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June 03, 2025
Vera Baird KC To Lead CCRC Amid Calls For Reform
Vera Baird KC will take over as the interim head of the troubled government body responsible for investigating miscarriages of justice, filling a role that has been vacant since January, the Ministry of Justice revealed Tuesday.
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June 03, 2025
Legal Tech Biz Wordsmith AI Raises $25M To Fuel Expansion
Scotland-based legal technology startup Wordsmith AI Ltd. said Tuesday that it has taken on an additional $25 million in funding from investors as it looks to expand its operations and scale up its infrastructure.
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June 03, 2025
Herbert Smith Partner Seconded To Takeover Panel
The U.K.'s Takeover Panel has appointed a corporate partner from Herbert Smith Freehills LLP to serve as its secretary starting in September.
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June 03, 2025
Ex-Pandora Boss To Blame For His Own Tax Bill, Adviser Says
A tax adviser has denied exposing the former president of jewelry giant Pandora, Peter Andersen, to significant liabilities tied to a €2.2 million ($2.5 million) French property deal, saying that any losses were caused by the ex-chief's deliberate and independent decisions.
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June 03, 2025
Birkett Long Staff Face Redundancy Risk After Knights Deal
Legal and professional services group Knights confirmed on Tuesday that it is considering some staff cuts at Birkett Long after revealing plans in May to buy the company's law firm and financial advisory business.
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June 03, 2025
UK Gov't Backs Legal Tech To Modernize Dispute Resolution
The government is committed to investing in legal technology as part of its growth agenda and to help ensure that dispute resolution "evolves with the times," a minister told a legal conference in London on Tuesday.
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June 02, 2025
Crowell & Moring Opens In Boston With Faber Daeufer Tie-Up
Crowell & Moring LLP and Faber Daeufer & Itrato PC announced Tuesday they have combined, allowing Crowell & Moring to open an office in Boston that builds on Faber Daeufer's strong presence in the city's life sciences community.
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June 02, 2025
Ex-Irwin Mitchell Lawyer Suspended Over Complaint Deletion
The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal has suspended a former Irwin Mitchell lawyer for a year after she deleted emails related to a client complaint but ultimately opted not to strike her off the register because of her "hitherto unblemished record."
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June 02, 2025
Ex-Law Firm Boss Loses 2nd Bid For Solicitor Reinstatement
A former law firm owner and equity partner has lost a second attempt to regain authorization to work as a solicitor after he was struck off for being dishonest and failing to spot fraud, with a tribunal ruling on Monday that his latest bid was "premature."
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June 02, 2025
Latham Takes A Team Of 11 From A&O Shearman
Latham & Watkins LLP said Monday it has significantly bolstered its structured finance transactions practice by taking on a team of 11 lawyers from A&O Shearman in London.
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June 02, 2025
Staff Win 90 Days' Pay Over Law Firm's Sudden Closure
A tribunal has awarded 90 days' worth of wages to 65 former staff at shuttered law firm BPS Solicitors, ruling in a decision released on Monday that the firm failed to properly warn the staff before closing its doors.
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June 02, 2025
Ward Hadaway Opens In Birmingham To Tap Midlands Market
Ward Hadaway LLP opened its doors in Birmingham on Monday, its first new office launch in more than a decade as it looks to tap into more opportunities to provide legal services to clients in central England.
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June 09, 2025
Shoosmiths Hires Worldpay Deputy GC To Drive Fintech Push
Shoosmiths LLP said on Monday that it has hired a senior lawyer at payments giant Worldpay as it looks to continue expanding its presence in financial services and technology, two key sectors for the firm.
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June 02, 2025
Pinsent Masons Poaches Deloitte Legal IP Team
Pinsent Masons LLP has snapped up Deloitte Legal's global head of intellectual property as part of a nine-lawyer team in London, in a move that the firm said represents a "significant expansion" of its practice.
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June 02, 2025
Gov't Told To Pass Law To Overturn PACCAR Funding Ruling
The government should introduce legislation to reverse a controversial U.K. Supreme Court decision that upended litigation financing, and make clear that commonly used funding agreements are enforceable, a government advisory body recommended Monday.
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June 02, 2025
Orrick Hires 3 M&A, Finance Pros In Paris And Milan
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP has hired three lawyers from Weil Gotshal & Manges and A&O Shearman to boost the corporate and finance practices in its offices in Paris and Milan.
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June 02, 2025
HSF, Kramer Levin Go Live With Transatlantic Merger
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP said Monday that it has successfully completed its merger with Kramer Levin of New York, creating a transatlantic law firm with more than $2 billion in revenue.
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June 06, 2025
Reed Smith Hires Cohen & Gresser London White-Collar Pro
Reed Smith LLP has recruited a senior expert in financial crime from Cohen & Gresser LLP in London to boost its capabilities representing clients in complex disputes and investigations.
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May 30, 2025
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
This past week in London has seen Entain face yet more investor claims in the fallout from its bribery probe, UEFA face class action from Liverpool fans over chaos at the 2022 World Cup, and a venture capitalist sue journalists for misuse of his private information over a forged police report. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.
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May 30, 2025
SRA Mulls Changes To Rules On Complaints To Firms
The solicitors' watchdog is exploring changes to its rules on how lawyers handle initial complaints, and it will collect and publish more data about the length of time it takes firms to resolve those issues to improve support for consumers.
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May 30, 2025
British Businessman Appears In Court In Malawi Bribery Case
A British businessman appeared at a London criminal court Friday on charges that he sent corrupt payments to the former vice-president of Malawi, as well as its ex-solicitor general and other high-ranking officials.
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May 30, 2025
The Revolving Door: Blackstone Taps White & Case Counsel
Over the past week, Blackstone snapped up a White & Case LLP mergers and acquisitions lawyer to lead legal on European private equity deals, McDermott Will & Emery LLP brought on a seasoned antitrust partner in London, and 4 New Square welcomed a leading arbitration figure from Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP.
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June 06, 2025
Orrick Hires Compensation And Benefits Pro From Latham
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP has hired a compensation and benefits associate from Latham & Watkins as a partner in its London office as the firm continues to expand its technology sector bench.
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May 30, 2025
Law Firm Fined £25K Over Lack Of AML Controls, Records
The solicitors' watchdog for England and Wales has fined a commercial law firm £25,000 ($34,000) for failing to follow anti-money-laundering regulations, declaring that it showed a "disregard" for the rules.
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May 30, 2025
Law Society Elects Obelisk Chief Exec As Deputy VP
The Law Society said Friday that it has elected the chief executive of Obelisk Support, a provider of flexible legal services, as deputy vice president and that she will become president of the solicitors' group in two years.