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Private equity reshapes UK law firm governance

External capital is transforming UK law firm governance, financing structures and regulatory risk management.

Generative AI and the Irreducible Duty

As generative AI embeds across UK legal practice, courts and regulators are converging on a clear rule: liability remains human

Freezing injunctions: power, asymmetry and the shifting merits threshold

Recent appellate decisions have clarified, and perhaps unsettled, the law governing freezing injunctions. From the “good arguable case” threshold to risk of dissipation, full and...

SJ Interview: Ben Aram

Ben Aram is UK Managing Partner at Kennedys and co-head of its Corporate & Commercial division. A solicitor specialising in international arbitration and commercial litigation,...

EU medical devices regulation

The EU’s proposed orphan and breakthrough device designations would formalise accelerated regulatory pathways for high-need medical technologies, with significant implications for conformity assessment, clinical evidence...

Litigation funding after PACCAR: adaptation and growth

How England’s litigation funding market is adapting post-PACCAR amid judicial flexibility, legislative signals, and continued expansion

Consent, law and the limits of education

A new VAWG strategy renews focus on consent education, but legal misunderstanding persists amid powerful and conflicting online narratives

Trust, transparency and the limits of legal self-regulation

Transparency reforms were meant to empower consumers, but uneven delivery now risks undermining confidence across the profession