The gender pay gap at the U.K.'s highest-earning law firms is 25% on average — but disparities within a single firm can vary from zero to more than 100%.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced plans on Monday to step down after losing the support of the Labour Party for him to stay on, clearing the way for former Manchester mayor Andy Burnham to launch his bid for the top job.
In-house lawyers might send an email or get on the phone when they want to talk to outside counsel. But the head of artificial intelligence startup Legora tells Law360 he sees a future where a client's first port of call might be an artificial intelligence tool offered by a law firm.
A judge's challenge on Wednesday to the lawfulness of a secretive process used to appoint judges will shine a light on part of the U.K. legal system that is often criticized but largely opaque.
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The gender pay gap at the U.K.'s highest-earning law firms is 25% on average — but disparities within a single firm can vary from zero to more than 100%.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced plans on Monday to step down after losing the support of the Labour Party for him to stay on, clearing the way for former Manchester mayor Andy Burnham to launch his bid for the top job.
In-house lawyers might send an email or get on the phone when they want to talk to outside counsel. But the head of artificial intelligence startup Legora tells Law360 he sees a future where a client's first port of call might be an artificial intelligence tool offered by a law firm.
A judge's challenge on Wednesday to the lawfulness of a secretive process used to appoint judges will shine a light on part of the U.K. legal system that is often criticized but largely opaque.
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November 11, 2026
Clyde & Co. said Wednesday that it has hired the global head of disputes at a multinational steel producer as a partner in its London office as it expands its work on complex disputes in infrastructure and construction.
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November 11, 2026
The Bar Standards Board has failed to prove that a barrister committed professional misconduct when he posted that Hezbollah was justified "both legally and morally" to use military force to destroy the Israel Defense Forces.
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November 11, 2026
Pinsent Masons LLP said Wednesday it is consulting with staff over proposed changes to its alternative legal services arm and business operations, which could lead to redundancies as it seeks to modernize its service to clients.
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November 11, 2026
Freshfields said Wednesday that a structured finance partner has taken over as its general counsel, succeeding the firm's legal chief of seven years.
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November 11, 2026
Legora said Wednesday that it has tapped a former U.K. minister to win more public sector clients worldwide amid growing pressure on public services, including a record backlog at the Crown Court in England and Wales.
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November 11, 2026
Stephenson Harwood and Taylor Wessing said Wednesday that they have agreed not to pursue a potential merger following initial discussions.
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November 11, 2026
Kirkland reportedly bolstered its German litigation practice on Wednesday, hiring a litigator from Weil a day after partners at the 95-year-old Wall Street firm overwhelmingly backed its dissolution following a wave of departures.
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November 10, 2026
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP on Tuesday committed to taking on eight trainees from Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, becoming the latest U.S. firm to take on trainees from the firm that said last month it would wind down operations following a wave of partner departures on both sides of the Atlantic.
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November 10, 2026
Partners at Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP voted on Tuesday to dissolve the firm and install a three-member committee to oversee the wind-down of operations.
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November 10, 2026
Brabners LLP said Tuesday it will help develop a Legal Services T Level course as it seeks to boost social mobility within the legal sector by offering another alternative pathway into a career in the law.
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November 10, 2026
A London court has ruled that a solicitor cannot overturn a fine and legal restrictions imposed by a disciplinary tribunal in 2019, finding no justification for the "significant" delay in his bid to undo the solicitors' watchdog's case against him.
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November 10, 2026
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP said Tuesday that it has hired five partners in London and Washington, D.C., from Hogan Lovells Cadwalader, in the latest departures from the newly merged law firm.
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November 10, 2026
Businessman and ex-solicitor Mohamed Amersi said that the daughter of the then-Uzbekistani president was not a "bribeable person" and instead extorted funds as he denied involvement in corruption at a London trial on Tuesday.
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November 10, 2026
Ashurst Perkins Coie has won a mandate worth £18 million ($24.2 million) to advise the U.K. government on two programs to capture and remove greenhouse gases as part of its efforts to cut emissions.
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November 09, 2026
In September, Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP released an official statement signaling that it was not engaged in merger talks. A month later, the firm confirmed that it was exploring a merger.
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November 09, 2026
Sidley Austin LLP is engaged in talks to add about 200 attorneys and staff from Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP across offices in the United States, United Kingdom and Europe.
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November 09, 2026
London-based Addleshaw Goddard LLP has struck up a partnership with legal artificial intelligence company Harvey, which will see the law firm distribute chatbot software to its workforce of more than 3,400 attorneys and business services professionals, according to an announcement on Monday.
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November 09, 2026
Litigation investor Henderson & Jones has sued the former director of a property company for £1 million ($1.3 million), alleging he took out a COVID-19 business interruption loan that contributed to the property developer becoming insolvent.
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November 09, 2026
A law firm advisory and management business backed by litigation funder Burford Capital LLC said Monday it has opened its first U.S. office in New York to help BigLaw partners establish their own firms.
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November 09, 2026
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP said Monday that it has hired an energy and infrastructure corporate partner from Freshfields LLP, the latest in a series of senior exits from the Magic Circle firm.
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November 09, 2026
Pinsent Masons said Monday it has hired a new general counsel from a management consultancy to join its board, in the firm's latest leadership move.
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November 06, 2026
A team of prominent mergers and acquisitions partners at Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, including the attorney who chaired its 600-attorney corporate department, joined Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP on Friday, according to a source with knowledge of the departures. That person requested anonymity to discuss information that had not been publicly confirmed by Cravath.
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November 06, 2026
Carpmaels & Ransford LLP has welcomed back a life sciences patent attorney after a stint at Marks & Clerk, as it continues to expand its litigation capabilities before Europe's patent court with lateral hires.
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November 06, 2026
The Office for Legal Complaints has proposed increasing the ombudsman's operating budget to around £22.8 million ($30.5 million) to tackle a surge in cases, and also plans to charge higher fees for cases requiring investigation.
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November 06, 2026
Over the past week, Freshfields LLP continued to lose senior lawyers to rivals as Ashurst Perkins Coie recruited one of its infrastructure partners, DLA Piper hired a corporate specialist from Allen Overy Shearman Sterling and a pensions partner from Pinsent Masons LLP, and Addleshaw Goddard LLP added three private equity partners from McDermott Will & Schulte.