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August 21, 2025
Law Firms Underprepared For New Pay Gap Reporting Rules
Law firms are ahead when it comes to reporting data on their ethnicity pay gaps — but they might not be prepared for new measures that the government is planning to introduce, experts warn.
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August 21, 2025
UPC's Arbitration Center Gears Up For 2026 Launch
The Unified Patent Court's alternative dispute resolution arm has invited interested candidates to apply to serve as mediators, arbitrators and expert determinators as it aims to become fully operational early next year.
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August 21, 2025
'Exceptionally Lucky' Fake London Solicitor Avoids Prison
An unlicensed legal professional who admitted to impersonating a practicing solicitor was handed a suspended sentence on Thursday after a London judge said he was "exceptionally lucky" the prisons were in crisis.
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August 21, 2025
Solicitor Denies Intentionally Misleading Clients About Case
A solicitor accused of misleading clients for months about the outcome of a hearing he had lost told a tribunal on Thursday that he genuinely believed there had not been a final decision on the case.
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August 21, 2025
Kirkland Mandates 4 Days In The Office In London
Kirkland & Ellis LLP said Thursday it will require all lawyers and staff in London to attend the office four days per week from September onward ahead of its move to a new office in the City.
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August 21, 2025
A&O Shearman's Revenue Hits £3B In 1st Year After Merger
Allen Overy Shearman Sterling has reported almost £3 billion ($4 billion) in revenue in its first full financial year since being created in a merger, with average profit per equity partner reaching £2 million.
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August 21, 2025
Law Partners' Income Soars Past £300K But Barristers See Dip
The earnings of partners at U.K. law firms have rocketed by more than 40% in five years amid strong demand for their services, but barristers are not enjoying the same growth in income, research by a wealth management specialist has revealed.
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August 21, 2025
Prosecutors Can Hunt Lawyer's Assets In Castle Fraud Case
A London court ruled Thursday that prosecutors could go ahead with efforts to claw back money from a former lawyer who was imprisoned for more than a decade for defrauding an American property developer out of £10.5 million ($14 million.)
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August 21, 2025
Travers Smith's Turnover Dips To £210M After Record High
Travers Smith said Thursday that its provisional financial results show turnover has dipped slightly to £210 million ($282 million) and its profits have decreased, against a backdrop of "choppy" economic and market conditions.
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August 20, 2025
Female Leadership May Narrow Pay Gaps But Isn't A Cure-All
Law firms led by women might be more likely to pursue initiatives that help to close the gender pay gap and encourage junior females to strive for partnership — but this is not a solution for pay inequality.
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August 20, 2025
Pogust Gives Gramercy Claim To Assets On $617M Funding
Pogust Goodhead has signed a security agreement that gives U.S. hedge fund Gramercy the right to sell the firm's assets if it defaults, following a fresh injection of capital from the American company.
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August 27, 2025
Perkins Coie Hires Tech Pro From Clifford Chance
Perkins Coie LLP has hired a senior technology lawyer from Clifford Chance LLP to boost its capabilities in its relatively new operation in London.
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August 20, 2025
Judge Warned After Having Sex In Judicial Chambers
A judge has been sanctioned after he fell short of the standard of conduct expected from an office-holder by having sex in his judicial chambers, the Judicial Conduct Investigations Office said Wednesday.
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August 20, 2025
HSF Kramer Unveils Neurodiversity Mentoring Program
HSF Kramer said Wednesday that it has developed a new mentoring program to support neurodivergent individuals who work in the legal sector as they look to make progress in their careers.
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August 20, 2025
Prosecutors Want £10.5M From Lawyer In Castle Fraud Case
A lawyer imprisoned for more than a decade for misappropriating money sent by an American property developer to buy a castle in Scotland owes his victims £10.5 million ($14 million), prosecutors told a London judge on Wednesday.
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August 20, 2025
Knights Expands To Wales As Deals Spree Continues
Knights has acquired a Welsh law firm as it prepares to open an outpost in Cardiff later in 2025, its first permanent base outside England.
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August 19, 2025
Law Firms Silent As They Struggle To Close Partner Pay Gap
Half of the U.K.'s highest-earning law firms don't report on gender pay gaps among their partners, despite calls for them to do so since the regime was established eight years ago.
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August 19, 2025
Pogust Goodhead Secures New Funds Amid CEO Shift
Pogust Goodhead has secured additional money from Gramercy Funds Management LLC as its co-founder and chief executive has taken a leave of absence amid a fierce battle with BHP Group over a sprawling environmental class action.
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August 19, 2025
Nordic Private Equity Firm Axcel Unveils Swedish Legal Group
Nordic private equity firm Axcel said Tuesday that it has established a new legal services group with the acquisition of six Swedish business law firms.
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August 19, 2025
London Law Firm Fined Over 7-Year AML Oversight Failures
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has fined a London law firm more than £8,600 ($11,600) for failing to properly document over seven years the level of risk of money laundering posed by clients.
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August 19, 2025
Bridgehaven Pens Deal To Support Solicitor Indemnity Market
British specialty insurer Bridgehaven has said it will support managing general agent Pen Underwriting and its solicitors' professional indemnity portfolio under a new partnership.
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August 19, 2025
Rosenblatt CEO Exits To Launch PE-Focused Advisory Firm
The chief executive of Rosenblatt Law Ltd. has stepped down to launch an advisory firm specializing in private equity investment in the legal industry, as deals-making momentum in the sector grows.
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August 19, 2025
Addleshaw Goddard's Revenues Top £500M For First Time
Addleshaw Goddard LLP said Tuesday that it has delivered record revenue of more than £500 million ($676 million) following contributions from all areas of the business.
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August 18, 2025
Opaque Bonus Policies Widen Gender Pay Gap In Law Firms
Opaque bonus processes and a tendency for women to specialize in lower-earning practices are hampering progress by law firms as they seek to close the more than 31% bonus pay-gap, experts say.
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August 18, 2025
Litigation Funder Burford Eyes Investments In US Law Firms
Burford Capital LLC, the world's largest litigation funder, is eyeing an investment model to put money directly in U.S. law firms after years of investing in U.S. lawsuits, its chief development officer told Law360 Pulse.