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UK’s ‘father of competition law’ Sir Jeremy Lever has died, aged 93
Top British jurist, barrister and Monckton Chambers stalwart helped shape modern competition law
Motor finance: luxury cars, secret commissions and a UK Supreme Court ruling
Freeth’s partner Richard Coates breaks down the ruling and its implications for luxury car dealers and owners
Private equity firm August invests in Midlands-based law firm Higgs
Deal marks latest private equity transaction in the UK legal sector
Travers Smith reports turnover dip despite breaking £200m revenue barrier for second year
Profit also falls, though PEP remains flat amid year of ‘choppy economic and market conditions’
Legal commentator Sam Fowles among six new tenants at 39 Essex Chambers
Prominent London set boosts public law junior ranks after series of silk appointments
Speakers from Jaguar Land Rover, Kenvue, Novo Nordisk and L’Oréal line up for Anti-Counterfeiting World Law Summit 2025
Conference at the Caledonian Club on 15 September brings together brand, legal and enforcement leaders to tackle the global counterfeit threat
Stephenson Harwood enlisted to advise on consumer class action against Amazon over pricing
Amazon faces claim it inflated prices for more than 45 million UK consumers
Addleshaw Goddard posts double-digit revenue growth as profit hits £224m
Turnover rises 11% to £550.9m as firm continues Europe and Middle East expansion
UK Competition Appeal Tribunal regime must be given more time to bed in
The UK government’s review of collective actions is arguably premature and misguided, writes Ben Rigby
Proskauer hits White & Case for leveraged finance partner in London
Peter Mason marks seventh finance partner hire by Proskauer’s London office in the past year
Trio of firms called in for National Grid’s £1.5bn LNG terminal sale to Centrica, ECP
Latham and Slaughter and May counsel the purchasers as HSF Kramer advises National Grid in deal to allow it to focus on its electricity and gas networks
Value of UK class actions rises to €155bn even as number of filings falls, study finds
CMS report shows overall class action claims in Europe are declining
Pinsents grows turnover 4.7% to £680m as PEP inches up
PEP rises 0.5% to £797k having dipped slightly last year
Founder of London-listed litigation funder Manolete Partners steps down
Steven Cooklin will be replaced in the CEO role by managing director Mena Halton
TLT revenue hits £187m as UK firm continues national expansion plans
Turnover jumped 7.5% driven by growing domestic footprint and new partner hires
Fieldfisher PEP hits £1m amid European growth push
UK-headquartered firm grows profit per equity partner 3% in year to end of March as revenue inches up 1% to £385m
SRA allocates £360,000 to support aspiring solicitors from disadvantaged backgrounds
Funding from Kaplan penalties to help underprivileged SQE candidates
Clyde & Co revenue inches up 3% as profit hits £178m
Firm points to North America as fastest-growing region as revenue reaches £854m
Quinn Emanuel re-hires former financial litigation partner to take up general counsel role
Robert Hickmott returns to the firm after a two-year break from full-time practice
Lewis Silkin opens in Scotland with three-lawyer Glasgow employment team
New office will be led by partner Carolyn Miller, who joins from employment law consultancy Fish To Water