The top legal affairs news stories from this morning and the weekend AI should have senior lawyers sharpening their hunting spears [Financial Times] (£) Thames Water lenders plot legal fight with Burnham over nationalisation [Sky News] Boohoo hit by new…
Transatlantic firm goes into fully-remote mode The newly merged Hogan Lovells Cadwalader has been forced to ask its London lawyers to work from home for a fortnight after their air conditioning systems packed in this week. The upside? Not having…
Ex-Hogan Lovells and Linklaters lawyers slam the SQE Ex Hogan Lovells solicitor James Richardson and former Linklaters solicitor Helen Pamely Two former City lawyers have teamed up to demand an overhaul of the Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE). James Richardson and…
Profits return to pre-merger levels A&O Shearman partners are taking home an average of ($2.9 million) £2.2 million despite broadly flat revenue, as profits return to pre-merger levels. In its second full year since being created through the 2024 merger…
£34 million extra funding The government has set out how it plans to spend up to £34 million a year on legal aid for the criminal bar, with the money going towards higher fees for the barristers who prosecute and…
New policy The University of Chicago has introduced a policy banning its incoming law students from using laptops and smartphones during lectures in a bid to limit AI dependency. The new policy will come into effect at the beginning of…
Joins Chelsea Akif Rahman and Xabi Alonso A departing Magic Circle lawyer has found a rather creative way to announce his departure from the firm, recreating a viral post made by former Spanish footballer Xabi Alonso. Sharing the image on…
Was it worth it? It’s been well reported in the UK media that Prince Harry has been waging war on Britain’s press establishment in a series of protracted legal battles fought out in the High Court and beyond. Whilst he’s…
Mixed fortunes Eversheds Sutherland, Simmons & Simmons, Bird & Bird, TLT, Fieldfisher and Bevan Brittan have become the latest law firms to unveil their 2025-26 financial results. Eversheds Sutherland’s international arm recorded revenue of £827.1 million for the year ended…
Okayyyy…. Legora’s 26 year-old CEO Max Junestrand The boss of a top legal AI company has claimed that partners at elite law firms are undercharging. Max Junestrand, the 26 year-old Swedish tech whizz who runs Legora, believes that law firms’…