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May 12, 2026
Whitestone Chambers was denied permission on Tuesday to challenge a decision by the Bar Standards Board which prevented the London commercial set from continuing to train pupils, with a London court ruling the chambers had not used alternative routes to resolve the dispute.
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May 12, 2026
Months after releasing a new legal plug-in for its Claude product, Anthropic made a deeper push into the legal sector on Tuesday with new dedicated artificial intelligence offerings for both law firms and legal departments.
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May 12, 2026
A criminal barrister has lost her appeal, in which she claimed that she was racially discriminated against by her chambers, as a judge ruled on Tuesday that her case had "no merit whatsoever."
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May 12, 2026
A London appeals court has knocked back contempt of court proceedings against a barrister accused of breaching a court order in a closing speech while representing a Palestine Action activist who took part in a raid on an Israeli arms manufacturer.
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May 12, 2026
The Judicial Conduct Investigations Office will reopen complaints by several women who say that they were bullied by an Employment Tribunal judge, conceding before an upcoming court hearing that it had misapplied rules on how it investigates conduct.
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May 11, 2026
DWF has hired a partner from Brecher LLP as its new planning head, bringing in nearly four decades of experience as a qualified planner as the firm aims to expand the department against a backdrop of significant legal reform in the U.K.
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May 11, 2026
Clients still want human judgment and accountability even as they push for lawyers to use artificial intelligence to do work faster and at lower cost, a report from behavioral science company Positive Group said Monday.
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May 11, 2026
Pinsent Masons LLP has appointed its first global chief knowledge and artificial intelligence adoption officer from Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP as the new technology increasingly becomes a baseline requirement for clients.
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May 11, 2026
Julia Pike worked on a patent dispute at a law firm in Australia, where she trained — and has been in the sector ever since. Here, Sandoz’s global intellectual property chief talks to Law360 about being an in-house lawyer at a generic drugmaker.
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May 11, 2026
Regional law firm BLB Solicitors is facing a claim that it failed to consult up to 85 staff who it made redundant after the Solicitors Regulation Authority stepped in to shutter the operation when it collapsed.
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May 11, 2026
Four decades after high-stakes litigation firm Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan first opened in Los Angeles, founding partner John B. Quinn is stepping down as executive chairman of the firm effective immediately.
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May 08, 2026
Over the past week, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP added a dual-qualified barrister, Haynes Boone recruited an international arbitrator from disputes boutique Signature Litigation LLP, and Clyde & Co. LLP lost four lawyers to Duane Morris and Norton Rose.
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May 08, 2026
The U.K.'s top court said Friday that it will hear an appeal from gender-critical barrister Allison Bailey against a ruling that she cannot hold LGBT charity Stonewall liable for a discriminatory probe into her online activity.
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May 08, 2026
A French legal technology company completing an investment and acquiring a competitor tops this roundup of recent industry news, and an India-based legal AI platform is considering global expansion after a capital raise. Here's a roundup of the biggest legal tech news from this week.
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May 08, 2026
Sternberg Reed LLP has defeated a former solicitor's claims that it discriminated against her and unfairly dismissed her as a tribunal ruled that she was made redundant because the firm closed its clinical negligence department.
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May 08, 2026
Burford Capital said Friday that it has promoted its London-based chief development officer to become the litigation funder's chief operating officer.
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May 08, 2026
The solicitors' watchdog said Friday that it wants a boost of nearly 30% in contributions from the profession as it looks to reset how it regulates the sector and protect the public after several high‑profile scandals.
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May 08, 2026
The past week in London has seen Morrisons sued by a former logistics partner, EDF and Cripps LLP face a claim brought by a family estate near Hinkley Point C and a former BBC broadcaster file a defamation claim against a Welsh news site over articles linking her to Russian state media and conspiracy theories. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.
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May 08, 2026
A criminal law solicitor who previously appeared on British television has persuaded a disciplinary panel to reject an allegation that he misled his firm by secretly representing a client for £250 ($340) in cash on his day off work.
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May 08, 2026
An employment law consultancy unfairly denied a disabled member of staff her bonus after it took into account absences from work connected to her condition, a tribunal has ruled.
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May 07, 2026
Open Banking Ltd. said Thursday that it has appointed a former general counsel at the Financial Conduct Authority as an independent non-executive director to its board.
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May 07, 2026
A leading legal technology specialist warned on Thursday that rapidly advancing AI will bring "nothing less than societal transformation," with far-reaching consequences for lawyers.
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May 07, 2026
Mishcon de Reya LLP has strengthened its innovation bench with Bird & Bird LLP's digital rights leader to help meet rising client demand for advice on artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies.
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May 07, 2026
A former owner of a law firm has been struck off the roll of solicitors after a tribunal found that he failed to comply with court orders and provided false information in applications for professional insurance cover.
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May 07, 2026
An aspiring judge appealed on Thursday for findings that he was dishonest to be excised from a ruling in his case alleging he was racially discriminated against in his bid for the bench, even though the case was adjourned.