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August 25, 2026
A solicitor struck off for dishonesty and practicing without valid insurance failed Tuesday in his bid to return to the profession, after a tribunal reasoned that he had not demonstrated sufficient rehabilitation or exceptional circumstances warranting his restoration to the roll.
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August 24, 2026
Mayer Brown International LLP said Monday that it appointed a new chief people and talent officer from Ropes & Gray LLP, bringing more than 25 years of experience in the sector a year after the firm launched a revamped hiring strategy.
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August 24, 2026
A technology specialist at the Ministry of Justice is set to become chief executive of England and Wales' court operator, after recently overseeing efforts to improve digital growth across the U.K. justice system.
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August 24, 2026
Freeths LLP has hired a new chief technology officer from global audit and consulting business Forvis Mazars LLP to advance its strategy around artificial intelligence and other technology as it looks to enhance its services to clients.
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August 24, 2026
A former DLA Piper employee will have to wait until 2028 for her harassment and discrimination claim to be heard, a London employment judge said Monday.
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August 24, 2026
Clarke Willmott LLP has expanded its services for corporate and private clients by acquiring Latitude Law, a specialist immigration firm in northwest England.
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August 21, 2026
Coty Inc., a publicly traded beauty company, has announced it will give its Chief Legal Officer Kristin Blazewicz a bonus of nearly $1.28 million, paying half in June 2027 and half in June 2028, subject to her continued employment.
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August 21, 2026
Fletchers Group said Friday that it has agreed to acquire Moore Barlow LLP's clinical negligence, personal injury and major trauma businesses, as the private equity-backed firm continues its acquisition-driven expansion across England and Wales.
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August 21, 2026
Landmark reforms that hand prosecutors powerful new artificial intelligence tools could ease the disclosure burdens on investigators in economic crime cases but will likely also shift the battlelines with defense lawyers, experts say.
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August 21, 2026
Knights Group said Friday it would buy the commercial and private wealth business of English law firm Moore Barlow LLP for £27 million ($37 million), marking its second acquisition in one week as consolidation in the country's legal sector gathers pace.
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August 21, 2026
A London judge ordered Prince Harry and other celebrities Friday to pay the publisher of the Daily Mail more than £9.5 million ($12.9 million) toward its costs in their unsuccessful privacy case, though the final figure could be much higher.
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August 21, 2026
Over the past week, Clifford Chance lost top talent to Stephenson Harwood and CMS, a Leigh Day partner joined KP Law to run the rugby brain injury group litigation, Bristows hired a Morrison Foerster disputes lawyer, and Kirkland & Ellis strengthened its London secondaries team with the hire of a Latham & Watkins partner.
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August 21, 2026
The global and several national rugby governing bodies failed Friday to throw out hundreds of brain injury claims by former players who withheld medical information, after a court ruled they "should not be punished for the sins" of their former law firm.
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August 21, 2026
A veteran barrister at St. Philips Chambers has been appointed as a salaried employment judge, the courts said Friday.
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August 21, 2026
The past week in London has seen former Liberal Democrat MP Mark Oaten sue a fur auction house, private equity and pensions magnate Edmund Truell hit by a commercial contract claim and Charles Russell Speechlys file a contract claim against two of its previous clients in the Middle East.
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August 21, 2026
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has accused the former chief executive of SSB Group Ltd. of failing to flag warning signs before the business collapsed with £200 million ($273 million) in debt, after the regulator was itself criticized for not effectively overseeing the firm.
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August 21, 2026
The administrators of SSB Law have sued another of the collapsed firm's insurers for £6.5 million ($8.9 million) to recover after the event litigation premiums linked to cavity wall insulation claims, arguing that the policies were never truly effective.
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August 20, 2026
Vantage Group Holdings, a specialty insurance and reinsurance company based in Bermuda, said Thursday it has hired the former legal chief of AIG and Seaport Entertainment Group as its general counsel.
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August 20, 2026
The Financial Conduct Authority warned Thursday about the dangers of investing in high-risk loan notes and mini-bonds following the collapse of litigation funder Woodville Consultants Ltd.
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August 20, 2026
A former manager at a northeast England law firm has been struck off after the firm was shut down by the Solicitors Regulation Authority in 2023, with approximately £451,000 ($615,000) of client money missing because of improper transfers from its client account.
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August 20, 2026
The solicitors' watchdog for England and Wales has fined a lawyer £5,300 ($7,000) after ruling that she breached client money rules and performed unauthorized legal work at the southeast London practice that she owned.
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August 20, 2026
An employment tribunal has dismissed an employment lawyer's maternity discrimination claim after she missed a strict three-month deadline to present her case.
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August 27, 2026
London law firm Collyer Bristow LLP said Thursday that it has hired a former co-head of commercial litigation at Joelson LLP to lead its commercial disputes practice.
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August 19, 2026
As legal artificial intelligence companies debate whether customers should pay for AI by the seat or by usage, Harvey is sticking with traditional software-style pricing following a major product overhaul that was introduced Tuesday.
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August 19, 2026
International law firm Holman Fenwick Willan LLP said Wednesday that it has appointed legal and professional services veteran executive Sanjay Bhandari as an external adviser to its board.