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An overview of news, trends and research in the Legal industry in the UK:

Legal firm Dentons enters consulting with risk advisory unit International legal expert Dentons has become the latest law firm to make a foray into the consulting industry, with the launch of a new regulatory advisory wing.
09 September 2019
KPMG faces potential lawsuit regarding Carillion audit Following the collapse of Carillion at the start of 2018, Big Four professional services firm KPMG has been under sustained scrutiny from UK regulators, the press and even Parliament.
12 August 2019
KPMG legal services arm enlists Travers Smith operations boss Big Four professional services firm KPMG has launched a UK branch of its legal consultancy service for in-house lawyers.
18 March 2019
KPMG legal consultancy coming to UK as global arm booms KPMG has become the latest member of the Big Four to announce it will launch a legal consulting arm in the UK.
12 February 2019
KPMG to reinstate divorcee's pension following legal blunder Big Four firm KPMG has been told it must reinstate a £32,173 pension to its original beneficiary, following its wrongful transfer to their ex-wife.
22 January 2019
Law firms see income growth but new challenges on horizon With the Big Four breathing down the necks of top firms, leading legal organisations may be weighing up changing their business models in the coming months.
22 November 2018
International law firm HFW launches business consulting division While the Big Four have been seeking to expand their revenues by pushing into the legal sector, the convergence of consulting and law firms is not a one way street.
08 October 2018
PwC joins forces with American immigration lawyers PwC has penned an agreement with immigration law experts Fragomen.
04 October 2018
Lawyers cross-examine Big Four for climate reporting of audit clients The Big Four have been called upon by a group of activist lawyers to explain alleged failures to signal problems of climate change reporting at some of the UK’s biggest companies.
02 October 2018
Deloitte and Linklaters end legal battle with ex-Arsenal investor Deloitte and Linklaters have ended a long-running feud with a former Arsenal investor, who claimed the pair’s negligence had caused her to have to pay tax on her sale of the football club’s shares.
27 August 2018
EY UK acquires law firm as Big Four edge toward disrupting legal industry With the Big Four looking to enter the coveted legal space, and open themselves up to lucrative new contracts in the process, the foursome are weighing up merger and acquisition activity to break int
20 August 2018
Law firm Allen & Overy launches regulatory consulting business One of the UK’s five largest law firms has launched a new regulatory consulting business.
10 July 2018
Court rules against Petrofac after group refused to pay consultant A multinational company has refused to pay for consulting work it commissioned for advising on a potential contract in Saudi Arabia.
04 July 2018
Professional services firms face legal action for billing graduates who quit Beleaguered outsourcing firm Capita and British professional services firm FDM are facing legal action, following allegations of billing graduates if they attempted to leave the firms.
07 June 2018
Deloitte and Linklaters play blame game over Arsenal sale lawsuit Deloitte and Linklaters have pointed the finger at one another over a UK lawsuit relating to the sale of Arsenal Football Club.
16 March 2018
Yorkshire-based motor dealership aims to sue PwC and Lloyds bank for £55 million PwC and Lloyds Banking Group are set to face a £55 million legal battle with a motor dealership which will alleges they colluded to force it out of business.
15 March 2018
Women in law firms reluctant to utilise gender measures, despite glass ceiling Women continue to be under represented in the legal industry, even while various support programmes and policies are in place to improve the gender balance of the industry.
19 January 2018
Deloitte throws weight behind UK legal services upgrade Mid-tier legal firms in the UK could soon see their revenue streams come under threat, as the Big Four of Deloitte, PwC, EY and KPMG gun for their market share.
18 January 2018
Big Four eye potential $30 billion boost via legal market expansion The Big Four consulting and accounting firms could draw an annual revenue of $30 billion from legal services, were they to fully expand into the market.
28 November 2017
The 100 most innovative RegTech companies and start-ups Emerging ‘RegTech’ technologies, which address the challenges and opportunities of dealing with regulatory issues, are offering financial services institutions growing possibilities to reduce costs a
21 November 2017
UK law firms see solid growth, London City lawyers outperform the rest Law firms in London’s financial district have weathered tough economic and political conditions to post growth overtaking that of regional firms.
26 September 2017
37 London based FTI experts recognised in Who's Who Legal 37 UK-based experts from professional services firm FTI Consulting and its subsidiary Compass Lexecon have been recognised in the second edition of the Who’s Who Legal: Consulting Experts guide.
09 August 2017
Oxyma supports Kluwer Law with improving its client segmentation Improving client understanding and targeting is becoming increasingly important for organisations.
22 June 2017
The largest law and notary firms in the Netherlands The number of lawyers employed at the fifty largest Dutch law firms increased by 2% to more than 4,400, last year, reveals new analysis. An overview of the largest law and notary firms in the Netherlands.
21 June 2017
American political consulting firm raided by FBI American political consultancy Strategic Campaign Group have seen the FBI seize donor information, following legal action from former clients regarding its association with scam fundraising groups.
15 June 2017
Grant Thornton and Lewis Silkin launch cyber security audit service Grant Thornton and Lewis Silkin have launched DataCheckPoint, a joint cyber security audit service.
17 January 2017
IPR laws and internet censorship harm US businesses in China The internet is a key element in today’s digital economy, with most businesses in the developed world having broad high speed access to uncensored data streams and digital tools.
28 June 2016
Law firm RPC launches internal management consultancy business Reynolds Porter Chamberlain, a London based law firm, has launched a new in-house and internally focused management consultancy to support in-house lawyers with operational excellence.
24 May 2016
DLA Piper hires Como for £3.4 million office fit-out in Manchester DLA Piper, as part of its planned move to One St Peter's Square in Manchester mid-way through this year, has hired Como for a Cat A and Cat B fit-out.
17 May 2016
North Highland adds Hunter Holliday as General Counsel North Highland has picked up legal expert Hunter Holliday, who joins the firm as Vice President and General Counsel.
29 April 2016
Big strategic and talent decisions awaiting UK law firms The UK legal profession is seeing the effects of changing client demands, new technology and changes to the expectations of talent.
25 February 2016
82% of large law firms in UK book higher fee income 82 of the 100 largest law firms in the UK have seen their fee income increase over the past year.
11 November 2015

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