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September 19, 2025
Midwife Can't Sue Regulator, Barrister Over Sanction
An employment tribunal ruled that it has no jurisdiction to consider a midwife's bias claims against the profession's regulator, as she had a statutory right of appeal under the regulator's own rules to fight a decision that her ability to practice was "impaired."
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September 19, 2025
Ex-Simmons Partner Can't Speed Up Labour Candidacy Feud
A former Simmons & Simmons LLP partner cannot accelerate his claim against the Labour Party over its decision to block his bid for election to a local council, a London court said in an order made public Friday.
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September 19, 2025
The Revolving Door: Orrick Bags Gibson Dunn Energy Pair
Over the past week, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher lost a pair of energy and infrastructure partners to Orrick, a former SFO case controller joined Boutique Law and TLT tapped Vodafone's head of legal operations for its FutureLaw team.
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September 19, 2025
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
This past week in London has seen brokerage firm ADS Securities file a fresh claim against German entrepreneur Lars Windhorst, AmTrust and Endurance Worldwide Insurance tackle an ongoing £50 million ($67 million) dispute over a failed litigation and insurance scheme, and Howard Kennedy LLP sue the son of a diamond tycoon over a £3.1 million legal bill.
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September 19, 2025
Mishcon Names Ex-NatWest CEO Alison Rose As Non-Exec Chair
Mishcon de Reya LLP on Friday appointed former NatWest bank head Alison Rose as its independent non-executive chair, who will help to steer the law firm's new growth strategy across three key sectors and international markets.
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September 19, 2025
AmTrust, Novitas Settle £56M Litigation Funding Dispute
A legal loans company has settled its £56 million ($76 million) claim against AmTrust over who should cover the costs of a failed litigation funding scheme, a lawyer for the insurance giant told a court Friday.
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September 19, 2025
Trowers Targets Avison Young For Lease-Renewal Failures
Trowers & Hamlins has hit back at a claim that it bungled the renewal of a skip company's commercial lease, arguing that it was not instructed to do so and that either the waste haulage business or Avison Young was to blame.
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September 19, 2025
Boodle Hatfield Recruits Private Client & Tax Pro
Boodle Hatfield LLP has appointed a private client and tax partner from Taylor Wessing LLP as the 300-year-old law firm looks to enhance its offering in the two matters.
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September 19, 2025
SRA Eyes Stricter Rules On Litigation-Funding Practices
The Solicitors Regulation Authority called for responses from the legal profession on Friday to help it understand consumer risks in litigation-funding for high-volume claims, following the collapse of SSB Group in 2024.
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September 18, 2025
Bird & Bird Opens Lisbon Office, Expanding Iberian Reach
Bird & Bird LLP said Thursday that it has hired a new team in Portugal to open an office in Lisbon, strengthening its position in the wider Iberian market after expanding its footprint in Japan and Saudi Arabia in recent years.
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September 18, 2025
Baker Botts Hires Dubai Aviation Team From White & Case
Baker Botts LLP has hired an aviation finance and transaction team of three from White & Case for its Dubai office, as the firm continues to expand its energy, digital infrastructure, and technology-driven finance practices across the Middle East.
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September 18, 2025
AI Law Internship Debuts At Simmons & Simmons In London
Simmons & Simmons LLP said Thursday that it has launched an artificial intelligence law internship for students and future lawyers, as firms increasingly use technology to deliver legal services.
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September 18, 2025
Carter-Ruck Hired By CryptoQueen 'In Furtherance Of Fraud'
Fugitive cryptocurrency scammer Ruja Ignatova instructed Carter-Ruck "in furtherance of fraud," and therefore legal filings linked to the prosecution by the Solicitors Regulation Authority of a partner at the law firm must be made public, a tribunal has ruled.
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September 18, 2025
Former SFO Case Controller Joins Boutique Law As Partner
A former case controller at the Serious Fraud Office has joined criminal and regulatory specialist firm Boutique Law LLP as a partner.
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September 18, 2025
Lawfront Eyes AI, Succession Gaps To Expand Regional Firms
Expansion is no longer optional for regional law firms, as many seek to consolidate to survive the twin pressures of artificial intelligence and succession planning, the head of Lawfront Group tells Law360.
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September 17, 2025
Oxbridge Grads Dominate UK's Senior Judiciary, Charity Says
The senior judiciary is still overwhelmingly dominated by Oxbridge graduates, with 75% of senior judges having studied at Oxford or Cambridge, according to a report published Thursday, which ranks socio-economic balance alongside gender and ethnicity for better representation.
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September 17, 2025
Bar Council Tackles Career Stereotypes With Oracy Initiative
The Bar Council said Thursday that it has launched a new educational program designed to improve children's listening and speaking skills, in an effort to bridge the profession's socioeconomic gap.
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September 17, 2025
Justice System Fails Disabled People, Review Finds
Solicitors, barristers, judges and others in the criminal justice system often do not have the training and awareness to meet the needs of disabled people, who also face practical barriers such as inaccessible courtrooms, according to new research published Thursday.
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September 17, 2025
William Fry Adds Eversheds Ireland Corporate Team Of 12
William Fry LLP said Wednesday it has hired a 12-strong corporate and mergers and acquisitions team from Eversheds Sutherland Ireland, as the Dublin-based firm takes steps to bolster its practice months after a planned merger collapsed.
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September 17, 2025
Funder Says Businessman Colluded To Overturn Asset Case
A litigation funder told a London court on Wednesday that a businessman should not be allowed to participate in proceedings seeking to enforce an asset recovery judgment, because he allegedly improperly colluded with a convicted fraudster to overturn the outcome of past litigation.
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September 17, 2025
Unqualified Law Firm Staff Can't Conduct Litigation, Court Says
Unqualified employees of law firms cannot conduct litigation, even under the supervision of a qualified solicitor, a London court has ruled in a decision that clarifies who is able to carry out regulated legal work under the Legal Services Act 2007.
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September 17, 2025
Pinsent Masons-Led Rouse Acquires Rival European IP Firm
London-based international intellectual property services company The Rouse Group has merged with rival European IP firm Arnold & Siedsma to increase coverage for its existing clients and expand its geographic footprint in a deal guided by Pinsent Masons LLP.
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September 17, 2025
Fox Williams Sues Fintech Biz For £130K Unpaid Legal Fees
Fox Williams LLP has sued a financial technology company at a London court, alleging that it refused to pay fees incurred in an employment dispute with a former employee, according to filings that are now public.
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September 16, 2025
Cadwalader Hires Trans-Atlantic Katten Private Wealth Partner
An international private wealth partner from Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP has jumped to Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP as a partner in the firm's London and New York offices, Cadwalader announced Tuesday.
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September 16, 2025
Barrister Can Argue Judge Bias In Race Discrimination Appeal
A Black barrister on Tuesday won his bid to argue that a judge was biased in handling his claims that he was expelled from 2 Temple Gardens because of his race, with an appellate tribunal ruling that his bias accusation was arguable.
Expert Analysis
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Once More Unto The Breach — Rehearing In Newman?
On Friday, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York decided to seek appellate review of several aspects of the recent insider-trading decision in U.S. v. Newman and Chiasson. En banc rehearing petitions are rarely granted in any circuit, and are particularly rare in the Second Circuit, which hears the fewest number of rehearings of any circuit in the country, say Eugene Ingoglia and Gregory Morvillo of Morvillo LLP.
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UK Tax Advisers Are Beyond Legal Advice Privilege
A recent judgment from the U.K. Supreme Court in one of the most significant decisions on legal advice privilege for many years. Prudential PLC v. Special Commissioner of Income Tax, which dealt a blow to tax advisers and other nonlegally qualified service providers who provide legal advice to their clients, confirmed that — consistent with the position in the U.S. — legal advice privilege only protects communications to or from a qualified lawyer, say Richard Hornshaw and Daniel Cohen of Bingham McCutchen LLP.