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June 12, 2025
Consumer Panel Calls For Reform Of Legal Complaint Process
The Legal Services Consumer Panel on Thursday urged providers and regulators to "step up efforts" to address consumer complaints, after research revealed that only about a quarter of legal services' users knew the first step to take to complain about poor service.
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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
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.
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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
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.