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July 31, 2025
New Arbitration Act To Streamline UK Dispute Resolution
A suite of reforms to the U.K.'s arbitration laws aimed at attracting more business to the country's legal sector took effect Friday, as the government enacted the first updates to the almost 30-year-old law.
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July 31, 2025
Linklaters Hires Paul Hastings' Former London Co-Chair
Linklaters LLP announced Thursday that it has added the former co-chair of Paul Hastings' London office to its corporate and structured lending practice.
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July 31, 2025
Pogust Goodhead To Sue BHP For £1.3B Over Dam Litigation
Pogust Goodhead revealed plans on Thursday to sue BHP and Vale in London for £1.3 billion ($1.7 billion) in damages, accusing the mining companies of interfering in litigation over the collapse of a dam in Brazil and pressuring claimants into settling.
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July 31, 2025
Equality Watchdog Gets New Chair Amid Trans Controversy
The government appointed a controversial new chair to the Equality and Human Rights Commission on Thursday, despite accusations she had endorsed gender-critical views, as the commission fights a challenge to the legality of its guidance on toilet use for trans people.
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July 31, 2025
Chambers Offers Free Training After Legal Aid Cyberattack
The Barrister Group chambers said Tuesday it has won regulatory approval to provide public access training that it will offer for free to barristers struggling to make ends meet after a cyber attack halted legal aid payouts.
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July 31, 2025
Shoosmiths Hikes NQ Pay To £105K Amid Pay Crunch Worries
Shoosmiths LLP said Thursday that it is increasing the salaries of newly qualified lawyers in London to £105,000 ($139,000) while acknowledging concerns that rising rates could leave less room for distinction between junior solicitors and their more senior colleagues.
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July 31, 2025
SRA Warns Law Firms Over Handling Of Motor Finance Claims
The solicitors' watchdog warned law firms Thursday that they must tell prospective clients about possible cost-free ways to pursue their motor finance commission claims before agreeing to act on a case for a fee.
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July 31, 2025
Ex-GSK Lawyer Drops Probe Case After Losing Bid For Docs
A former lawyer for GSK has abandoned his claim that he was forced to quit by an unfair investigation into his alleged misconduct at a work event after an employment tribunal dismissed his bid to force greater disclosure from the pharmaceutical giant.
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July 31, 2025
Mayer Brown Hikes New Lawyers' Pay By 11% To £150K
Mayer Brown LLP said Thursday that it is now paying newly qualified lawyers at its London office £150,000 ($198,000), putting it on a par with law firms in the Magic Circle.
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July 31, 2025
CMS' Global Revenue Hits €2B Driven By Corporate Work
CMS said Thursday that its global revenue has exceeded €2 billion ($2.3 billion) for the first time as it recorded growth in major practices in its latest financial results.
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July 30, 2025
Watson Farley Atty Will Lead Seward & Kissel Transpo Team
An 18-year veteran of London-headquartered Watson Farley & Williams LLP, who worked with that firm's New York asset and structured finance group, has moved her practice to Seward & Kissel LLP, where she'll lead its transportation finance team, according to a Tuesday announcement.
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July 30, 2025
Spencer West Partner Rebuked After Drink-Driving Conviction
A lawyer at Spencer West LLP has been reprimanded after he was convicted for driving a motor vehicle while he had an excess amount of alcohol in his system, the Solicitors Regulation Authority said Wednesday.
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July 30, 2025
Slater And Gordon Swings To Profit Despite Revenue Drop
Slater and Gordon Ltd. has swung back to recording a pretax profit even though revenue declined as it manages costs and repositions to focus on higher-value and more complex legal services.
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July 30, 2025
BigLaw Firms Ordered To Explain Leak Of PrivatBank Decision
Law firms including Hogan Lovells and Fieldfisher LLP will be required to provide witness statements after the High Court judge overseeing the long-running PrivatBank fraud case revealed on Wednesday that his judgment had apparently been leaked.
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July 30, 2025
Pharma Tech Co. Diaceutics Hires Former Sandoz Atty As GC
Pharmaceutical technology company Diaceutics PLC has hired a lawyer with in-house experience at Sandoz and Novartis as its general counsel.
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July 30, 2025
Burness Paull Posts £94M Revenue Amid Growth Across Firm
Scottish law firm Burness Paull LLP has posted revenue of around £94 million ($125.4 million) amid growth across its key practice areas.
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July 29, 2025
Oft-Penalized Deutsche Bank Finds New GC From Freshfields
Deutsche Bank AG on Tuesday said a senior partner at Freshfields LLP who specializes in corporate criminal defense will become its new general counsel on Sept. 15.
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July 29, 2025
Solicitor Denies Antisemitic Intent With Offensive Tweets
A solicitor told a disciplinary tribunal Tuesday that he did not intend any of his social media posts to be antisemitic, arguing that although his posts were admittedly "offensive" and "childish" he intended only to criticize the state of Israel.
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July 29, 2025
SRA Fines Law Firms For Not Doing AML Reviews On Clients
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has fined a London law firm £114,000 ($152,000) and agreed on a £25,000 penalty for a regional firm over failures to carry out money laundering risk assessments on their clients.
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July 29, 2025
Osborne Clarke's UK Revenue Tops £250M For 1st Time
Osborne Clarke LLP said Tuesday that its U.K. business has posted record-breaking revenue of more than £250 million ($333 million) for the financial year ending in April while profits in Britain have also scaled new heights.
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July 29, 2025
Gateley Appoints Ex-Cleary Partner To Board Of Directors
Gateley PLC has said that it has appointed a former Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP litigator and an ex-executive at Morgan Stanley and Google to its board of directors, as part of the firm's broader growth strategy.
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July 29, 2025
Law Firm Wins Appeal To Nix Ex-Solicitor's Commission
A law firm won its appeal on Tuesday against a ruling that it owes a former solicitor unpaid commission, as an appeals tribunal found there was no chance he would have exceeded his billing targets once the involvement of partners and trainees in his work was considered.
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July 29, 2025
Labour Settles Defamation Case Over Antisemitism Report
The Labour Party has agreed to compensate a former councilor and a group of ex-employees following the leak of a defamatory report on how the party's internal disciplinary body mishandled allegations of antisemitism, a lawyer for the individuals said Tuesday.
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July 29, 2025
Sara Cockerill Named New Deputy Head Of Civil Justice
The Courts and Tribunals Judiciary said Tuesday that Justice Sara Cockerill has been appointed to serve as the new deputy head of civil justice, a position she will fill for three years when she is promoted to the Court of Appeal.
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July 29, 2025
Travers Smith Boosts NQ Pay To £130K As Pay Hikes Continue
Travers Smith LLP said Tuesday that it has increased base salaries for newly qualified lawyers to £130,000 ($173,000) as Mishcon de Reya LLP and Stephenson Harwood LLP also hiked pay for new solicitors.