The FCA has unveiled updated Code of Conduct rules which mark a significant shift in how non-financial misconduct is ...

There is a radical reconfiguration taking place in the world of BigLaw that may make terms like magic circle or white shoe ...

Simon Moran, the first guest on the PayLaw podcast, shares his background and journey into the payments industry, starting from his time at American Express and Visa, to his roles at PayPal, Yoyo… ...

The co-chair of Paul Hastings’s London office has returned to Linklaters, joining its corporate and structured lending practice. Mei Lian is joining Linklaters as a partner… ...

On 1 September 2025, a new law will come into effect under the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act (ECCT). Large organisations may be held criminally liable where fraud is committed by ...

The new corporate offence of failure to prevent fraud is coming into force on 1 September, under the Economic Crime and ...

Carbon offsetting and nature restoration projects have long been the legal sector’s go-to climate fix – convenient, but often distant and opaque. But three UK firms are showing it can be done with… ...

Filed eight years ago and with 10 silks on call, the long-running Privatbank case has finally reached judgment over 20 months after the trial ended. Privatbank has emerged victorious in its long… ...

Private equity has invested £1.2bn into UK legal over the past five years, with half of that coming in 2024. That’s still quite a small amount given the size of the market, but that hasn’t stopped… ...

JMW has continued its trend of double-digit growth, having reported a 15 per cent increase in turnover from £82m to £94m for the 2024/25 financial year, exceeding its £90m target.

Welcome to this week’s edition of The Hearing, your cheat sheet to the litigation market. It’s the final week of court term before the long two month break over August and September.

Scottish firm Burness Paull has posted what is almost certain to be one of the largest rises in firmwide revenue for 2024/25, with turnover jumping by 56 per cent from £60.1m to £93.5m.