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May 22, 2026
Pinsent Masons LLP has referred itself to the Solicitors Regulation Authority after admitting that one of its junior lawyers used artificial intelligence to generate made-up law in letters sent to court, as a London judge said Friday he would not consider initiating contempt proceedings.
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May 22, 2026
David Pannick KC and two other senior barristers face a formal complaint to the Bar Standards Board from two legal advocacy groups accusing them of allowing their professional status to be used in correspondence intended to intimidate pro-Palestine campaigners.
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May 22, 2026
The Ministry of Justice said Friday that it has launched an initiative to accelerate the recruitment of judges from diverse backgrounds amid concerns that progress has been too slow in broadening representation in the profession.
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May 22, 2026
An appellate tribunal refused on Friday to revive a former Rosenblatt partner's race discrimination claims against the law firm's senior figures and former chief executive, concluding that an executive's use of an inflammatory slur for Black people wasn't enough to prop up his case.
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May 22, 2026
The past week in London has seen Napster sued by a music royalties company, White & Case LLP and Laytons LLP targeted in a claim by a property developer, a short-term lender pursue legal action against law firm Rainer Hughes and its former founding partner following his strike-off for money laundering offenses, and the administrators of London Bridging sue the founder of collapsed Market Financial Solutions. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.
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May 22, 2026
Over the past week, Shoosmiths made another addition to its real estate practice, Clifton Ingram and Hill Dickinson revealed hires from Knights, and four European antitrust pros left Cleary for Kirkland.
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May 22, 2026
Private equity-backed legal services group AGRD Partners said Friday that it has acquired a law firm based in the Swedish city of Malmö as it continues to implement its expansion strategy.
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May 21, 2026
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP is creating a bonus pool for partners and retaining its lockstep compensation model, the firm confirmed Thursday.
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May 21, 2026
Osborne Clarke LLP said Thursday that it had spun off its AI-powered regulatory monitoring startup for legal and compliance departments, the first time the firm has launched an independent company.
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May 21, 2026
A solicitor working in-house at an asset management firm has been disbarred after a tribunal found that she acted dishonestly by fabricating emails to delay an investigation into her drunk driving conviction.
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May 21, 2026
A senior partner at a criminal defense specialist has been sanctioned by a tribunal after he was found to have abused his position by subjecting five young female employees to bullying, harassment and other inappropriate behavior.
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May 21, 2026
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP said Thursday that it is elevating 16 lawyers to its partnership, with London and New York accounting for most of the U.S. firm's promotions round.
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May 21, 2026
An English appeals court ruled Thursday that the Solicitors Regulation Authority might have to pay Dentons more than £515,000 ($690,000) over the watchdog's failed attempt to prosecute the firm for breaching the U.K.'s money laundering rules.
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May 21, 2026
A former senior lawyer at Gunnercooke LLP has been rebuked for failing to report his drink-driving conviction to the Solicitors Regulation Authority promptly during his time at the firm, the solicitors' watchdog said Thursday.
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May 21, 2026
Employment lawyers are calling for "radical reform" of the workplace disputes resolution system, saying in research published on Thursday that compulsory mediation and a multi-track system based on the value of claims would improve access to justice as a backlog of cases at the Employment Tribunal grows.
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May 20, 2026
Investcorp’s first investment in the legal sector has prompted the firm to explore further deals in mid-market "human" intensive law firms that managing director Owen Li told Law360 are better insulated from AI disruption.
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May 20, 2026
An AI software company spun off from Travers Smith LLP in 2024 has announced the opening of a new office in France, its first permanent location beyond the U.K. as part of a broader global expansion plan.
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May 20, 2026
The class representative of a U.K. mass claim against Mastercard said Wednesday that a London court should rebuff litigation funder Innsworth's challenge to the distribution of the claim's £200 million ($269 million) settlement, arguing that it received enough profit in light of how the claim had gone.
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May 20, 2026
Charles Russell Speechlys LLP said Wednesday that it has moved to a larger office in Milan as it continues to expand its Italian practice.
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May 20, 2026
A senior tax barrister cheated the public purse out of almost £2 million ($2.7 million) through a series of "elaborate arrangements," a prosecutor said on the first day of the lawyer's criminal trial on Wednesday.
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May 20, 2026
Knights said on Wednesday that it expects to report that revenue has exceeded £200 million ($268 million) for the first time and that profits have hit an all-time high when it releases its financial results later in 2026, driven by organic growth and acquisitions of other law firms.
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May 19, 2026
Italy-based Lexroom.ai, which offers an artificial intelligence-based legal research tool for civil law markets, announced Tuesday it has closed a $50 million Series B round, eight months after its Series A raise.
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May 19, 2026
Stilta, a Stockholm-based artificial intelligence company working in patent litigation, announced Tuesday the raising of $10.5 million in funding.
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May 19, 2026
A former criminal law specialist at a firm in northeast England has been barred from practicing after he deliberately directed a client to pay into his personal bank account more than £5,000 ($6,698) intended for his firm in legal fees.
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May 19, 2026
Boodle Hatfield LLP said Tuesday that its revenue has come close to the £50 million ($67 million) mark for the first time, reporting a 14.9% rise in annual turnover as its focus on private capital clients continued to fuel growth.