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Quebec Regulators Probe AI Debt Collection Tools
More and more people in Quebec are finding out that their first contact with a debt collector might not be a phone call from a real…
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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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Why law firms are suddenly asking about the pioneering Clyde & Co carbon deal
By Luke Baldwin, Co-founder, Nature Broking Three weeks after the Clyde & Co carbon removal announcement, I received an email from a senior partner at a…
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Managing Workload as a Solicitor
By mid morning in many law offices the day has already split into two separate realities The planned day written neatly in a diary and the…
Why 33% More Solicitors Sought Crisis Support in Twelve Months
The Solicitors' Charity helped a third more lawyers in a single year than the year before, directing £1.2 million towards wellbeing support as the profession confronts…
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How Law Firms Structure Legal Teams
A law office rarely looks as dramatic as people imagine it to be. No one is shouting objections in hallways and nobody delivers surprise confessions beside…
Northwest Law Firm Targets Military Abuse Claims as Partner Joins APIL’s First All-Female Leadership
Venus Legal appointed Stacy Pimlott as joint coordinator of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers' Military Special Interest Group this week, marking the first time the…
What It’s Like to Work in Legal Aid
By nine in the morning the chairs are already taken, people sit with folders pressed to their chest, phones open to screenshots of letters they do…
Han Jo Kim Divorce Settlement Finalized Amid Escort Allegations
Sometimes the only thing faster than the speed at which some divorces proceed is the stillness that ensues. The brief public spectacle involving renowned NYC spine…
Trump‑Era Tax Break Expansion Sends Mid‑Sized Tech Stocks Surging in Market Rotation
Financial markets have seen a dramatic change in recent months, initially subtle but later becoming more noticeable. Previously confined to the outskirts of attention, mid-sized tech…
Illegal ENVY Apple Orchards Destroyed After DNA Evidence Seals Chinese Supreme Court Victory
Fruit trees in Gansu were forcibly cut down and destroyed recently, their trunks reduced to stumps. The orchards had been growing Scilate apples—the variety marketed globally…
Freeths poaches Gateley’s London corporate head in private equity push
Freeths has recruited Zum Mohammed from Gateley Plc, where she led the London corporate team, in a move that signals the firm's ambitions in the capital's…
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Legal Recruitment Trends in the UK
On a gray morning outside a legal recruitment office near Holborn the waiting area fills before nine, not with nervous graduates but with mid career solicitors…
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Skills Every UK Law Graduate Needs
At a university careers fair in London a recruiter once told me she could predict which law students would struggle within five minutes, and it had…
Law Students to Support Traveller Families Locked Out of Justice System
Mistrust runs deep when the systems meant to protect you have historically failed. For Gypsy and Traveller families across Wales, that wariness extends to solicitors, courts,…
Kennedy Center Lawsuit Challenges Trump Name Change
Overnight in late December, a well-known monument in Washington underwent a transformation. The name that had previously stood alone was subtly changed on the lettering outside…
Daniel Reed Jessica Moore Lawsuit: What Really Happened and What Didn’t
A dark and dramatic story was spun by a video clip that went viral on social media in recent weeks. Just before impact, it depicted a…
Oregon Man Sued For Collecting Rainwater Sparks Nationwide Debate
At first glance, it may seem like satire that someone could be punished for gathering rain. However, Gary Harrington's story offers something far more nuanced: a…
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Continuing Professional Development for Lawyers
On a wet Tuesday afternoon in Birmingham, a mid-career solicitor once described her CPD log to me as “a diary of panic and ambition in equal…
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Legal Apprenticeships Explained
The first time I visited a mid-sized law office that hired apprentices, I was struck by how unceremonious the whole thing felt. No oak-panelled corridors, no…
Browne Jacobson poaches six London partners in 12 months as expansion accelerates
Six partners in 12 months. That's the pace at which Browne Jacobson has been building its London practice, with the latest double hire marking the most…
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Role of Paralegals in Law Firms
The first time you notice how much a law firm depends on paralegals is usually when one is missing. Files stall. Calls go unanswered. A partner…
Agricultural estates specialist joins Yorkshire’s largest law firm after 15-year career
Monika Bone arrived at Wilkin Chapman Rollits' York office in February as the firm's newest partner, bringing 15 years of Yorkshire legal experience with her. The…
After 24 Years Building by Word of Mouth, PainSmith Founder Plans Her Exit
The office Marveen Smith chose for her new law firm sat next to a saddlery, close to home, practical rather than prestigious. That was 24 years…
What In-House Lawyers Do
The in-house lawyer rarely looks like the courtroom figure people imagine when they think about the law. There is no wig, no oak-panelled drama, no raised…
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