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June 13, 2025
Bar Council Pushes Back On LSB's Ethical Conduct Proposals
The Bar Council has urged the sector's oversight watchdog not to be overly prescriptive as it looks to combat poor ethical conduct by lawyers in the wake of high-profile scandals.
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June 13, 2025
Solicitors Owe SRA £1M+ In Fines Amid Financial Struggles
Solicitors and law firms regulated by the solicitors' watchdog owe more than £1 million ($1.35 million) in unpaid fines, which experts say is linked to financial pressures across the profession.
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June 13, 2025
Law Society Says UK Must Act As Employment Claims Grow
The Law Society urged the government on Friday to ensure that employment tribunals are funded to handle an anticipated deluge of new claims once the Employment Rights Bill becomes law, as official figures show a worsening backlog of unresolved cases.
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June 13, 2025
Ashurst Raises NQ Pay To £140K Amid Legal Sector Pay Race
Ashurst LLP said Friday that it has raised the salaries of its newly qualified lawyers in London by 12%, as leading law firms in the capital continue to offer inflation-busting pay increases amid intensifying competition in the legal sector.
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June 12, 2025
TLT Names Financial Services Chief As Senior Partner
TLT LLP said Thursday that it has elected its head of financial services as its next senior partner.
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June 12, 2025
UK Legal Sector Revenue Dips 9% As Economy Contracts
The U.K. legal industry posted revenues of approximately £4.7 billion ($6.4 billion) in April as performance took a dip amid broader contraction in the economy, official statistics showed Thursday.
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June 12, 2025
Reed Smith Appoints New Head Of Its Frankfurt Office
Reed Smith LLP said Thursday that it has appointed debt finance specialist Oliver Hahnelt as the managing partner of its office in Frankfurt following the departure of its previous incumbent.
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June 12, 2025
PI Law Specialist Fletchers Buys Clinical Negligence Biz
Fletchers Group, which specializes in personal injury, said Thursday it has acquired the clinical negligence business of Sheldon Davidson Solicitors, a boutique law firm in Bury in northwest England.
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June 12, 2025
DLA Hikes London NQ Pay By Inflation-Busting 18% To £130K
DLA Piper said Thursday that it has raised salaries for its newly qualified lawyers in London to £130,000 ($177,000) per year, as part of what it describes as a "significant investment" in its U.K. workforce.
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June 12, 2025
Consumer Panel Calls For Reform Of Legal Complaint Process
The Legal Services Consumer Panel on Thursday urged providers and regulators to "step up efforts" to address consumer complaints, after research revealed that only about a quarter of legal services' users knew the first step to take to complain about poor service.
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June 11, 2025
Gov't Pledges Up To £450M Per Year To Tackle Courts Backlog
The U.K. government has pledged up to an additional £450 million ($609 million) per year for the courts system in England and Wales by 2028-29 to boost crown court sittings to "record levels" and tackle the growing backlog, according to its spending review released Wednesday.
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June 11, 2025
Law Firm Fined £11K For Not Meeting AML Requirements
A law firm is being fined after it "showed a disregard" toward its anti-money laundering obligations and left itself vulnerable to being used to facilitate illegal activity, the Solicitors Regulation Authority said in a decision Monday that was published Tuesday.
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June 11, 2025
TLT Rolls Out AI Platform Legora For Lawyers In UK
TLT LLP said Wednesday that it has rolled out Legora's artificial intelligence platform across the firm to automate routine tasks and enable lawyers to spend more time delivering strategic legal advice.
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June 11, 2025
Linklaters' Flexible Lawyering Arm Sets Up In The Middle East
Linklaters LLP said Wednesday that it has launched its flexible lawyering arm, Re:link, in the Middle East, marking the platform's first international expansion outside the U.K.
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June 11, 2025
Russell-Cooke Taps Real Estate Pro For Senior Partner
Russell-Cooke LLP said Wednesday that it has elected real estate specialist Matt Garrod as its next senior partner.
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June 11, 2025
Pogust Goodhead Denies Seladore's Bid For £2M Success Fee
Pogust Goodhead has denied that it owes Seladore Legal more than £2.2 million ($3 million) amid an ongoing dispute over alleged unenforceable retainers and success fees stemming from litigation against mining giant BHP over the collapse of the Fundão dam.
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June 11, 2025
Ex-Slater & Gordon Team Head Barred For Indecent Exposure
A former team leader at Slater and Gordon (UK) Ltd. has been banned from working for a law firm after he indecently exposed himself to external counsel and colleagues during an online work training session, the Solicitors Regulation Authority has said.
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June 10, 2025
CMS Faces £10M Negligence Claim Over Investec Debt Advice
A property developer has alleged that law firm CMS owes him at least £10 million ($14 million) for negligent advice concerning a debt-restructuring plan that he says he never would have agreed to if he had been given proper warning.
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June 10, 2025
Fladgate Eyes Securities Cases With New Group Claims Biz
Fladgate LLP said Tuesday that it has launched a company to help the law firm pursue group securities litigation, as the market for collective legal claims continues to grow in the U.K.
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June 10, 2025
Lawyer Loses Bid To Ax 'Greedy' Label In $11B Ruling
A London appeals court refused Tuesday a solicitor's bid to chuck references to his being "greedy" and "corrupt" in a judgment over a fraudulent $11 billion arbitration award against Nigeria, ruling that the lower court did not violate his right to a fair trial.
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June 10, 2025
Apprenticeship Age Cap Risks Widening Legal Sector Divide
The government's move to restrict funding for solicitor apprenticeships to those under 22 risks widening the gap between large and small law firms, while reigniting concerns over social mobility and diversity in the legal profession.
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June 10, 2025
Hausfeld Hires Scott+Scott's London Co-Head
Hausfeld LLP said Tuesday that it has recruited a co-head of the London office of Scott+Scott UK LLP to boost its antitrust class action practice.
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June 10, 2025
PPE Agent Keeps Sheridans Case Alive After Fraud Settlement
A medical supply agent is continuing its negligence case against London law firm Sheridans, despite settling a linked $10.8 million fraud claim from a British company that accused it of taking secret commissions on COVID-19 pandemic protection equipment orders.
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June 09, 2025
Litigation-Funding Dispute Resumes Amid Uncertain Future
Sony and Apple will challenge the validity of widely used litigation-financing agreements at the Court of Appeal on Tuesday against the backdrop of an influential report calling for legislation to urgently reverse a landmark ruling that shook the funding industry.
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June 09, 2025
Foot Anstey Combines With McKees In Belfast Expansion
Foot Anstey LLP announced Monday that it has combined with Northern Irish law firm McKees Solicitors, the first time it has expanded its business outside England as it looks to generate more work from international clients.