Pulse UK

  • October 13, 2025

    Hamlins Pro Faces SDT For Contempt Threat Against Reporter

    The solicitors' regulator accused a Hamlins LLP partner at a London tribunal on Monday of improperly threatening to bring contempt proceedings against a journalist in a case over alleged corruption.

  • October 13, 2025

    Paris Smith Denies £1.4M Negligence Claim Over Soured Deal

    Paris Smith has denied allegations of negligence and breach of duty brought by a former client as the law firm said it could not have foreseen the property developer's change in plans for the development on which it advised them.

  • October 13, 2025

    LSB Looks At Who Can Litigate After Shock Mazur Ruling

    England's legal oversight regulator said Monday that it is reviewing guidance issued by regulators and representative bodies before a shock ruling that has left law firms in limbo by casting doubt on what litigation work can be carried out by nonqualified employees.

  • October 13, 2025

    Irwin Mitchell Raises NQ Salaries To Up To £78K In London

    Irwin Mitchell LLP has increased the salaries of its emerging talent, with newly qualified solicitors in its London office now earning up to £78,000 ($104,000), depending on their area of practice.

  • October 12, 2025

    Pogust Can't Step Back From Lead Role On Dieselgate Trial

    Pogust Goodhead must continue co-leading claims made by millions of drivers of diesel vehicles against car manufacturers after a High Court judge refused to grant the firm's application to step aside from the case that heads to trial on Monday. 

  • October 10, 2025

    Freshfields Unveils Risk Group To Tackle Client Challenges

    Freshfields LLP said it has launched a global strategic risk management practice to help put its clients in the strongest position to exploit strategic business opportunities in a climate driven by geopolitical shifts, sustainability issues and the rise of new technology.

  • October 10, 2025

    Pogust's Turmoil Prompts Questions About Firm's Funding

    Pogust Goodhead is grappling with an existential crisis that highlights the risks law firms face when relying on less traditional third-party funding, as it faces a high-stakes leadership transition, mounting financial pressures and uncertainty around its linchpin £36 billion ($48 billion) case.

  • October 10, 2025

    UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

    This past week in London has seen Paddington Bear's creators and Studio Canal sue the company behind Spitting Image, Blackpool Football Club's former owner Owen Oyston bring a fresh claim against the club, and Mishcon de Reya sue a Saudi investment group.

  • October 10, 2025

    Injury Pro Barred For False Claim Over Client Records

    A former solicitor at a law firm in central England has been banned from practicing after he failed to disclose crucial medical records and filed a misleading witness statement in a personal injury claim.

  • October 10, 2025

    Kennedys' Rekha Cooke On The FCA Senior Managers Regime

    Rekha Cooke, a partner at Kennedys, talks about the Financial Conduct Authority's reforms of the senior managers regime, telling Law360 that businesses should treat the reforms as a reason to strengthen their internal controls.

  • October 10, 2025

    The Revolving Door: Pinsent Lures Ashurst Markets Head

    Over the past week, Pinsent Masons strengthened its London office with Ashurst's head of capital markets, Mayer Brown hired a corporate and equity specialist from Goodwin, and Orrick appointed four partners from Cadwalader. Here, Law360 looks at these and more of the week's most notable lateral hires around the U.K.

  • October 10, 2025

    Burges Salmon, HSF, Pinsent To Aid Nuclear Waste Programs

    Burges Salmon, HSF Kramer and Pinsent Masons have been appointed by a subsidiary of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority to provide legal support on its infrastructure and development programs.

  • October 10, 2025

    Agent Blames Law Firm For Bungled £1.1M Property Sale

    An agent has blamed a law firm for a bungled £1.1 million ($1.5 million) real estate deal that ended with the lawyers settling a negligence case, as she denied allegations that she intentionally tried to sell a property she did not have the rights to.

  • October 09, 2025

    Greenberg Traurig's Singapore Office Gains 6 More Attys

    Greenberg Traurig LLP announced on Wednesday that its Singapore location has added the former leader of Simmons & Simmons LLP's Asian investment funds practice, along with five other attorneys.

  • October 09, 2025

    Taylor Rose Promotes 9 Partners In Latest Round

    Taylor Rose said it has elevated nine lawyers to its partnership, noting that legal consultants accounted for three of those promotions following a surge in practitioners operating outside the traditional model.

  • October 09, 2025

    Lawfront Names New Chief Finance Officer Amid Growth Push

    Lawfront Group Ltd. has appointed a new chief finance officer as it targets further expansion, having acquired more than a dozen law firms since it was founded in 2021.

  • October 16, 2025

    Weil Hires 4 More Latham Private Equity Lawyers In Germany

    Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP has appointed four more private equity lawyers for its practice in Germany, adding to its previous hires from Latham & Watkins LLP in a practice area where there is considerable lateral movement.

  • October 09, 2025

    Ex-BLM Lawyer Must Pay £16K After Divorce Filing Delay

    A tribunal has ordered a former head of family law at Berrymans Lace Mawer LLP to pay £16,500 ($22,000) after he oversaw a delay applying for a divorce decree, though it has ruled that he was only culpable of not providing adequate supervision to junior staff.

  • October 09, 2025

    Ex-KWM London Chief Cleared Over Kiss With Junior Staffer

    The former managing partner of the London arm of King & Wood Mallesons was cleared of misconduct charges on Thursday as a tribunal said it could not conclude that he kissed a junior female colleague without her consent on a drunken night out.

  • October 09, 2025

    Developer Sues Paris Smith For £1.5M Over Land Deal Delays

    A property developer has sued Paris Smith LLP for approximately £1.5 million ($2 million), alleging that the law firm's negligence caused significant delays in acquiring land to build houses in southern England.

  • October 08, 2025

    Pogust Downplays Risk Of SRA Scrutiny Over Dieselgate Exit

    Pogust Goodhead has told a London judge that there is no reason to believe regulators would interfere with a proposed agreement that would see the law firm step back from the high-profile Dieselgate litigation.

  • October 08, 2025

    CPS Has Immunity Over Victim Address Leak In Court

    A London appeals court ruled Wednesday that the Crown Prosecution Service is immune from a claim by a domestic abuse victim after its advocate inadvertently revealed the victim's new address to her abusive ex-partner in court.

  • October 08, 2025

    PE-Backed Research Group Completes £43M The Lawyer Buy

    Researcher Legal Benchmarking Group has finalized its acquisition of U.K. trade publication The Lawyer for £43 million ($58 million) from media group Centaur Media PLC, the companies said Wednesday.

  • October 08, 2025

    Eversheds Sutherland Retains 67% Of Trainees In 2025

    Eversheds Sutherland said Wednesday that it has retained two-thirds of its qualifying intake of U.K.-based trainees in 2025 and boosted the salaries of newly qualified lawyers.

  • October 08, 2025

    White & Case Retains 86% Of London NQs In September

    White & Case said Wednesday that 86% of trainees in its London office who qualified as solicitors in September have stayed on to pursue careers at the firm, a similar figure to the one it recorded earlier in 2025.

Expert Analysis

  • Practice Leader Insights From Norton Rose's Paul Griffin

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    Paul Griffin, head of employment and labor for Europe, Middle East and Asia at Norton Rose, discusses the challenge of litigating a whistleblowing case with a CEO remaining in post, why the qualifying period for claiming unfair dismissal should be reviewed, and the importance of retaining one's authenticity as a lawyer.

  • What Rise Of AI Means For Future Of Junior Lawyer Careers

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    While artificial intelligence is reshaping law firms’ approach to core tasks, it is unlikely to eliminate the need for human oversight, and if junior lawyers can embrace new technologies with integrity, they can focus on more meaningful work and add greater value to their teams, says Valeriya Zinchenko at Teacher Stern.

  • Practice Leader Insights From HFW's Michelle Chance

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    Michelle Chance, head of HFW's London employment practice, discusses the challenges of defending a high-profile race discrimination class action in the civil courts, the need for male employees to take shared parental leave, and the significance of the new employer duty to take reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment of their employees.

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    Practice Leader Insights From Cleary's Sebastian Sperber

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    Sebastian Sperber, leader of Cleary's EMEA capital markets and debt finance practice, discusses the challenges of working on complex transactions in pre-internet days, why regulators should think carefully before imposing additional disclosure burdens on corporations, and his hope that the recent U.K. listing reforms will encourage more companies to choose to list in London.

  • What Age Bias Ruling Means For Law Firm Retirement Policies

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    The recent employment tribunal age discrimination decision in Scott v. Walker Morris demonstrates that while law firms may implement mandatory retirement schemes, the policy must pursue a legitimate aim via proportionate means to pass the objective justification test, says Chris Hadrill at Redmans Solicitors.

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    Practice Leader Insights From HFW's Christopher Foster

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    Christopher Foster, global head of insurance and reinsurance at HFW, discusses the challenges of conducting complex arbitration, why arbitration rules should be amended, and how learning about the market makes working in insurance law easier.

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    Practice Leader Insights From Broadfield's Sajjad Khan

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    Sajjad Khan, head of Broadfield's intellectual property practice, discusses how trademark matters that appear to be simple can end up being complex, why the regulatory framework for artificial intelligence and copyright is in clear need of reform, and how junior lawyers should persevere if interested in this competitive area of law.

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    Practice Leader Insights From Cleary's Gareth Kristensen

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    Gareth Kristensen, head of the Europe, Middle East and Africa intellectual property practice group at Cleary, discusses the challenges when data laws are not adapted to frontier artificial intelligence, why IP rights can have such significant value, and how nothing beats a deep understanding of what you enjoy within the realm of tech, IP and data.

  • Series

    PR Perspectives: 3 Misconceptions Around Law Firm Brands

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    Despite an implicit understanding of the value of brand, misconceptions around logo and financial value have resulted in law firms being slow to manage and build this valuable asset, without which it becomes difficult to attract the same caliber of client or recruit the best lawyers, says Daniela Conte at Gibson Dunn.

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    Practice Leader Insights From Covington's Sonia Campbell

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    Sonia Campbell, head of the U.K. insurance recovery practice at Covington, discusses the challenges of working during the COVID-19 pandemic, why cyber underwriting risk will be critical for sector reform, and how junior lawyers need to be resilient and tenacious.

  • Roundup

    Practice Leader Insights

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    In this Law360 U.K. Expert Analysis series, leaders of employment, intellectual property, insurance and transactions practice groups share thoughts on keeping the pulse on legal trends, tackling difficult cases and what it takes to make a mark in their area.

  • Series

    Practice Leader Insights: Bird & Bird's Rebecca O'Kelly-Gillard

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    Rebecca O'Kelly-Gillard, who co-heads Bird & Bird's international copyright group, discusses the challenges of working on long cases with complex issues, whether current copyright law is fit for purpose in light of artificial intelligence, ​​​​​​​and why understanding technology makes it easier to argue the nuances of the law.

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    Practice Leader Insights From Birketts' Maria Peyman

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    Maria Peyman, who heads Birketts' intellectual property team, discusses the challenges of cases involving multiple patents, the need to reform legislative provisions in light of artificial intelligence, and why junior lawyers should take opportunities to get a broad range of experience before specializing.

  • Rethinking 'No Comment' For Clients Facing Public Crises

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    “No comment” is no longer a cost-free or even a viable public communications strategy for companies in crisis, and counsel must tailor their guidance based on a variety of competing factors to help clients emerge successfully, says Robert Bowers at Moore & Van Allen.

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    Practice Leader Insights: Mishcon de Reya's Daniel Naftalin

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    Daniel Naftalin, who chairs the employment practice at Mishcon de Reya, discusses the challenges of working on multijurisdictional litigation, the need to show consideration for lawyers' well-being, and why employment law offers unique opportunities to specialize in a commercial field with a high degree of human interest.

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