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January 19, 2026
Law Firm Defends Advice On Home Loan That Soared To £11M
A law firm has denied landing a homebuyer in debt of more than £11 million ($14.7 million) by failing to highlight the risks of using a bridging loan to finance a property deal worth £1.9 million, arguing at court that its advice was sound.
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January 19, 2026
Robert Reed To Retire As UK Supreme Court President
Robert Reed is set to retire from the U.K.'s highest court after serving as a senior member of the judiciary for almost three decades.
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January 16, 2026
Judicial Watchdog Faces Court Challenge Over Bullying Claim
The Judicial Conduct Investigations Office is set to face a court review over its failure to properly investigate Employment Judge Philip Lancaster, who has been accused by multiple women of bullying and other serious misconduct during hearings.
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January 16, 2026
Majority Of UK Law Trainees Are Absent From Firm Websites
Almost three quarters of trainees at the U.K.'s top 50 law firms remain absent from their firms' websites, even as their names appear on client invoices and their billable hours underpin the businesses' revenues, a new report found.
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January 16, 2026
Ex-Client Defamed It With Fraud Allegations, Law Firm Says
A law firm asked a court on Friday to find that a former client's series of emails accusing it of fraudulently overcharging him were accusing it of being dishonest as a matter of fact.
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January 16, 2026
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
This past week in London saw the David Lloyd gym chain file an intellectual property claim against its founder, security company Primekings reignite a long-running dispute with the former owners of an acquired business, and a pair of Belizean developers sue a finance executive they say shut them out of a cruise port project.
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January 16, 2026
Ex-Irwin Mitchell Solicitor Barred For Court Application Lie
A former solicitor at Irwin Mitchell LLP has been banned from practicing after she lied to an unrepresented party over a court application in a family law matter and then tried to get a junior colleague to continue to mislead them.
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January 16, 2026
The Revolving Door: MoFo Snaps Up Corporate Tax Pro
Over the past week, Morrison Foerster tapped a corporate tax partner from Davis Polk & Wardwell, Shoosmiths bolstered its banking and finance bench with two senior partners, Mayer Brown lost a leveraged finance veteran to HSF Kramer, and Baker McKenzie rehired a regulation specialist from Google.
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January 15, 2026
Harvey To Launch Paris Office In Bid To Expand European Biz
The legal artificial intelligence platform Harvey is eyeing a stronger presence in Europe with the opening of a new office in Paris, the company announced Thursday.
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January 15, 2026
Osborne Clarke Appoints New Bristol Location Head
Osborne Clarke LLP said Thursday that it has appointed a real estate partner as the new head of its office in Bristol.
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January 15, 2026
Daily Mail, Celebs Accuse Each Other Of Pushing New Claims
Prince Harry and other public figures argued with the publisher of Daily Mail at court on Thursday, accusing each other of springing allegations on the eve of a mammoth trial over the newspaper's alleged use of unlawful information-gathering techniques.
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January 15, 2026
SRA Appeals To Revive Carter-Ruck OneCoin Crypto Case
The Solicitors Regulation Authority said Thursday that it will appeal a tribunal's decision to throw out disciplinary proceedings against a Carter-Ruck partner for threatening a whistleblower exposing the OneCoin cryptocurrency scam.
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January 15, 2026
Solicitor Accused Of Falsifying Time Records To Face SDT
The solicitors' watchdog has referred a lawyer to a tribunal over allegations of misconduct while he was at a firm in northwest England, including that he inflated the amount of time he spent carrying out client work.
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January 15, 2026
Axiom Ince Says SRA Negligently Failed To Spot £65M Fraud
Axiom Ince has accused the Solicitors Regulation Authority in a court claim of bungling a probe into the firm and missing a chance to prevent further losses stemming from its former chief executive's alleged misappropriation of £65 million ($87 million) of client money.
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January 15, 2026
Employment Judge Sanctioned For 'Hostile' Behavior In Court
An employment judge has been sanctioned for displaying "hostile" behavior during a tribunal hearing after facing broader allegations of bullying and intimidation by multiple claimants.
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January 14, 2026
Walkers' Chief Looks Beyond LLPs To Fuel Growth With PE
The global managing partner of Walkers has said that its decision to take external investment from a private equity backer is a sign of things to come as law firms look beyond the limits of traditional partnership models.
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January 14, 2026
Fieldfisher Hires Ex-McDermott Brussels Leader
Fieldfisher LLP has recruited the former managing partner of McDermott Will & Schulte's office in Brussels, one of two new hires in the Belgian capital to boost its services to clients in European Union regulatory and competition matters.
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January 14, 2026
Ex-A&O Shearman Partner Launches Arbitrator Practice
A former Allen Overy Shearman Sterling partner has embarked on a career as an independent arbitrator after leaving the firm where he was previously global co-head of international arbitration.
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January 14, 2026
Nigeria Wants To Pursue Litigation Funders For £50M Costs Bill
Nigeria argued at an appeals court on Wednesday that it should be able to seek to recover its £50 million ($67.3 million) legal bill from the litigation funders of an oil and gas company that defrauded the West African state in arbitration proceedings.
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January 21, 2026
HFW Hires Orrick's Geneva Arbitration Chief After Closure
Holman Fenwick Willan LLP has scooped up an arbitration partner with over 20 years of experience from Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe after the firm closed its Switzerland office, part of HFW's plans to bolster its international arbitration practice in Geneva.
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January 13, 2026
Minister Defends Plan To Drop Jury Trials In Complex Fraud
The U.K. government's courts minister on Tuesday defended proposals to drop jury trials for all but the most complex fraud and serious criminal cases, arguing that the current system is not fit for the demands of the 21st century.
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January 13, 2026
Ashurst's Top Partner Earns £3.8M Amid Merger Plans
Ashurst's latest financial accounts show that its highest-paid equity partner earned almost £3.8 million ($5 million) in the most recent financial year, as the firm prepares for a crucial partner vote on its planned merger with Perkins Coie.
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January 13, 2026
Belgian Firms Join Forces For UPC Litigation
Two Belgian patent firms said Tuesday that they have combined their Unified Patent Court teams to create a joint practice of 27 lawyers qualified to appear at the European forum.
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January 13, 2026
Carter-Ruck Pro Seeks £914K From SRA Over OneCoin Case
A Carter-Ruck partner urged a disciplinary tribunal on Tuesday to order the solicitors' regulator to pay her almost £1 million ($1.35 million) in legal costs and tax over its allegation that she had improperly threatened a whistleblower who exposed the OneCoin cryptocurrency scam.
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January 13, 2026
Barrister Loses Bid For Costs After Employment Appeal Win
The Employment Appeal Tribunal has refused a bid by a Garden Court Chambers barrister to get two companies to pay his costs for defending himself against their unsuccessful wasted costs application over his management of a discrimination case brought by a former staffer.