/pulse-uk?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Pulse UK Copyright 2025 Â鶹´«Ã½. en-US Sat, 07 Jun 2025 08:42:09 +0000 /pulse-uk/articles/2350701?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse-uk/articles/2350701 The government must take "bold" steps to implement lasting reforms to tackle persistent backlogs in the criminal courts and deteriorating court conditions, a minister warned on Saturday. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 16:02:45 +0000 /pulse-uk/articles/2350421?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse-uk/articles/2350421 Over the past week, Addleshaw Goddard LLP hired a new director of cyber investigations from Bird & Bird LLP, Dechert LLP saw two experts in international capital markets transactions move to Baker Botts LLP, and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP recruited an expert in secondaries transactions from Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 15:08:41 +0000 /pulse-uk/articles/2350190?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse-uk/articles/2350190 The past week in London has seen MGM and the owners of the "Addams Family" trademark sue a private equity firm, two Cambridge colleges file for injunctions against Pro-Palestine student protest groups and a former NBA player brings a claim against Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 13:39:19 +0000 /pulse-uk/articles/2350195?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse-uk/articles/2350195 CMS said Friday that it has increased salaries for newly qualified solicitors in its London office to £120,000 ($162,000) as part of a wider series of increases for junior lawyers in Britain. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 13:14:29 +0000 /pulse-uk/articles/2350370?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse-uk/articles/2350370 Poor productivity has been a "major factor" in the growth of the Crown Court's case backlog since the COVID-19 pandemic, an economic think tank said in a study published Friday. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 12:55:14 +0000 /pulse-uk/articles/2350236?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse-uk/articles/2350236 Debevoise & Plimpton LLP said Friday that it has elevated 11 lawyers to the partnership, with two new partners added in its London office in its latest promotion round, strengthening its capabilities in data strategy and finance across the Atlantic. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 12:43:14 +0000 /pulse-uk/articles/2350203?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse-uk/articles/2350203 A London court referred a barrister and solicitor to their professional regulators on Friday for citing cases that do not exist and warned that freely available generative artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT are not capable of conducting reliable legal research. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 10:02:59 +0000 /pulse-uk/articles/2350214?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse-uk/articles/2350214 The Solicitors Regulation Authority said Friday that it has shuttered a law firm in the southwest of England because it suspects dishonesty by its manager. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 09:31:15 +0000 /pulse-uk/articles/2350030?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse-uk/articles/2350030 The legal industry began June with another action-packed week as BigÂ鶹´«Ã½ firms expanded their presence and offerings. Test your legal news savvy here with Â鶹´«Ã½360 Pulse’s weekly quiz. Fri, 06 Jun 2025 06:23:27 +0000 /pulse-uk/articles/2349936?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse-uk/articles/2349936 The country's first approved artificial intelligence law firm could be a turning point, making it easier for individuals and small businesses to get legal support. But the proliferation of artificial intelligence in the legal sector could also put considerable pressure on small firms and solo practitioners. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 17:04:43 +0000 /pulse-uk/articles/2349644?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse-uk/articles/2349644 The U.K.'s sanctions regime is increasingly unfit for its purpose and must be reformed to tackle complex new forms of aggression such as cyberattacks and economic sabotage, the former lord chancellor urged Thursday. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 15:55:37 +0000 /pulse-uk/articles/2349735?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse-uk/articles/2349735 Flank, which offers an artificial intelligence-driven legal assistant that automatically addresses requests from business users, announced Thursday the raising of $10 million to bolster its product development, expand its engineering and commercial teams, and advance its enterprise partnerships. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 14:19:31 +0000 /pulse-uk/articles/2349683?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse-uk/articles/2349683 A London judge said Thursday that a trading services company must go to trial to prove that its former general counsel misused confidential information, citing a possibility that the business abused the lawyer-client relationship. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 14:13:48 +0000 /pulse-uk/articles/2349770?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse-uk/articles/2349770 DLA Piper said on Thursday that former British Prime Minister David Cameron has joined as a consultant to advise on geopolitical risk, adding to the roster of prominent political figures who have taken on roles at the firm. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 14:07:25 +0000 /pulse-uk/articles/2349717?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse-uk/articles/2349717 A Brick Court Chambers antitrust silk will help to run the Competition Appeal Tribunal's new pro bono scheme, offering free legal help to litigants in person, legal charity Advocate said Thursday. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 12:41:40 +0000 /pulse-uk/articles/2349728?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse-uk/articles/2349728 A former employee of Axiom Ince Ltd. has won a tribunal claim over the collapsed firm's failure to carry out a redundancy consultation before mass dismissals, with a judge granting her an unspecified monetary award. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 12:21:16 +0000 /pulse-uk/articles/2349676?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse-uk/articles/2349676 Taylor Wessing said Thursday it will use Legora's artificial intelligence platform to improve its services as it became the latest in a series of large law firms to adopt the technology. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 12:01:44 +0000 /pulse-uk/articles/2347866?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse-uk/articles/2347866 Addleshaw Goddard LLP has added a heavyweight financial services disputes specialist to join its London office as a partner, as the firm moves to strengthen its practice in the Middle East. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 11:41:53 +0000 /pulse-uk/articles/2349225?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse-uk/articles/2349225 Linklaters LLP has a new chief communications and corporate affairs officer who previously worked for fashion and luxury goods company Burberry Group PLC in London as senior vice president of corporate relations and engagement. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 10:19:06 +0000 /pulse-uk/articles/2349663?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse-uk/articles/2349663 A former solicitor and part-time judge appeared at a London criminal court on Thursday accused of defrauding more than a dozen clients by appropriating at least £137,000 ($186,000) in payments to himself.