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Clifford Chance partners with AI system Kira
Clifford Chance has become the latest UK law firm to adopt the use of AI after announcing that it has entered into a partnership with software provider Kira Systems.
Addleshaw Goddard posts 5 per cent revenue jump
Following the trend of other mid-tier firms, which have seen slower growth in 2015/16 than the year before, Addleshaw Goddard's revenues are up 5 per cent to £201.8m for the 2015/16 financial year.
Clyde & Co posts double-digit revenue growth
Clyde & Co has posted a 13 per cent jump in turnover for the 2015/16 financial year from £395m to £447.3m, topping the previous year's 9 per cent increase.
Mishcon de Reya called up for anti-Brexit challenge
Business stakeholders have enlisted Mishcon de Reya to launch a pre-emptive legal offensive against Britain's prospective exit from the European Union.
Michael Gove makes a play for Number 10
The justice secretary has thrown his hat into the ring for the contest to become the next prime minister of the United Kingdom.
Nabarro posts modest lift in revenue for 2015/16
Fresh financials from the firm reveal a 3.5 per cent increase in turnover for the last financial year.
Devereux Chambers to lead crowdfunded Brexit legal challenge
Barrister Jolyon Maugham QC is teaming up with human rights firm Bindmands to take on the EU referendum result.
Vodafone may shift HQ out of post-Brexit Britain
Regulatory uncertainty is forcing many global companies and their lawyers to weigh up the costs and benefits of staying based in the United Kingdom.
Law Society calls for pause on regulatory shake-up after Brexit vote
Plans to separate the Law Society from the SRA should be delayed until the post-Brexit legal landscape becomes clearer, says chief executive Catherine Dixon.
Report shows market share of unregulated providers
The Legal Services Board has found that the size of the for profit unregulated sector is smaller than previously thought.
Over half of UK legal firms believe talent pool has shrunk
More than half of UK legal firms feel that the skilled talent pool within the sector has shrunk over the last year, according to Clayton Legal.
More shadow ministers resign after Brexit vote
Sir Keir Starmer QC and Andy Slaughter have become the latest in a wave of shadow ministers to resign in the wake of the UK's vote to leave the EU.
Turnover up at Watson Farley & Williams, Sacker & Partners
Both firms have posted modest growth in their revenues for the 2016 financial year.
Corbyn names new shadow lord chancellor
After a mass exodus in his shadow cabinet, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has picked a close ally and former employment lawyer to take up the role of shadow lord chancellor and secretary of state for justice.
Labour's shadow justice leaders resign amid Brexit fallout
Members of Labour's shadow justice team are among the wave of shadow cabinet ministers who have resigned in protest against Jeremy Corbyn's leadership in the wake of the UK's vote to leave the EU.
RPC hits £100m turnover mark
RPC has seen turnover hit £100m for the first time after its top line grew by 6 per cent, from £94m to 2014/15 to £100.5m in the last financial year.
UK's future in ECHR in doubt
Legal experts have expressed doubts about the future of Britain's commitment to the European Convention on Human Rights following the following the UK's vote to leave the EU.
Law firms mull pay freezes
In the wake of UK's decision to leave the EU, law firms are considering whether to cancel planned pay rises.
Linklaters becomes last Magic Circle firm to hit $180k
The Cravath pay scale has now officially swept the entire Magic Circle.
Maclay, Murray & Spens posts weak vitals after merger collapse
Turnover was only slightly up at the Scottish firm this past year, while PEP has slumped by double digits.