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Northern Ireland law society to hold special meeting over chief exec’s character reference for paedophile cousin
Society president Mark Borland says David Lavery will remain in post but admits controversy has damaged profession’s reputation
Miura & Partners to open in ‘gateway to Asia’ Okinawa
Tokyo-based firm prepares to add fourth regional office in Japan
LawCare warns contacts of scam risk after data breach
UK mental health campaign group among more than 1,000 charities whose specialist CRM supplier was hacked
Northern Ireland law society council member resigns as pressure mounts over chief exec’s reference for paedophile cousin
Philip Armstrong refers to society decisions ‘with which I cannot in all conscience agree’ in LinkedIn post
Northern Ireland law soc chief sacked from human rights body over reference for paedophile cousin
David Lavery found to have ‘demonstrated a severe failure of judgement regarding public office responsibilities’
Clifford Chance builds 400,000-document AI knowledge library with Epiq and Microsoft
Magic Circle UK firm says project allows it to curate ‘decades’ of knowledge while respecting client confidentiality
KPMG launches Portuguese legal arm after hiring from four local law firms
Move follows Deloitte’s merger last year with TELLES
Ashurst revenue rises 11% to £1.15bn ahead of Perkins Coie merger
Anglo-Australian firm underlines ‘strong financial foundation’ as it prepares to merge with West Coast US firm
Mass claims divide opinion as lawyers defend rule of law at London International Disputes Week
LIDW26’s main conference saw business and consumer representatives clash over UK class actions, while senior lawyers and policymakers called for a stronger defence of the rules-based international ord...
Northern Ireland law soc chief executive apologises over character reference for paedophile cousin
Prominent legal figure dubs apology ‘completely inadequate’ amid reported ‘disgust’ among solicitors at situation
Anthropic extends legal reach with launch of 12 Claude practice area plugins
Gen AI giant also releases more than 20 ‘connectors’ to popular legaltech software
Quinn Emanuel co-founder John Quinn steps down from management after 40 years at helm
Disputes giant expects ‘seamless transition’ as Quinn retains chairman role in non-executive capacity
DLA Piper makes up 62 partners
US accounts for largest share of promotions as firm prepares to unify under a single global LLP
Former Berwin Leighton Paisner head Neville Eisenberg launches consultancy firm
ClarityX Advisory sets out to help law firms during unprecedented period of disruption
Addleshaw Goddard makes up 17 partners
Cohort spans the UK, Europe and the Middle East, including two in newly added Warsaw office
High Court Q1 claims volume hits record levels
Busy start to 2026 fuelled by surge in Commercial Court filings, according to research by Solomonic
UK-listed Knights in talks to acquire leading South East firm
Deal to buy £42m-turnover Moore Barlow would be largest acquisition to date
Harvey enlists Gibson Dunn AI practice group co-head for senior strategy role
Former Google lawyer Keith Enright will join legal AI platform as chief strategy officer
Top media lawyer receives High Court apology over ‘lawfare’ allegation
Paul Tweed ‘very satisfied’ after academic agrees to ask publisher to destroy remaining copies of offending book
Kirkland’s revenue jumps 20% to top $10bn
PEP at Chicago-based giant also climbs 20% to reach $11.1m