday as the technology becomes increasingly integral to legal work.