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  Carter-Ruck Invokes Privilege In Legal Bid To Stop SRA Case

  By Sophia Dourou

  Carter-Ruck has asked the High Court to block the Solicitors Regulation Authority from investigating it for alle...(read more)

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  Lawyers Groups Urge Rethink On LLP Tax Proposals

  By Marialuisa Taddia

  Leading lawyers' groups urged the government on Tuesday to scrap plans to add National Insurance contributions t...(read more)

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• Ex-Slaughter & May Lawyer Banned For Lying In Pupillage Bid

  By Jamie Lennox

  A disciplinary tribunal has struck off a former Slaughter and May associate after he admitted to telling a host of lies in his attempt to secure a pupillage within a prominent central London barristers' chambers.

• PI Boutique Express Solicitors Gets PE Backing For Growth

  By Ashish Sareen

  Personal injury specialist Express Solicitors Ltd. said Tuesday that it has secured an investment from Ufenau Capital Partners AG in exchange for a majority stake in the firm as the private equity sector continues to take a growing interest in the U.K. legal market.

• Watchdog OKs Stand-Alone Litigation Rights For Legal Execs

  By Ashish Sareen

  The Legal Services Board said Monday that it has approved an application from the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives Ltd. to authorize the executives to have stand-alone litigation practice rights, after a recent court ruling railed concerns among law firms about the legality of delegating litigation work to nonqualified employees.

• Excello Law's Revenues Soar Past £30M Amid Expansion

  By Ashish Sareen

  Excello Law posted record revenues of more than £30 million ($39 million) on Monday, amid expansion in the U.K. and internationally.

• Nigeria Must Reveal £11M Barristers' Fee Details In Costs Row

  By William Janes

  An energy company that defrauded Nigeria won a bid Friday to force the West African state to provide more information about £11 million ($14.4 million) of barristers' fees ahead of a battle over the country's £44 million legal bill.

• The Revolving Door: A&O Shearman Hires Weil Debt Partner

  By Laura Stewart Liberty

  Over the past week, Cleary Gottlieb hired a leading competition disputes partner from White & Case, A&O Shearman recruited a senior leveraged finance partner from Weil and Payne Hicks Beach hired an insolvency pro from Isadore Goldman.

• LSB Reveals Scope Of Mazur Regulatory Advice Review

  By William Janes

  England's legal oversight regulator has revealed that its review of watchdogs after the High Court ruling on Mazur will investigate whether their guidance about who could conduct litigation had an "adverse impact on the regulatory objectives."

• Latham Elects Largest London Partner Intake Since 2022

  By Ashish Sareen

  Latham & Watkins LLP has elected 40 associates in the U.S. and Europe to its partnership, with its London office recording its largest intake of new partners in a single promotions round since 2022.

• Gov't Weighs Paccar Reversal Amid Litigation Fears

  By Marialuisa Taddia

  The government has not set a deadline for reversing a controversial ruling that has disrupted the litigation-funding sector, but has indicated it could go further as it praised the industry's "critical role" in supporting the U.K.'s status as a global hub for commercial litigation and arbitration.

• Top Law Firms, Brokers Compete For Legal Finance Honors

  By Ashish Sareen

  Law firms, legal technology companies and litigation-finance brokers are among those who have made the shortlist in the International Legal Finance Association's inaugural awards, which recognize achievement and innovation in the global industry, the trade association said Thursday.

• Bar Council Criticizes Tribunal Chair Changes In BSB Plan

  By Ashish Sareen

  The Bar Council said Wednesday that it has supported several proposals in the Bar Standards Board's consultation to make its enforcement process more efficient and transparent, but pushed back on a proposed change to who can chair a disciplinary panel.

• Senior Barrister Disbarred After Admitting Sexual Harassment

  By Ronan Barnard

  A senior criminal barrister was disbarred at a London legal disciplinary tribunal Wednesday after he admitted sexually harassing a junior colleague in 2018.