The Legal Services Board has expressed “significant concerns about the viability” of the Legal Ombudsman scheme as it struggles to get its caseload under control. The post LSB: “Significant concerns”…
Digitally excluded consumers need law firms to maintain “meaningful offline routes” to services because “digital transformation is not inherently progressive”, says a report for four legal regulators. The post Law…
Many property disputes “could be amenable to machine-made decision-making” in the future, the Master of the Rolls has predicted. The post Vos eyes machine-made decisions for property disputes appeared first…
Listed law firm Gateley has estimated that “pre-budget transactional inertia” shrunk its revenue by around £3m, wiping out growth in its corporate department. The post “Pre-budget inertia” costs listed law…
Most of the HM Land Registry customers will avoidable requisition rates of 20% or more are law firms, new figures have revealed. The post Land Registry data puts spotlight on…
The government yesterday pledged further action to target professional enablers of fraud, like corrupt lawyers, and called for “innovative” approaches to strengthening ethics. The post Government to ratchet up pressure…
The SDT has lifted all restrictions on the future practice of a solicitor who was indefinitely suspended for failing to pay indemnity insurance premiums. The post Tribunal lifts restrictions on…
The number of reports to the Bar Standards Board of bullying and harassment has almost doubled in the last year, the regulator has revealed. The post Reports of bullying and…
CEL Solicitors is celebrating after winning the Law Firm Award (50+ employees) at the Liverpool Law Society Annual Dinner and Legal Awards 2025. The post CEL Solicitors celebrates award win…
The SRA’s new thematic review into source of funds and wealth reveals both progress and persistent blind spots, with source-of-funds checks too often thought of as a procedural hurdle. The…
Katch Fund Solutions – which is funding consumer claims worth hundreds of millions of pounds – has put its litigation fund into liquidation, it has emerged. The post Top litigation…
Midlands law firm Wright Hassall held talks with 28 possible acquirers or merger partners over the course of a year before being sold in a pre-pack administration to one of…
Delays in the county courts are finally on the decline but they still comfortably exceed a year for anything but the small claims track, according to new figures. The post…
The government has gathered a group of leading figures in the law and business into the English Law Promotion Panel with the aim of “future-proofing” the UK legal sector. The…
The Solicitors Regulation Authority will be “sympathetic” towards self-reports from those who may have been operating incorrectly under the terms of the Mazur ruling. The post SRA will take “sympathetic”…