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Covers UK legal business: firms, appointments, deals and regulation
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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A Birmingham law firm has bolstered its residential property division with a senior appointment as the West Midlands housing market shows signs of significant growth in…
The first time I encountered tort law in a meaningful way wasn’t in a courtroom or a textbook, but on a rain-darkened pavement outside a corner…
The burden of proof is a legal term that sounds technical at first, but then it becomes very human. It decides who needs to convince whom…
Legal maxims have a way of sticking around. They are often not translated, only half-remembered, and rarely ignored. They sit in the background of judgments, lectures,…
A silent flight out of Manila must have been unusually sobering for someone who once made money off of chaos. On January 17, 2026, nine months…
For many years, copyright law was based on the simple principle that the creator is the owner of the work. Once thought to be self-evident, that…
Statutory instruments rarely draw attention to themselves. They do not carry the drama of a Bill’s passage through Parliament or the symbolism of a Royal Assent…
There’s a distinct quiet in rooms where catastrophic injury cases are argued. Not the performative silence you expect in criminal trials, but something heavier. As if…
People often don't realize how important the Crown Court is. It is both a trial court and an appellate court, connecting justice at the local level…
Ten years ago, it would have taken exact operators and a near-clinical grasp of Boolean logic to ask a basic question of a legal database. Legal…
They didn't begin with a job offer and a law degree. A lot of them started out in software or design because they were annoyed by…
A leading personal injury solicitor has warned that the Government's ambitious road safety strategy, whilst well-intentioned, fails to address fundamental gaps in enforcement and accountability that…
The legal system changed gradually and remarkably effectively, case by case, like water finding new paths through old stone. It did not announce itself with a…
Growing up in Little Havana, Miami, surrounded by the sound of Spanish radios and the aroma of fried plantains, Enrique Tarrio never seemed to be destined…
The question of what are sources of UK law is often answered too neatly, as if the system were a filing cabinet with labelled drawers. In…
A petition calling on the Prime Minister to end the postcode lottery affecting thousands of people living with spinal cord injuries has landed at 10 Downing…
Organisations across the UK are being urged to accelerate their preparation for a raft of employment law changes that will fundamentally alter workplace rights and protections…
There was a subdued optimism in the Philadelphia room where Mahmoud Khalil's lawyers met this month that seemed almost brittle, like steam rising from a teacup…
While some political disputes move more slowly, gaining momentum through court filings and quiet confirmations, others arrive like thunderstorms, loud and immediate. This falls into the…
Legal startups are emerging as venture capital's new favorite, and they're pursuing more than just headlines. Even seasoned investors were surprised by the amount of venture…
Legal services have frequently proceeded with an almost glacial level of caution. It therefore naturally raises eyebrows when venture capitalists, who are known for pursuing what…
The making of UK legislation rarely begins with certainty. It often starts with unease, a sense that something is not working as it should. A policy…
Common law didn't come all at once. It came into being slowly, through habit and repetition, and a growing belief that similar disputes should have similar…
People often learn the difference between civil and criminal law through neat diagrams and clear lines, but it doesn't feel that way when you see it…
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