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The number of barristers reported to the Bar Standards Board (BSB) increased 17% from 1,885 to 2,199 last year (2021-2022), according to the BSB annual report, published last week.

50% of senior leaders in the financial and professional services sector should come from a non-professional background by 2030, the City of London’s Socio-Economic Diversity Taskforce has urged in its final report.

Commercial litigation team welcomes partner to London office

4PB announces new joint heads of chambers

Film and TV practice expands with partner hire

The Legal Services Board (LSB) has launched a consultation on its draft business plan and budget for 2023/24.

Foot Anstey announces three partner promotions

Expert litigator joins Ogier partnership in Jersey

Taylor Rose MW expands further into North-West of England

Firm bolsters venture capital and securities litigation teams with two new partners

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Hamlins—Maddox Legal

London firm announces acquisition of corporate team

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Head of corporate appointed following Teesside merger

Taylor Rose—Russell Jarvis

Firm expands into banking and finance sector with newly appointed head of banking

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NLJ this week: Mazur under scrutiny

Mazur v Charles Russell Speechlys LLP [2025] EWHC 2341 (KB) continues to stir controversy across civil litigation, according to NLJ columnist Professor Dominic Regan of City Law School—AKA ‘The insider’

NLJ this week: Does dishonesty always mean strike-off?

SRA v Goodwin is a rare disciplinary decision where a solicitor found to have acted dishonestly avoided being struck off, says Clare Hughes-Williams of DAC Beachcroft in this week's NLJ. The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) imposed a 12-month suspension instead, citing medical evidence and the absence of harm to clients

NLJ this week: Potanin, prenups & privacy

In their latest Family Law Brief for NLJ, Ellie Hampson-Jones and Carla Ditz of Stewarts review three key family law rulings, including the latest instalment in the long-running saga of Potanin v Potanina

NLJ this week: Malaysia’s arbitration overhaul

The Asian International Arbitration Centre’s sweeping reforms through its AIAC Suite of Rules 2026, unveiled at Asia ADR Week, are under examination in this week's NLJ by John (Ching Jack) Choi of Gresham Legal

NLJ this week: Greed but no fraud in £1.4bn SKAT case

In this week's issue of NLJ, Yasseen Gailani and Alexander Martin of Quinn Emanuel report on the High Court’s decision in Skatteforvaltningen (SKAT) v Solo Capital Partners LLP & Ors [2025], where Denmark’s tax authority failed to recover £1.4bn in disputed dividend tax refunds

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Profession

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Hamlins—Maddox Legal

Ward Hadaway—Nik Tunley

Taylor Rose—Russell Jarvis