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The Public Want Blood: Class Action Awareness Hits Five-Year Peak

Briefings, Featured, Press Releases, UK Law / December 5, 2025

The British public have developed rather a taste for watching corporations squirm in court. Portland’s latest Reputation and Accountability report reveals that awareness of class actions has reached its highest level since 2020. The citizenry are increasingly keen to see litigation deployed as a cudgel against corporate misbehaviour.

Based on a poll of nearly 2,000 UK adults, the study shows 27 percent now report high awareness of class actions, up from 24 percent last year. This is despite the Competition Appeal Tribunal experiencing a slight dip in filings during 2024. The public, as Portland drily observes, is starting to notice. Log in to read more . . .

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Private Equity Eyes Big Law And Top Firms Are Opening the Door

Headlining, Law Firms, UK Law / November 26, 2025

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The Private Equity Law Firm Play Ben Thomson, LawFuel contributor Private equity is circling the legal sector, a new breed of law firm is exploring ways to monetise its most valuable asset: equity in the partnership. Both Cohen & Gresser, a litigation boutique, and global player McDermott Will & Emery have reportedly been in discussions

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Clifford Chance cites AI gains as it axes 10% of London back-office team

Big Law, UK Law / November 23, 2025

Clifford Chance, is preparing to eliminate up to 50 London-based business services roles, roughly 10 percent of its London back-office cohort, in a move that underscores how generative artificial intelligence (AI) and offshore operations are reshaping Big Law.
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Paul Weiss Raids Kirklands Again, Snagging Rising M&A Star

Big Law, UK Law / November 18, 2025

Paul Weiss recruit Francesca Story-Harris

Paul, Weiss continues its London talent-grab, this time hiring Francesca Storey-Harris as a partner in its M&A and Private Equity groups and once again targeting Kirkland & Ellis for the talent.

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Can the Magic Circle’s Most Profitable Firm Survive Its Own Success?

Big Law, Headlining, UK Law / November 11, 2025

Slaughter and May’s Billion-Dollar Dilemma – Expand or Perish John Bowie, LawFuel publisher Slaughter and May, a member of the UK’s elite Magic Circle, has proudly charted a different course to its contemporaries. Rebuffing endless international expansion and a bigger partnership, it has maintained a tightly-knit operation. But is it sustainable? Where Slaughters’ rivals have

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UK Minimum Wage Creeps Up on BigLaw Graduate Salaries

Featured, Law Firms, UK Law / November 6, 2025

The UK government’s latest plan to bump the minimum wage is causing some serious eyebrow acrobatics across the City and among law firms as Rachel Reeves, (pictured) ever keen to show she’s on the side of “working people,” is reportedly preparing to lift the National Living Wage to around £12.70 an hour, according to a

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Luxury Expenses Claims Dog Pogust Goodhead

Big Law, Headlining, UK Law / November 4, 2025

Private jets, yachts and lavish spending are some of the claims against Thomas Goodhead, co-founder of Pogust Goodhead who is now at the center of one of the most significant governance crises in modern UK law firm litigation, according to a Times report.

Pogust Goodhead (former SPG Law) secured a £450 million debt facility and is now seeing its co-founder CEO ousted before its headline case reaches judgment.

Thomas Goodhead co-founded Pogust Goodhead with U.S. class action veteran Harris Pogust, propelling the firm into the big league in 2023 when it secured a reported £450 million investment . . . log in to read more

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One in Three UK Law Firms Breach Anti-Money-Laundering Rules

Featured, Law Firms, UK Law / November 4, 2025

A third of UK law firms have failed to meet basic anti-money-laundering (AML) standards, according to the Solicitors Regulation Authority’s latest inspection blitz. Of the 833 firms checked, 270 were non-compliant and another 451 were only partly compliant, a statistic that should make any managing partner’s blood run cold. The SRA handed out about £1.5

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Robin AI’s Big Bet on Legal Tech Meets Market Reality

Featured, Law Firm Technology, Legal AI, UK Law / October 28, 2025

Robin’s Legal Tech Backfire Robin AI, the poster child for the “AI meets law” revolution, is learning the hard way that venture capital fairy dust doesn’t guarantee happily-ever-after. The London-based legal tech firm, once proudly waving its genAI-plus-human-experts flag, is now cutting staff after growth dreams collided with the brick wall of economic reality. The

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The UK Bar’s Law Star ‘Devil’ – Sir James Eadie KC

Law Firms, LawStars, UK Law / October 27, 2025

Sir James Eadie KC LawFuel law star and Supreme Court champion

UK Government’s Supreme Court Champion – The ‘Treasury Devil’ For Sir James Eadie KC, Britain’s Supreme Court could well provide a sleeping arrangement for one of Britain’s outstanding, leading Silks, whose near-standard appearances in the highest court in the country are countless. James Eadie is both Whitehall’s secret weapon in constitutional battles and a barrister

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