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April 13, 2026
Reynolds Porter Chamberlain LLP said Monday that it will relocate to new headquarters in London, ending a 20-year tenure at Tower Bridge.
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April 13, 2026
Trademark boutique Brandsmiths bolstered its prosecution practice on Monday with the acquisition of U.K. intellectual property firm Sipara.
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April 13, 2026
The Law Society said Monday that non-solicitors can carry out litigation tasks under supervision, provided an authorized lawyer remains responsible, issuing its first practical guidance after the Court of Appeal's landmark ruling in Mazur.
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April 13, 2026
The Employment Rights Act raises the financial and reputational risk of violations of employment law. Here, Andre Wolff and Laura Lescott, lawyers for global technology firm Infosys and members of the Association of Corporate Counsel, talk about how in-house teams can make compliance with the legislation a commercial priority.
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April 13, 2026
Perkins Coie and Ashurst said on Monday that the partners at both their firms had voted "overwhelmingly" in favor of a merger, paving the way for a new transatlantic firm with revenue of around $2.8 billion.
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April 13, 2026
Simmons & Simmons LLP said Monday that it has taken on its first round of eight students for a new artificial intelligence law internship that is aimed at blending legal and technical training to help better equip future lawyers on the emerging technology.
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April 13, 2026
Irwin Mitchell named its head of commercial dispute resolution on Monday as one of six lawyers that it has promoted to become full equity partners at the firm.
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April 10, 2026
The past week in London has seen the owner of an oil tanker stuck in the Strait of Hormuz sued by an energy company and an insurer, law firm Boodle Hatfield LLP and two Serle Court barristers sued by a group of Winston Churchill's great-grandchildren, and Welsh Water hit with a fresh class action over polluted rivers.
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April 10, 2026
Female aspiring barristers are significantly less optimistic about their career prospects than their male counterparts, with concerns about work-life balance driving much of that negative outlook, according to a survey released by the Bar Council on Friday.
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April 10, 2026
Legal technology business Orbital has announced the launch of a residential conveyancing firm that will deploy its own artificial intelligence software at the coalface after several years providing the tech to other firms.
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April 10, 2026
A disciplinary tribunal has upheld a fine of £68,000 ($91,400) for anti-money laundering failures against a law firm that used its client bank account to move $23 million for a Russian customer, concluding that the penalty fell within the range of possible sanctions.
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April 10, 2026
A London law firm that improperly retained a client's funds has been slapped with a bill of £35,000 (£47,000) for the Solicitor Regulation Authority's costs after a tribunal fined it just £2,500.
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April 10, 2026
Over the past week, White & Case lost a senior private equity partner to Ashurst, Eversheds Sutherland strengthened its global finance practice with a Reed Smith addition, and Shoosmiths recruited an IP partner from Taylor Wessing a month before its merger with Winston & Strawn.
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April 09, 2026
Holman Fenwick Willan LLP said Friday it has launched a bankruptcy, insolvency and restructuring practice in Paris, adding a new partner from French firm Franklin to kickstart the new unit.
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April 09, 2026
Akin's head of international technology has left the firm less than two years after joining to launch his own consultancy to offer businesses commercial and transactional advice.
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April 09, 2026
The Bar Standards Board has said that it expects its annual expenditure for the coming financial year to increase by nearly £3 million ($4 million) as its interim director general warned that artificial intelligence is driving up reports about barristers.
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April 09, 2026
A former partner at a law firm has been banned from practicing as a solicitor after he deliberately backdated a signed document and misled a client about a draft will sent to an old address.
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April 09, 2026
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has fined a law firm £11,500 ($15,000) for breaching its anti-money laundering rules, criticizing it for historical failures dating back as far as 2011.
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April 08, 2026
The artificial-intelligence-powered patent platform Patlytics raised a $40 million Series B round on Wednesday, bringing its total funding to date to about $65 million.
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April 08, 2026
Fieldfisher is aiming to launch at least two new AI-powered legal products "with substantial revenue potential" each year as the technology increasingly drives how law firms operate and sell services to clients.
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April 08, 2026
Winston & Strawn LLP is moving to the City of London office of the U.K. branch of Taylor Wessing, bringing their teams together under one roof when the two firms complete their merger.
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April 08, 2026
A Cardiff law firm has been ordered to pay a former employee compensation for harassment related to race, according to a newly public judgment.
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April 08, 2026
A disciplinary tribunal fined a former Olswang LLP solicitor £15,000 ($20,000) on Wednesday for failing to promptly report a series of drink-driving convictions to the Solicitors Regulation Authority.
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April 08, 2026
Charles Russell Speechlys said Wednesday that it is promoting nine lawyers to its partnership in 2026, fewer than the number who moved up to partner posts a year earlier.
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April 07, 2026
Fladgate said Tuesday that its revenue has surpassed £100 million ($133 million) for the first time, as the firm combined double-digit growth with the hire of a new partner from another firm and the promotion of four lawyers to its partnership.