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The Law News team covers the business of law in the UK: partner hires and promotions, law firm results and acquisitions, the deals firms advise on, and guidance from regulators and professional bodies such as the Law Society and the FCA. It has reported on the profession since 2022.
Stories start from the primary source, whether a firm announcement, published accounts, a regulator's statement or a survey, and say what has changed and for whom. Recent coverage includes Fletchers Solicitors' 47% rise in revenue to £113.3m, Ison Harrison's acquisition of Dootsons, Lodders' hire of family partner Aasha Choudhary, and the Law Society's practice note on AI and client confidentiality.
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The week to 6 November: child detention and pornography offences take effect, the government accepts the LSB review and a tribunal makes remediation orders.
Carter-Ruck said on Thursday it has appointed Tomas Vail, who ran Vail Dispute Resolution, as a partner in its International team.
Clifford Chance has hired Kasia Bojarojć, a Director of Mergers at the CMA, as counsel in its London antitrust practice, after a decade in private practice.
Oxford professor and Essex Court Chambers barrister Dapo Akande has been elected an ICJ judge for nine years, ending a near decade without a UK judge.
Mr Justice Michael Green joins the Civil Procedure Rule Committee as a High Court judge member for three years from 1 November.
Proskauer has made up five London corporate lawyers as partners in a firmwide round of 21, the same London count as in 2025, effective from 1…
Sir Geoffrey Vos retires as Master of the Rolls, the CJC reports on AI in court documents and ministers set Horizon redress deadlines.
Sir Geoffrey Vos has retired as Master of the Rolls, a post he held from 2021, and the King has approved Sir Colin Birss as his…
The Civil Justice Council's final report on AI in court documents asks the CJC and CPRC to consider urgently how litigants in person may use it.
The Lady Chief Justice has appointed Mrs Justice Joanna Smith interim Deputy President of the Business and Property Division, running the Division from 1 November.
Ministers have set closing dates for two postmaster redress schemes and promised independent assessment of Horizon Shortfall Scheme offers and appeals.
Mills & Reeve has appointed Peter Mayhew as a partner in its venture capital team, hiring him from Shakespeare Martineau. The firm announced the move on…
Freshfields is advising Onnec Group Limited, the London-based data centre infrastructure services business, on its sale to CBRE Group, Inc. for an initial £460 million in…
Lord Justice Coulson has retired from the Court of Appeal. On 13 October 2026 the judiciary announced that Sir Peter Coulson retires as a Lord Justice…
Stephenson Harwood has appointed James Linforth, its global head of banking and finance, as chief executive with effect from 1 January 2027. The firm announced the…
easyJet published the scheme document for its recommended £5.7 billion cash takeover by Apollo on 15 October 2026, fixing the shareholder votes for 11 November 2026.…
A group claim brought by nearly 13,300 London black cab drivers against Uber is time-barred, the Commercial Court has ruled, after finding that the claimants could,…
Her Honour Judge Lindsey George has been appointed Designated Civil Judge for Surrey and Sussex. The Lady Chief Justice announced on 20 October 2026 that Judge…
The Civil Justice Council has opened a consultation on bringing barristers' fees within the guideline hourly rates used to assess costs, and on creating a new…
The Supreme Court ruled on 21 October 2026 that energy regulator redress payments made by ScottishPower are not deductible for corporation tax, and the Commercial Court…
Weil, Gotshal & Manges (London) LLP is advising Ember Infrastructure Management and its bid vehicle on a recommended £505 million cash offer for Ashtead Technology Holdings…
The Court of Appeal has upheld an order allowing the Republic of Mozambique to join Iskandar Safa's widow to its Commercial Court claim and serve her…
Applicants to the Attorney General's Civil and EU Panel of Counsel must declare diversity characteristics when requested, and chambers with panel members are expected to monitor…
The Solicitors Regulation Authority will not bring in its new rules separating compliance officer roles from the people who control higher-risk law firms in January as…
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