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February 20, 2026
Norton Rose Fulbright said Friday that global revenue had surged by double digits to almost $3 billion in 2025, with strong performance worldwide.
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February 20, 2026
New intelligence tools will save prosecutors valuable time and money in white-collar criminal cases, but the technology will also usher in an era of increasingly complex and technical fights over disclosure, lawyers say.
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February 20, 2026
Lawyers could soon be required to make declarations that witness statements for trial have not been prepared using artificial intelligence under new rules proposed by the Civil Justice Council as part of a consultation on working with the new technology.
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February 20, 2026
An appeals court rejected a bid by a Quinn Emanuel client on Friday to prevent a former employee from sending abusive messages to the firm's lawyers, saying that it could have pursued proceedings itself to stop the harassment.
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February 20, 2026
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has placed restrictions on a lawyer's ability to practice as a solicitor after he was convicted at a London court of stalking a legal blogger.
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February 26, 2026
The Finance & Leasing Association said Thursday that it has recruited a former KPMG general counsel to bolster its legal and governance capability amid growing regulatory scrutiny of the sectors it represents.
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February 19, 2026
England's judge-nominating body said Thursday that it will soon begin hunting for 55 new full-time employment judges, boosting current numbers by around a third, as the government's major employment law overhaul is expected to lead to an explosion in claims.
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February 19, 2026
Personal injury firm Minster Law said Thursday that it plans to open a new office in London, building on improvement in its financial performance as its profits leaped and turnover rose by double digits to more than £40 million ($53.8 million).
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February 19, 2026
Negligent advice from Womble Bond Dickinson during a £126 million ($170 million) luxury London property redevelopment caused the deal to collapse, lawyers for two business people and a management company said on the first day of a High Court trial on Thursday.
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February 19, 2026
Irwin Mitchell LLP said Thursday that it has moved to a new office in the southeast English town of Crawley as it continues to invest in its network of locations in Britain.
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February 19, 2026
A court has denied a former client of Mishcon de Reya LLP permission to pursue "totally without merit" contempt claims against several of its former and current lawyers, and hit her with a three-year restriction on bringing more legal proceedings.
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February 18, 2026
Eversheds Sutherland has added to its cross‑border disputes capabilities in Europe, saying it has appointed a longtime international arbitration lawyer to work in the firm's Bucharest office.
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February 18, 2026
Kent Walker, general counsel and president of global affairs for Google LLC and its parent company Alphabet Inc., said in a recent speech in Ireland that new technology has given the world "a reset button," similar to the discovery and development of algebra, but that it was incumbent on European Union leaders to streamline regulations and act as a force for growth.
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February 18, 2026
A female solicitor has been barred from practicing after she lied to an employment tribunal around a decade ago about needing to adjourn a hearing to attend another case, a disciplinary panel ruled in a decision published Wednesday.
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February 18, 2026
Michelmores LLP said Wednesday that it has recruited three new partners from Broadfield Law UK LLP for a new office in Cambridge.
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February 18, 2026
Government plans to limit jury trials will apply retrospectively to cases already in the system to reduce the backlog of criminal cases "straight away," the U.K.'s courts minister said in a letter to the chair of the parliamentary Justice Committee released on Wednesday.
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February 18, 2026
A solicitor accused of making antisemitic and racist comments and inappropriately touching colleagues during work parties failed on Wednesday to persuade a tribunal to throw out the case against him.
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February 18, 2026
The Legal Services Board said Wednesday that it has nominated a senior housing regulator as its preferred candidate for chair of the Office for Legal Complaints.
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February 18, 2026
Chartered trademark lawyers and patent lawyers who are qualified and regulated in England and Wales have secured the right to be included in an annual list that recognizes legal professionals who provide a minimum amount of free help to individuals and charities unable to afford support.
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February 18, 2026
Legal technology company Harvey has hired the director of the advanced client solutions team at Charles Russell Speechlys to work with law firm leaders as they navigate changes being driven by the rise of artificial intelligence.
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February 17, 2026
South Africa-based law firm Webber Wentzel has announced that its technology division Fusion will now operate as a stand-alone subsidiary.
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February 17, 2026
A former senior partner at a law firm in eastern England has been suspended from practicing after he was found to have engaged in sexually inappropriate behavior during a work event to celebrate Christmas.
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February 17, 2026
The failure of many large law firms to put bios up on their websites for trainees and apprentices points to structural problems in a profession that relies on their labor, experts warn.
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February 17, 2026
A construction company based in the United Arab Emirates argued Tuesday that Kennedys Dubai cannot cap its liability at £3 million ($4 million) in a claim accusing the law firm of negligent advice during a multimillion-pound dispute.
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February 17, 2026
Clayton Mott will hand over a fine of more than £7,000 ($9,450) to the Solicitors Regulation Authority under a settlement deal after the law firm was found to be violating anti-money laundering compliance rules, the regulator said Tuesday.