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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.
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August 19, 2026
Further blurring the lines between software and services, legal technology company Elevate added legal project management capabilities to its portfolio Wednesday through its acquisition of Lupl.
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August 19, 2026
An employment tribunal has ordered former law firm Gareth Webb & Co. to pay a group of 10 former employees almost £100,000 ($136,000) in damages, after the Solicitors Regulation Authority closed the firm in 2025.
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August 19, 2026
KP Law Ltd. said Wednesday it has taken over a brain injury group claim brought by hundreds of former rugby players after several of the sport's governing bodies sought to strike out the claims over alleged failures to disclose medical information.
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August 19, 2026
A prospective buyer of two properties in east London has sued Burges Salmon LLP, alleging that the law firm mishandled information and evidence he provided about potential fraud exposure during the transaction.
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August 19, 2026
Clyde & Co. LLP has raised the salaries of newly qualified lawyers in its London office to up to £90,000 ($123,000) amid a wider pay war driven by law firms competing for top talent.
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August 19, 2026
Pinsent Masons reported Wednesday that its firmwide revenue has increased incrementally under its sector-led strategy to more than £700 million ($949 million) for the first time, though partner profits have fallen by 7%.
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August 19, 2026
A former Pinsent Masons employee will face a legal disciplinary tribunal in early February over allegations he behaved inappropriately toward two colleagues, a panel ruled Wednesday.
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August 18, 2026
With most law firms focused on training associates to use artificial intelligence, Winston Taylor took a different approach by also teaching the next generation of attorneys how to communicate, collaborate, exercise judgment and build client relationships.