Latest legal news

The Investigatory Powers Bill has been signed into law, significantly expanding the reach of state surveillance in the United Kingdom. | 9yrs

Olswang's Paris office will not be joining the newly merged CMS next year, it has been revealed. | 9yrs

A legal career that began as a 15-year-old high-school drop-out has led Susan Mary Kiefel AC to leadership of High Court of Australia. | 9yrs

The firm's half-year results have revealed a double-digit lift in turnover. | 9yrs

Global megafirm Dentons has emerged as an eleventh-hour suitor for King & Wood Mallesons' flailing European arm, with the pair reportedly in merger discussions. | 9yrs

The pair have confirmed that they are negotiating a potential transatlantic tie-up. | 9yrs

A new study reveals in which countries lawyers are making the most money and working the least hours. Get ready to pack your bags. | 9yrs

Mental health-related absences are down across the Crown Prosecution Service, but sharply up at the SFO. | 9yrs

After triggering a worldwide wave of associate pay rises earlier this year, Cravath has opted to keep its bonus offering unchanged. | 9yrs

Holman Fenwick Willan is set to merge with Houston-based law firm Legge, Farrow, Kimmitt, McGrath & Brown. | 9yrs

The 2016/17 financial year is off to 'a good start' for the mid-tier firm. | 9yrs

A new set of guidelines to support transgender lawyers and staff is the latest addition to Hogan Lovells' diversity and inclusion policy. | 9yrs

DWF is set to merge with C&H Jefferson, a 20-partner firm based in Belfast. | 9yrs

One of the biggest billers in King & Wood Mallesons' City office is considering making the switch to US firm Covington & Burling. | 9yrs

The California Bar Association is considering an all-out ban on sexual relationships between lawyers and their clients, but not all lawyers are happy about it. | 9yrs

The firm's merger with Scotland's HBJ Gateley will add around £20m to its top line. | 9yrs

A team of four personal injury partners are moving from Clyde & Co to DAC Beachcroft in London. | 9yrs

Overwhelming public opposition has forced the government to axe proposed increases to immigration tribunal fees, which in some case where as large as 500 per cent. | 9yrs

Finding a successor to former Counsel to the Inquiry Ben Emmerson QC must be made a priority for the embattled inquiry. | 9yrs