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September 02, 2025
Mishcon Ex-Partner's Whistleblowing Claim Struck Out
Mishcon de Reya is not on the hook for a former partner's whistleblowing claim because the Singapore-based lawyer cannot bring his claim under British employment law, a London tribunal ruled in a decision released on Tuesday.
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September 02, 2025
London Partner Moves Dip 10% From 2024's Record Highs
London's partner hiring market cooled in July and August, falling 10% from the record highs of 2024, according to data published Tuesday by a legal recruiter.
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September 02, 2025
SRA Missed 'Red Flags' Before Axiom Ince's £64M Collapse
A think tank accused the Solicitors Regulation Authority on Tuesday of missing a key opportunity to intervene in the collapse of Axiom Ince Ltd. by failing to spot that the firm had not filed audited accounts.
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September 09, 2025
Keoghs Hires 4 New Partners From Clyde & Co.
Insurance specialist Keoghs LLP said Tuesday that it has snapped up four new partners from Clyde & Co. LLP to boost its legal services to clients from its offices in Scotland and Northern Ireland.
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September 02, 2025
Shoosmiths Hires Ex-DLA Piper Chief As Board Adviser
Shoosmiths LLP said Tuesday that it has appointed the former international managing partner at DLA Piper to be a strategic adviser to its board as the firm looks to embrace the new technology driving delivery of legal services.
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September 01, 2025
AI Use Soars Among UK Lawyers, But Culture Lags Behind
Law firms and in-house legal teams that fail to engage with artificial intelligence tools risk losing talent as a growing number of lawyers use the new technology to speed through research and administrative tasks, an industry survey revealed Monday.
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September 01, 2025
CPS Fights Clerk For Repayment After £1.8M Legal Aid Fraud
Prosecutors sought to recover money on Monday from a legal clerk convicted of leading a scheme to make £1.8 million (£2.4 million) in bogus legal aid claims for criminal defense costs.
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September 01, 2025
Gowling Hires Operations Chief From Womble Bond Dickinson
Gowling WLG said Monday that it has appointed a Womble Bond Dickinson executive to the position of chief operating officer as the firm continues its expansion.
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September 01, 2025
SDT Faults SRA's Probe After Sanction Of Solicitor
A London tribunal has sanctioned a sole practitioner, even though it found "significant deficiencies" in how the Solicitors Regulation Authority handled the misconduct case against her and ruled that the watchdog had failed to carry out a proper investigation.
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September 01, 2025
SFO Official Hopes Pay Boost Will Draw Top-Tier Talent
It is hoped that the first significant pay rise for lawyers representing the Serious Fraud Office in almost two decades will draw top-tier counsel back into the courtroom as the agency prepares for a packed trial list, a senior executive said on Monday.
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September 01, 2025
Clyde & Co. Expands To Netherlands With Merger
Clyde & Co. said Monday that it has opened for business in the Netherlands by merging with insurance specialist Stadermann Luiten Advocaten, a law firm based in Rotterdam.
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September 01, 2025
Burges Salmon's Revenue Hits Record £178M As Profits Surge
Burges Salmon LLP said Monday that growth in the financial services and property, as well as the energy and utilities sectors, helped the firm to deliver record revenue of £178 million ($241 million) as it also posted its highest-ever net profit.
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September 01, 2025
Gateley Buys IP Biz Groom Wilkes & Wright For Up To £9M
Gateley (Holdings) PLC said Monday that it has bought Groom Wilkes & Wright, a boutique intellectual property firm, in a transaction worth up to £9 million ($12 million) as the professional services group seeks to broaden its business.
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August 29, 2025
Sports Silk On Why BigLaw Is Queuing To Get Into The Game
Nick De Marco KC has acted for clients including Cristiano Ronaldo and Tyson Fury, but representing his beloved Queens Park Rangers in a make-or-break player ownership dispute tops them all. Here, he discusses the Magic Circle’s growing appetite for sports law work, the perils of football regulation and the realities of advising A-list clients.
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September 05, 2025
Singapore Chambers Duxton Hill Expands To London Bar
Duxton Hill Chambers has unveiled the opening of a new operation in London, making it the first Singaporean chambers to establish a presence at the English bar, with the help of a former Allen & Overy LLP arbitration chief.
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August 29, 2025
Baker Botts Gets Early $1M Win In $7M Tycoon Fee Fight
Baker Botts LLP scored a partial early victory in its fight to recover $7 million in fees from an Egyptian energy mogul, with a London court ordering the businessman's company on Friday to pay $1 million ahead of a trial.
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August 29, 2025
Ex-BLM Family Law Chief Accused Of Misleading Client
A former head of family law at Berrymans Lace Mawer LLP has been referred to a tribunal over allegations that he misled a client, the Solicitors Regulation Authority has said.
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August 29, 2025
The Revolving Door: Perkins Coie, Proskauer Make Big Hires
Over the course of August, Proskauer expanded its leveraged finance capabilities with a White & Case hire, Perkins Coie snagged a technology veteran from Clifford Chance to support its recent growth in the capital, and Addleshaw Goddard launched a tax disputes and investigations practice with five specialists from Pinsent Masons.
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August 29, 2025
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
This past week in London has seen Prosecco DOC Consortium bring an intellectual property claim against a distributor, the Serious Fraud Office bring a civil recovery claim against the ex-wife of a solicitor jailed over a £19.5 million fraud scheme, and law firm Joseph Hage Aaronson & Bremen LLP sue its former client, the bankrupt Indian tycoon Vijay Mallya. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.
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August 29, 2025
Ex-Burness Paull IT Worker Banned For Forging Invoice
An IT worker at Burness Paull who forged a medical invoice to get an advance on his salary has been banned from working for legal service providers without the consent of the Solicitors Regulation Authority.
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August 28, 2025
SFO Hikes Lawyers' Rates As New Fraud Offense Takes Effect
The Serious Fraud Office revealed an increase to lawyers' hourly rates for the first time in almost two decades on Thursday, days before a new fraud offense comes into force.
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August 28, 2025
New CLLS Chief Looks To Boost Diversity In London's BigLaw
The new chief executive of the City of London Law Society acknowledges the challenge of advancing diversity in the legal profession while expanding membership of the trade body. But he told Law360 that he is confident that lawyers have the capacity for progress and change.
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August 28, 2025
Livingston FC Defeats Ex-GC's Unfair Dismissal Claim
The former general counsel at a Scottish Premier League club has lost his employment tribunal claim accusing Livingston FC of forcing him to resign for blowing the whistle about purported financial irregularities and unlawful payments to players.
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August 28, 2025
Kennedys Admits Data Breach In Church Abuse Email
Kennedys Law LLP said Thursday that it has reported itself to regulators after it inadvertently left the email addresses of almost 200 survivors and law firms visible to all the recipients of an update on redress for abuse in the Church of England.
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August 28, 2025
SRA Fines Law Firm For Lapses In AML Compliance
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has fined a Bournemouth-based law firm £14,509 ($19,589) after it failed to properly assess money laundering risks in client transactions for more than seven years.
Expert Analysis
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SRA Review Could Bring Shift In Handling Legal Client Funds
Recent high-profile cases of breaches of fund-handling rules, and an ongoing Solicitors Regulation Authority review, challenge a long-standing culture of law firms dealing with client funds in-house, and firms may need to opt for other business models to enhance consumer protection, says Claire Van Der Zant at Shieldpay.
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Opinion
Why Incoming Government Must Reform UK's Justice System
As the U.K. approaches a possible watershed general election, the new government must undertake the reforms and investment needed to restore the justice system, and public confidence and safety with it, says Sam Townend at the Bar Council.
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The In-House Versus Law Firm Talent Battle In The Gen Z Age
Although elite law firms are offering ever-increasing salaries to talented associates, the traditional concept of partnership is evolving, and work-life balance issues and a greater concern with working in a sustainable environment among Gen Z lawyers mean that going in-house is becoming a more attractive option over time, say Calvin Gardiner and Simi Bains at Buchanan Law.
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PR Perspectives: Consider The Value Of Legal Awards
Many lawyers question the value of entering or sponsoring legal awards, but with a structured approach and appropriate management, they can provide a chance to promote a firm or set of chambers across multiple platforms and a golden opportunity to develop new business, says Clare Rodway at Kysen.
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Law Firms Should Consider Value Of Off-Peak LinkedIn Posts
Statistics show only a minor dip in law firms' LinkedIn post performance at weekends and holiday periods, demonstrating a missed opportunity to reach the many business leaders and lawyers who use the platform at off-peak times, says Simon Marshall at TBD Marketing.
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PR Perspectives: 7 Habits Of Highly Effective Legal PR
Daniela Conte at Gibson Dunn outlines practical steps that public relations professionals working in the legal industry can take to excel at their craft, including providing regular media coaching to lawyers and quantifying the value of PR work.
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Why Law Firms May Want To Set Up Charitable Foundations
An increasing number of law firms are setting up their own charitable foundations, which may be a way of achieving the goals a purposeful business wants to pursue and demonstrating to its stakeholders a tangible commitment to its professed values, says Robert Nieri at Shoosmiths.
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Client Complaint Data Offers Key Insights For Lawyers
While the Legal Ombudsman has not yet released its latest annual report to the public, we can look at last year's data to decipher what may have caused a spike in client dissatisfaction and predict what to anticipate in an effort to improve the quality of legal services, says Qarrar Somji at Witan Solicitors.
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Disciplinary Ruling Has Lessons For Lawyers On Social Media
A recent Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal judgment against a solicitor for online posts deemed antisemitic and offensive highlights the serious sanctions that can stem from conduct on social media and the importance of law firms' efforts to ensure that their employees behave properly, say Liz Pearson and Andrew Pavlovic at CM Murray.
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Law Firm Considerations In Attracting And Retaining Talent
As law firms move away from a solely seniority-based partner remuneration model toward a reward performance system, they need to look holistically at overall contribution, maintaining an effective hierarchy of entrepreneurial senior partners, diligent management and hardworking junior staff in order to incentivize the stars they wish to keep, says Catriona Watt at Fox & Partners.
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PR Perspectives: Focusing On The Truth Will Gain Trust
With a firm’s hard-won reputation at risk of being trashed if news breaks that the business has misled its stakeholders, it is far better for a public relations team to insist that external promotions be truthful, driving the organization to look critically at itself and make positive change, says Clare Rodway at Kysen PR.
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Why It's Helpful To Understand The Role Of The SRA
With the ongoing Post Office inquiry and review of the role lawyers played in the scandal, the Solicitors Regulation Authority is currently under wider public consideration, and it is worth examining its role as a regulator, says Steve Roberts at Richard Nelson.
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Tips For Hiring Adaptable Legal Talent In Uncertain Times
Amid the current period of economic and regulatory turbulence, businesses will need to consider skills that go beyond technical excellence when hiring in-house legal talent — including versatility, commercial awareness and artificial intelligence proficiency, says Jerry Temko at Major Lindsey.
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PR Perspectives: The Future For Legal Press Releases
Although press releases are used less frequently now, they still have a place in the legal public relations repertoire, alongside the commentary, articles and social media aimed at getting law firms' or barristers' chambers' messages across, says Steve Rudaini at SJR Communications.
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How Pro Bono Work Can Strengthen A Law Firm
Creating a sustainable pro bono program can enhance a law firm's reputation and make it attractive to prospective clients and talent in several ways, says Shams Merchant at Jackson Walker.