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July 21, 2026
A former Premier League footballer attempted Tuesday to save his resurrected negligence case against Charles Russell Speechlys over advice given about a multimillion-pound dispute with his brother.
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July 21, 2026
Carter-Ruck and businessman Mohamed Amersi urged the High Court on Tuesday to rule that the solicitors' watchdog cannot compel law firms to hand over documents protected by clients' legal professional privilege during misconduct investigations.
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July 21, 2026
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP defeated a Nigerian tourism company's $74 million professional negligence claim over legal advice on an investment deal with The Carlyle Group, as a London judge ruled Tuesday that the claim was time-barred.
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July 21, 2026
Gateley (Holdings) PLC said Tuesday that its chief executive is stepping down for health-related reasons as the professional services group separately conducts a redundancy consultation involving up to 40 staff members in a bid to improve its profit margin.
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July 21, 2026
A property development group has settled its claim against a property tycoon's brother who it alleged had transferred his shares from an investment venture to frustrate attempts to recover money funneled from a £13 million ($17.5 million) fraud.
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July 21, 2026
Travers Smith reported on Tuesday that turnover has recovered to hit an all-time high of almost £230 million ($308 million) and that revenue per lawyer and partner profits also reached record levels, driven by growth across its operations.
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July 21, 2026
Linklaters LLP said Tuesday that profit per equity partner rose by more than 11% as the firm continued to push for growth in the lucrative U.S. market, although the increase was slower than the growth it recorded a year earlier.
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July 20, 2026
Lathrop GPM LLP announced Monday that it has agreed to combine with intellectual property firm HG Law at the start of January, which would expand its capabilities in the Silicon Valley market and give the firm a presence in New York and London.
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July 20, 2026
Baker McKenzie has boosted the earnings of newly qualified solicitors in its London office to £150,000 ($201,378), becoming the latest firm to match the Magic Circle after Macfarlanes LLP announced an increase earlier in July.
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July 20, 2026
A solicitor imprisoned for defrauding a client of £10.3 million ($13.8 million) in a sham deal to buy a Scottish castle has enough hidden assets to pay back his victim, a prosecutor told a confiscation hearing Monday.
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July 20, 2026
Carter-Ruck's upcoming challenge to the Solicitors Regulation Authority's demand for documents that the law firm says are protected by legal professional privilege could reshape how the SRA investigates SLAPPs and the misuse of client funds — even if the regulator wins.
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July 20, 2026
Andy Burnham succeeded Keir Starmer as British prime minister on Monday, pledging to end four decades of private sector-led policy by expanding state control over people's well-being and the economy.
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July 20, 2026
Mishcon de Reya LLP said Monday that it will relocate to a larger office in London in 2029 as it pursues its long-term growth plans.
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July 20, 2026
Clifford Chance LLP announced Monday the launch of an internal knowledge management platform, which relies on artificial intelligence, developed in partnership with Epiq Advisory for Law Firms and Microsoft.
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July 20, 2026
The Ministry of Justice has said a grant of up to £3.6 million ($4.8 million) is available for a new contractor to take over the next phase of LawtechUK, an initiative designed to improve access to technology in the legal sector.
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July 20, 2026
Linklaters defended its recruitment process on Monday after it unknowingly offered a training contract to a child of a senior leader at the firm.
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July 27, 2026
Paul Hastings LLP has launched an international arbitration practice at its office in Paris with the hire of two new partners from White & Case LLP.
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July 20, 2026
The government has proposed lifting the ban on damages-based agreements in opt-out competition claims, saying the move could expand funding options and reduce costs as part of a wider review of the collective proceedings regime.
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July 17, 2026
The most senior judge in England and Wales criticized the attorney general and Crown Prosecution Service on Friday over their role in what she called the "sensationalist reporting" of a rape trial that prompted the "personal condemnation and vilification" of a judge.
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July 17, 2026
Twenty Essex Chambers said Friday it has appointed two co-heads to lead its commercial set, with Philip Edey KC remaining in the role.
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July 17, 2026
The past week in London has seen Snapchat and Dolby press on with a fresh infringement claim in their ongoing patent battle, The Telegraph face an intellectual property claim by a photo archive, a group of international human rights barristers and chambers sued, and oil business Equinor embroiled in a contract dispute with BP after recently acquiring full ownership in their offshore project. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.
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July 17, 2026
Over the past week, a maternity medical negligence specialist returned to Irwin Mitchell, Katten Muchin Rosenman hired a third structured products pro from Crowell & Moring, and Osborne Clarke rehired an infrastructure heavyweight in Bristol. Here, Law360 looks at those and more of the week's most notable lateral hires across the U.K.
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July 17, 2026
Gateley PLC said on Friday that it has begun a consultation that could lead to redundancies as the professional services group looks to improve its profit margin by managing costs.
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July 17, 2026
A businessman who was jailed for harassing two leading financial crime lawyers in a campaign that culminated in a fake bomb attack on their office lost his appeal against his conviction and sentence on Friday.
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July 17, 2026
Kingsley Napley said Friday that revenue has risen to approximately £77 million ($103.4 million) and that profit increased in the first full year under its current managing partner, as it unveiled a new strategy to keep growing the business.