PEP holds above £1m as firm leans into tech National law firm Shoosmiths has posted record profits of £80 million for the 2025/26 financial year, with profit per equity partner (PEP) topping the £1 million mark for the second year…
The £2 billion giant is officially here The major international tie-up Ashurst Perkins Coie is now live, after being announced late last November. The combined firm, now known as Ashurst Perkins Coie, is home to over 3,000 lawyers across 52…
Formal advice A district judge has been given formal advice after being found to have behaved rudely towards a barrister and excluding him from a hearing, leaving his client unrepresented. District Judge Nicola Murphy excluded the barrister from a directions…
The top legal affairs news stories from this morning and the weekend Hotel tycoon hires Britain’s best-paid barrister for Heathrow showdown [The Telegraph] (£) Public to decide asylum appeals as Mahmood jettisons judges [The Times] (£) How AI is powering…
Pair referred to disciplinary tribunal The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has brought its first prosecutions against solicitors linked to the Post Office Horizon scandal, referring two individuals to the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT). The first, Jane Elizabeth MacLeod, who was…
Major sporting deal A legal AI giant has been unveiled as Chelsea Football Club’s latest sponsor, with its branding set to appear on the club’s training kit. Legora’s logo will feature on the sleeve of the training kits worn by…
Project Apollo Shoosmiths has built its own AI contract review tool, which it says will speed up the job while also helping to train up junior lawyers. The tool, dubbed Project Apollo, was developed with Microsoft over a year of…
Bar hopeful seeks honest views In the latest submission to our popular career conundrums series, an aspiring barrister asks whether their 2:2 will stand in the way of their dream. “I would like to remain anonymous. I obtained a 2:2…
Pressure to bend rules Pressure from clients to act unethically is the single biggest ethical challenge facing barristers, a new survey has found. The Bar Council’s Ethics at the Bar report, published this week, found that more than half of…
Mixed messaging Currently, the legal press and beyond is full of doom-mongering of a staggering scale. The advent of AI means one thing for sure: your shiny legal career is no longer a dead cert. And as law firms and…