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.
When Dana Denis-Smith launched her campaign to become president of the Law Society of England and Wales, her message was clear: the legal profession has changed dramatically over the past two decades — and must keep evolving.
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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.
When Dana Denis-Smith launched her campaign to become president of the Law Society of England and Wales, her message was clear: the legal profession has changed dramatically over the past two decades — and must keep evolving.
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August 18, 2026
SBB Law's insurer has denied it owes £19.5 million ($26.4 million) to the administrator of the collapsed law firm over after-the-event premiums that covered its clients' cavity wall insulation claims, arguing the policies it wrote were based on "untrue" representations the law firm made.
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August 18, 2026
Litigators who spend millions using armies of lawyers rather than more efficient artificial intelligence tools to review documents could soon face cost penalties from the courts, lawyers say, even as the profession resists making use of the technology mandatory.
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August 18, 2026
DWF has closed its office in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, less than five years after it launched amid a drive by the Saudi government to attract more international businesses as part of its economic diversification initiative.
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August 18, 2026
A former director of Axiom Ince has been struck off by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal panel for using a client's funds to settle counsel fees for another client, then trying to cover it up, according to a judgment published Tuesday.
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August 18, 2026
A former finance lawyer at Ashurst Perkins Coie has been struck off for making a fraudulent insurance claim for a stolen bicycle that was not covered by an existing policy at the time the theft took place.
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August 17, 2026
Pogust Goodhead is being sued by one of its financial backers for £84 million ($114 million) over demands that the firm repay debts funding its mammoth group litigation against Australian mining company BHP.
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August 17, 2026
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe (UK) LLP has settled a claim by a hedge fund accusing the firm of negligence, alleging it failed to advise it to enforce a €21 million ($24.3 million) debt in a French energy group's insolvency.
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August 17, 2026
The Solicitors Regulation Authority told law firms Monday to make sure there is "appropriate human oversight" of the use of artificial intelligence tools, after recent high-profile court cases highlighted the risks of fake case citations and client confidentiality breaches.
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August 17, 2026
Knights Group said Monday that it has agreed to buy an English law firm, THP Solicitors, for £4 million ($5.4 million) in a move to expand its presence near London and strengthen its private client and real estate practices.
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August 14, 2026
The past week in London has seen newly signed Real Madrid footballer Yan Diomandé sued over access to his image rights, Nigel Farage and Reform UK deputy leader Richard Tice accuse the NCA of leaking confidential financial information, and a right-wing American journalist hit The Guardian with a libel claim.
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August 14, 2026
Over the past week, Simons Muirhead Burton hired two lawyers for its corporate team, Weil lost top talent to Paul Hastings and Akin Gump, and Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner brought Crowell & Moring's head of digital law on board in London and San Francisco to co-lead its digital transformation practice.
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August 14, 2026
Paul Hastings has recruited an intellectual property and technology expert from Weil as businesses grapple with new transparency rules under the European Union's Artificial Intelligence Act.
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August 14, 2026
A solicitor who was struck off for misconduct including practicing without valid insurance asked a disciplinary tribunal on Friday to readmit him to the profession, arguing that he "unequivocally" accepts his sanction and is genuinely remorseful.
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August 14, 2026
London law firms Russell-Cooke and Teacher Stern will continue to operate independently after they agreed not to go ahead with a proposed merger, it emerged on Friday.
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August 13, 2026
Fieldfisher has added corporate disputes attorney Benny Wünschmann as a partner in Berlin, launching a dispute resolution practice in the German capital as the firm continues to expand its European disputes team.
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August 13, 2026
Online divorce and separation specialist Amicable said Thursday it is planning to launch a new tech-enabled law firm to offer legal services and representation in family and conveyancing matters that Amicable does not provide.
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August 13, 2026
Female students outnumbered male students by almost two to one among A-level Law students this year, with female students also achieving higher grades, data published Thursday shows.
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August 13, 2026
A barrister has been disbarred after she was discovered secretly recording a number of family court hearings and making fun of an employee's mental health condition, the Bar Standards Board said.
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August 13, 2026
Flint Bishop has moved to a new permanent home in Sheffield as part of a wider investment program to sustain the firm's growth after it generated more than £40 million ($54 million) in revenue for the first time.
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August 12, 2026
E-discovery platform provider Relativity announced Wednesday the expansion of its existing artificial intelligence platform with the unveiling of claiR, a chatbot linked to the data a customer provides inside its RelativityOne software.
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August 12, 2026
Law firm consolidator Oak Legal Group has acquired Perrin Myddelton Ltd. days after the Hertfordshire-based legal business entered administration, its second acquisition in as many months as part of a "buy and build" strategy.
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August 12, 2026
The government said Wednesday it has appointed DWF and other top firms as the go-to legal advisers for its wide range of public bodies in a program valued at £600 million ($809 million).
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August 12, 2026
The founder of Rosenblatt Solicitors has sued Simon Cowell in London, alleging that the music mogul failed to pay him a cut of a confidential 2025 deal under a contract "written on a napkin" over dinner.
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August 12, 2026
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has fined a law firm £25,000 ($33,800) after it uncovered failures in its anti-money laundering and terrorist financing controls.
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August 12, 2026
Bird & Bird LLP has hired a senior in-house lawyer at Nokia as a partner, rejoining the firm's intellectual property team after two decades specializing in patent litigation.