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June 11, 2025
Gov't Pledges Up To £450M Per Year To Tackle Courts Backlog
The U.K. government has pledged up to an additional £450 million ($609 million) per year for the courts system in England and Wales by 2028-29 to boost crown court sittings to "record levels" and tackle the growing backlog, according to its spending review released Wednesday.
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June 11, 2025
Law Firm Fined £11K For Not Meeting AML Requirements
A law firm is being fined after it "showed a disregard" toward its anti-money laundering obligations and left itself vulnerable to being used to facilitate illegal activity, the Solicitors Regulation Authority said in a decision Monday that was published Tuesday.
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June 11, 2025
TLT Rolls Out AI Platform Legora For Lawyers In UK
TLT LLP said Wednesday that it has rolled out Legora's artificial intelligence platform across the firm to automate routine tasks and enable lawyers to spend more time delivering strategic legal advice.
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June 11, 2025
Linklaters' Flexible Lawyering Arm Sets Up In The Middle East
Linklaters LLP said Wednesday that it has launched its flexible lawyering arm, Re:link, in the Middle East, marking the platform's first international expansion outside the U.K.
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June 11, 2025
Russell-Cooke Taps Real Estate Pro For Senior Partner
Russell-Cooke LLP said Wednesday that it has elected real estate specialist Matt Garrod as its next senior partner.
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June 11, 2025
Pogust Goodhead Denies Seladore's Bid For £2M Success Fee
Pogust Goodhead has denied that it owes Seladore Legal more than £2.2 million ($3 million) amid an ongoing dispute over alleged unenforceable retainers and success fees stemming from litigation against mining giant BHP over the collapse of the Fundão dam.
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June 11, 2025
Ex-Slater & Gordon Team Head Barred For Indecent Exposure
A former team leader at Slater and Gordon (UK) Ltd. has been banned from working for a law firm after he indecently exposed himself to external counsel and colleagues during an online work training session, the Solicitors Regulation Authority has said.
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June 10, 2025
CMS Faces £10M Negligence Claim Over Investec Debt Advice
A property developer has alleged that law firm CMS owes him at least £10 million ($14 million) for negligent advice concerning a debt-restructuring plan that he says he never would have agreed to if he had been given proper warning.
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June 10, 2025
Fladgate Eyes Securities Cases With New Group Claims Biz
Fladgate LLP said Tuesday that it has launched a company to help the law firm pursue group securities litigation, as the market for collective legal claims continues to grow in the U.K.
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June 10, 2025
Lawyer Loses Bid To Ax 'Greedy' Label In $11B Ruling
A London appeals court refused Tuesday a solicitor's bid to chuck references to his being "greedy" and "corrupt" in a judgment over a fraudulent $11 billion arbitration award against Nigeria, ruling that the lower court did not violate his right to a fair trial.
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June 10, 2025
Hausfeld Hires Scott+Scott's London Co-Head
Hausfeld LLP said Tuesday that it has recruited a co-head of the London office of Scott+Scott UK LLP to boost its antitrust class action practice.
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June 10, 2025
PPE Agent Keeps Sheridans Case Alive After Fraud Settlement
A medical supply agent is continuing its negligence case against London law firm Sheridans, despite settling a linked $10.8 million fraud claim from a British company that accused it of taking secret commissions on COVID-19 pandemic protection equipment orders.
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June 09, 2025
Litigation-Funding Dispute Resumes Amid Uncertain Future
Sony and Apple will challenge the validity of widely used litigation-financing agreements at the Court of Appeal on Tuesday against the backdrop of an influential report calling for legislation to urgently reverse a landmark ruling that shook the funding industry.
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June 09, 2025
Foot Anstey Combines With McKees In Belfast Expansion
Foot Anstey LLP announced Monday that it has combined with Northern Irish law firm McKees Solicitors, the first time it has expanded its business outside England as it looks to generate more work from international clients.
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June 09, 2025
CPS Launches Plan To Return Lawyers To Criminal Practice
The Crown Prosecution Service is offering to support criminal lawyers to return to the workforce following a career break, as problems with recruitment and retention of solicitors and barristers continue to blight the justice system after decades of underinvestment.
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June 09, 2025
Getty's 'Day Of Reckoning' Begins As Stability AI Trial Opens
Getty Images opened its landmark copyright infringement case against Stability AI Monday by accusing the technology company of building its generative AI model on millions of images with "complete indifference" for underlying intellectual property protections.
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June 09, 2025
Law Society Presses For Wider Legal Aid Coverage
The Law Society urged the government Monday to broaden civil legal aid funding beyond housing and immigration to include areas such as domestic abuse, as figures show that seven in 10 people lack access to a community care legal aid provider.
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June 09, 2025
Debevoise Is Latest Firm To Add Non-Equity Partnership Tier
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP said Monday that it has introduced a non-equity partnership tier as more law firms on both sides of the Atlantic consider using the structure to retain talented workers and control costs.
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June 09, 2025
Baker McKenzie Names Int'l Trade Chief As Global Chair
Baker McKenzie said Monday that it has elected the head of its international trade practice to become its new global chair.
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June 09, 2025
Definely Raises £30M Series B To Expand
Definely, a London-based provider of legal document software, announced Monday the closing of a £30 million (around $40 million) Series B funding round aimed at accelerating its global expansion and artificial intelligence product roadmap.
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June 07, 2025
Ex-SG Says Bar Must Toughen Up Penalties To Curb Bullying
The former U.K. solicitor general, now investigating bullying and harassment at the bar, said Saturday that the profession would need to make sure perpetrators face real repercussions to improve the situation.
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June 07, 2025
Minister Calls For Bold Action To Tackle Court Backlogs
The government must take "bold" steps to implement lasting reforms to tackle persistent backlogs in the criminal courts and deteriorating court conditions, a minister warned on Saturday.
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June 06, 2025
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
The past week in London has seen MGM and the owners of the "Addams Family" trademark sue a private equity firm, two Cambridge colleges file for injunctions against Pro-Palestine student protest groups and a former NBA player brings a claim against Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP.
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June 06, 2025
CMS Ups NQ Lawyer Pay In London To £120K
CMS said Friday that it has increased salaries for newly qualified solicitors in its London office to £120,000 ($162,000) as part of a wider series of increases for junior lawyers in Britain.
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June 06, 2025
Poor Productivity Driving Crown Court Backlog, Study Says
Poor productivity has been a "major factor" in the growth of the Crown Court's case backlog since the COVID-19 pandemic, an economic think tank said in a study published Friday.

Apprenticeship Age Cap Risks Widening Legal Sector Divide
The government's move to restrict funding for solicitor apprenticeships to those under 22 risks widening the gap between large and small law firms, while reigniting concerns over social mobility and diversity in the legal profession.

AI-Powered Law Firm Sparks Debate On Legal Sector's Future
The country's first approved artificial intelligence law firm could be a turning point, making it easier for individuals and small businesses to get legal support. But the proliferation of artificial intelligence in the legal sector could also put considerable pressure on small firms and solo practitioners.

3 Key Takeaways From The UK's Litigation Funding Review
A government-backed review has set out 58 recommendations to reform the litigation funding sector in England and Wales, in a move that could deliver a significant boost to third-party funders after two years of uncertainty.

SRA U-Turns On Fines Amid Criticism Of Overreach
The move by the Solicitors Regulation Authority to stop imposing fines on lawyers for drink-driving convictions signals a return to regulatory boundaries as the watchdog seeks to restore confidence amid criticism over its handling of major failures and plans to expand its powers to issue financial penalties.
Editor's Picks
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The Revolving Door: Addleshaw Hires Cyber Chief From Bird
Over the past week, Addleshaw Goddard LLP hired a new director of cyber investigations from Bird & Bird LLP, Dechert LLP saw two experts in international capital markets transactions move to Baker Botts LLP, and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP recruited an expert in secondaries transactions from Kirkland & Ellis LLP.
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The Revolving Door: Blackstone Taps White & Case Counsel
Over the past week, Blackstone snapped up a White & Case LLP mergers and acquisitions lawyer to lead legal on European private equity deals, McDermott Will & Emery LLP brought on a seasoned antitrust partner in London, and 4 New Square welcomed a leading arbitration figure from Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP.
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Sidley Keeps Door Open For London Hires
After a string of high-profile hires in London, Sidley Austin LLP is still open to further additions, particularly in private capital, as it looks to build a resilient platform amid geopolitical uncertainty.
Expert Analysis
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Practice Leader Insights: Farrer & Co.'s Kathleen Heycock
Kathleen Heycock, leader of the employment practice at Farrer & Co., discusses why challenging cases foster a sense of achievement, how an increase in workplace investigations has affected her practice, and the importance of emotional intelligence when working on both positive and negative employment matters.
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Practice Leader Insights From Morgan Lewis' Timothy Corbett
Timothy Corbett, leader of Morgan Lewis' London corporate and business transactions practice, discusses the challenges of divesting a company of its Russia operations under wartime conditions, the need to align regional regulatory approaches to artificial intelligence across global businesses, and why junior lawyers should develop an area of special interest.
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Practice Leader Insights From Covington's Gregor Frizzell
Gregor Frizzell, head of the EMEA corporate group and vice chair of the global corporate practice at Covington, discusses the creative challenges of merger and acquisition document provisions, how modernizing the archaic stamp duty regime would be welcomed by tax lawyers, and the guidance offered by a recent case on the interpretation of material adverse clauses.
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Practice Leader Insights From Farrer & Co.'s Simon Ward
Simon Ward, leader of the private capital practice at Farrer & Co., discusses the challenges of coordinating an acquisition with lawyers from other practice areas, why finding ways to connect education institutions to regulators and decision-makers would be a positive shift, and why young lawyers should get involved in the business world early on.
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Practice Leader Insights From Morgan Lewis' Nick Bolter
Nick Bolter, leader of the London intellectual property practice at Morgan Lewis, discusses the challenges of acting in disputes where the other party is a lay person representing themselves, the need to refocus trademark law on consumer protection, and why IP is a challenging area of law.
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Practice Leader Insights From Mayer Brown's James West
James West, co-leader of Mayer Brown's private equity practice, discusses the challenges of conducting complex deals at pace, the benefits of maintaining a relatively light regulatory framework in the private equity arena, and why the current economic climate has led to a need for the industry to be more flexible in its approach to dealmaking.
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Practice Leader Insights From Norton Rose's Paul Griffin
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.
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What Rise Of AI Means For Future Of Junior Lawyer Careers
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.
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Practice Leader Insights From HFW's Michelle Chance
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
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.
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What Age Bias Ruling Means For Law Firm Retirement Policies
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
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
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
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.
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PR Perspectives: 3 Misconceptions Around Law Firm Brands
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.