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  SRA Records 58% Jump In Misconduct Reports In 2 Years

  By Ashish Sareen

  The Solicitors Regulation Authority said Friday that it has recorded a 58% increase in misconduct reports over t...(read more)

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  The Revolving Door: US Firms Push Ahead With London Hires 

  By Laura Stewart Liberty

  Over the past week, Vinson & Elkins hired Ashurst's energy M&A head, White & Case tapped a Baker McKenzie infras...(read more)

• Treat Agentic AI With 'Absolute Caution,' BSB Guidance Warns

  By Marialuisa Taddia

  The Bar Standards Board has become the first major legal services regulator in England and Wales to issue detailed guidance on lawyers' use of artificial intelligence, warning barristers on Monday to treat agentic AI systems as high‑risk and approach them with "absolute caution."

• Freshfields Taps Private Capital Co-Head For New UK Chief

  By Marialuisa Taddia

  Freshfields LLP appointed a new managing partner for the U.K. on Thursday, naming private capital partner Victoria Sigeti as successor to Mark Sansom.

• Burness Paull Posts Record £100M Turnover On Growth Push

  By Ashish Sareen

  Burness Paull said Thursday that it has posted record turnover of more than £100 million ($135 million) and that profit and partner profits have also hit new highs in the first 12 months of the Scottish law firm's three-year strategy for growth.

• Freeths Settles £5M Claim Over Advice On Soured Quarry Deal

  By Jamie Lennox

  Freeths has reached a settlement in its £5 million ($6.8 million) negligence dispute with a litigation-funder at a London court, swerving claims that its advice caused the owner of a quarrying business to lose his company.

• Carta Buys AI-Native Law Firm Avantia To Target PE Market

  By Ashish Sareen

  U.S.-based private markets fintech company Carta said Wednesday that it has acquired U.K. law firm Avantia Law Ltd. in a move that enables it to offer artificial intelligence-powered legal and compliance services to private equity and venture capital firms.

• Fletchers Group Hires 42 From Freeths In Practice Expansion

  By Marialuisa Taddia

  Fletchers Group said Wednesday that it has acquired the clinical negligence and Court of Protection teams of another English law firm as it continues to expand its coverage across the country.

• Sweden's AGRD Taps Icelandic Firm As It Eyes Expansion

  By Marialuisa Taddia

  Swedish legal services group AGRD Partners said on Wednesday that it has acquired a leading Icelandic law firm, marking the group's first move outside Sweden as part of a plan for expansion that could reach the U.K.

• Ex-TLT Employee Barred Over 'Sexually Motivated' Conduct

  By Ashish Sareen

  A former facilities assistant at TLT LLP has been barred from working for another law firm after making unwanted advances toward junior female staff, which the Solicitors Regulation Authority has described as "a clear and calculated pattern of behavior."

• Morgan Lewis Hires Covington Partner To Lead Europe M&A

  By Ashish Sareen

  Morgan Lewis said Tuesday that it has recruited a partner from Covington & Burling LLP in London to lead the firm's European M&A practice.

• Anthropic's Claude Expansion Tests Legal Vendor Boundaries

  By Steven Lerner

  Months after releasing a new legal plug-in for its Claude product, Anthropic made a deeper push into the legal sector on Tuesday with new dedicated artificial intelligence offerings for both law firms and legal departments.

• Barrister Loses Bid To Revive Race Bias Case Against 10 KBW

  By Adele Redmond

  A criminal barrister has lost her appeal, in which she claimed that she was racially discriminated against by her chambers, as a judge ruled on Tuesday that her case had "no merit whatsoever."

• Palestine Action Barrister Wins Appeal To Block Contempt Bid

  By William Janes

  A London appeals court has knocked back contempt of court proceedings against a barrister accused of breaching a court order in a closing speech while representing a Palestine Action activist who took part in a raid on an Israeli arms manufacturer.