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September 01, 2025
Gateley Buys IP Biz Groom Wilkes & Wright For Up To £9M
Gateley (Holdings) PLC said Monday that it has bought Groom Wilkes & Wright, a boutique intellectual property firm, in a transaction worth up to £9 million ($12 million) as the professional services group seeks to broaden its business.
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August 29, 2025
Sports Silk On Why BigLaw Is Queuing To Get Into The Game
Nick De Marco KC has acted for clients including Cristiano Ronaldo and Tyson Fury, but representing his beloved Queens Park Rangers in a make-or-break player ownership dispute tops them all. Here, he discusses the Magic Circle’s growing appetite for sports law work, the perils of football regulation and the realities of advising A-list clients.
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September 05, 2025
Singapore Chambers Duxton Hill Expands To London Bar
Duxton Hill Chambers has unveiled the opening of a new operation in London, making it the first Singaporean chambers to establish a presence at the English bar, with the help of a former Allen & Overy LLP arbitration chief.
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August 29, 2025
Baker Botts Gets Early $1M Win In $7M Tycoon Fee Fight
Baker Botts LLP scored a partial early victory in its fight to recover $7 million in fees from an Egyptian energy mogul, with a London court ordering the businessman's company on Friday to pay $1 million ahead of a trial.
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August 29, 2025
Ex-BLM Family Law Chief Accused Of Misleading Client
A former head of family law at Berrymans Lace Mawer LLP has been referred to a tribunal over allegations that he misled a client, the Solicitors Regulation Authority has said.
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August 29, 2025
The Revolving Door: Perkins Coie, Proskauer Make Big Hires
Over the course of August, Proskauer expanded its leveraged finance capabilities with a White & Case hire, Perkins Coie snagged a technology veteran from Clifford Chance to support its recent growth in the capital, and Addleshaw Goddard launched a tax disputes and investigations practice with five specialists from Pinsent Masons.
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August 29, 2025
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
This past week in London has seen Prosecco DOC Consortium bring an intellectual property claim against a distributor, the Serious Fraud Office bring a civil recovery claim against the ex-wife of a solicitor jailed over a £19.5 million fraud scheme, and law firm Joseph Hage Aaronson & Bremen LLP sue its former client, the bankrupt Indian tycoon Vijay Mallya. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.
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August 29, 2025
Ex-Burness Paull IT Worker Banned For Forging Invoice
An IT worker at Burness Paull who forged a medical invoice to get an advance on his salary has been banned from working for legal service providers without the consent of the Solicitors Regulation Authority.
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August 28, 2025
SFO Hikes Lawyers' Rates As New Fraud Offense Takes Effect
The Serious Fraud Office revealed an increase to lawyers' hourly rates for the first time in almost two decades on Thursday, days before a new fraud offense comes into force.
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August 28, 2025
New CLLS Chief Looks To Boost Diversity In London's BigLaw
The new chief executive of the City of London Law Society acknowledges the challenge of advancing diversity in the legal profession while expanding membership of the trade body. But he told Law360 that he is confident that lawyers have the capacity for progress and change.
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August 28, 2025
Livingston FC Defeats Ex-GC's Unfair Dismissal Claim
The former general counsel at a Scottish Premier League club has lost his employment tribunal claim accusing Livingston FC of forcing him to resign for blowing the whistle about purported financial irregularities and unlawful payments to players.
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August 28, 2025
Kennedys Admits Data Breach In Church Abuse Email
Kennedys Law LLP said Thursday that it has reported itself to regulators after it inadvertently left the email addresses of almost 200 survivors and law firms visible to all the recipients of an update on redress for abuse in the Church of England.
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August 28, 2025
SRA Fines Law Firm For Lapses In AML Compliance
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has fined a Bournemouth-based law firm £14,509 ($19,589) after it failed to properly assess money laundering risks in client transactions for more than seven years.
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August 28, 2025
SRA Reports Record 82% Pass Rate For SQE2
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has reported that the pass rate for aspiring lawyers sitting the second stage of the Solicitors Qualifying Examination has hit a record high of 82%.
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August 27, 2025
Weightmans Posts Revenue Of £145M As Profit Dips Slightly
Weightmans LLP said Wednesday that its net profit dipped slightly but revenue hit an all-time high of £145 million ($196 million) in the final year that its managing partner of 12 years oversaw the firm.
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August 27, 2025
Call For FCA Oversight On Portfolio Funding Sparks Concerns
Litigation-funding experts have warned that a recent government-backed report could have unintended consequences for the sector by calling on the Financial Conduct Authority to regulate portfolio funding — without clearly defining what that entails.
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August 27, 2025
Consultant's Dishonesty Over Fake Signature Leads To Ban
The solicitors' regulator has sanctioned an immigration consultant for falsely signing a document to support a client's visa application.
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August 27, 2025
Addleshaw Prioritizes Senior Lawyers With NQ Pay Freeze
Addleshaw Goddard LLP said Wednesday that it is freezing salaries of its newly qualified solicitors, amid growing concerns in the U.K. legal market that earnings of freshly qualified lawyers are increasing more quickly than experienced associates.
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August 27, 2025
Ex-Law Firm Chief Suspended For Backdating Client Letter
A former managing partner at an English law firm has been suspended for 12 months and ordered to pay costs by a disciplinary tribunal after admitting to backdating a client care letter to make it appear as though it had been issued three years earlier.
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September 03, 2025
Addleshaw Hires Team Of 5 From Pinsent For Tax Group
Addleshaw Goddard has launched a tax disputes and investigations practice with the recruitment of a team of five specialists from Pinsent Masons.
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August 26, 2025
Freeths Downsizes In Milton Keynes With New Office
Freeths LLP has relocated to a new office in Milton Keynes that is roughly half the size of its previous premises in a bid to adjust as staff continue to engage in hybrid working.
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August 26, 2025
Ashurst Leverages AI, London Growth To Court US Market
Ashurst LLP is strengthening its London office with increased hiring and deeper integration of generative artificial intelligence as it considers a merger to accelerate its growth in the U.S. market, the firm's new managing partner in the English capital told Law360.
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August 26, 2025
Law Firm Sued For £1M After Fraudster Hijacks Property Deal
A regional law firm is being sued for up to £1 million ($1.35 million) for allegedly helping a fraudster impersonate the owner of a London property, which prevented a sale being completed.
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August 26, 2025
Ex-Axiom Pro Barred For Diverting £77K To Personal Account
A former lawyer at Axiom DWFM has been banned from working as a solicitor after he misappropriated approximately £77,000 ($104,000) into his personal bank account for carrying out client work on behalf of the firm, a tribunal has said.
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August 26, 2025
Ex-Irwin Mitchell Lawyer Barred For Inflating Billable Hours
A former senior associate at Irwin Mitchell LLP has been barred from practicing for claiming she had spent more time on client work than she actually did as she said she was struggling to hit targets for billable hours.