By: Maria Ward-Brennan

Professional Services Editor Maria Ward-Brennan is the Professional Services Editor at City AM, focused on law, Big Four, and other management and accounting consulting firms. She edits the Beyond The Billable newsletter and column. She was previously a litigation reporter at The Lawyer. Contact her via email at maria.ward-brennan@cityam.com or on X @MariaW_B.

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UK’s secret Cold War tunnels at the centre of a multi-million pound lawsuit

July 23, 2025

Secret tunnels that run under important landmarks across the City, are at the heart of a legal claim filed to the High Court against BT
Mike Lynch’s estate ordered to pay HP £700m following tech mogul’s death

July 22, 2025

Mike Lynch's estate was ordered to pay HP just under £700m in conclusion to the fraud linked to the $11.1bn sale of Autonomy.
UK Government response to alleged Russian elections interference upheld by ECHR

July 22, 2025

The UK Government's response to alleged Russian interference in UK elections, including the 2019 general election, did not violate the right to free elections, rules top European court
British body tames AI audit frontier with world’s first global standard

July 21, 2025

BSI has published the world’s first international standard to help ensure the quality of audits and protect against a ‘wild west’ of unchecked AI providers
Wimbledon’s £200m expansion green-lit by High Court

July 21, 2025

A legal challenge to stop a £200m plan to almost triple the size of Wimbledon tennis club has been dismissed by a High Court judge
Private equity boom: Nearly 9 in 10 accountancy firms approached last year

July 21, 2025

The interest in UK accountancy firms from private equity houses is at an all-time high, as exclusive data revealed the appetite for 'a major injection of funds' is on both sides
UK farmers hit by drought turn to insurance

July 21, 2025

As the UK has experienced a relatively hot Summer so far, it is the farmers who are in crisis mode fearing the effects of drought
Tesco seeks to appeal decision in ‘equal pay’ £4bn lawsuit ahead of final hearing

July 17, 2025

Tesco is back in a courtroom this week seeking to overturn a legal decision ahead of a final trial over allegations of unequal pay at the supermarket giant
City watchdog and HMRC ‘stepping up enforcement’ as number of raids surge

July 17, 2025

The number of raids carried out by the City regulators upticked in the last two years, while the pressure on HMRC to investigate tax fraud is showing in the numbers
House of Lords vote in favour of Tory-backed alternative to ‘day-one’ employment rights

July 17, 2025

The House of Lords has voted vastly in favour of a Conservative-led amendment to the 'day-one' rights in the final reporting stage of the Employment Rights Bill

Reform UK donations sting ‘looks bad,’ admits Farage

Women’s rugby can teach the men’s game exactly what it needs right now

Electra/Persona at the National Theatre review: A dull mash-up of Sophocles and Bergman

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