The UK’s leading law firms have charted record growth in partner profits this year, according to new research by PricewaterhouseCoopers. The 2006 survey of the UK’s largest 25 firms reflects the favourable economic environment and boom in transactional activity which has seen almost two-thirds (65%) of top UK firms grow fee income by more than 10% in the past year.

Legalweek.com (21 November).