A majority of pupil barristers (53%) have backgrounds at Oxford or Cambridge universities, while 42% come from private schools, new research has found. The post Most pupil barristers still coming…
An increase in delays in the administrative justice system, caused partly by a huge rise in caseloads for certain tribunals, has had a “profound and often compounding” impact on users.…
The main reason cited by people who do not have a will was a lack of awareness as to how to arrange one. As a professional community, we seem to…
A judge has struck out a law firm’s response to an employment tribunal claim brought by a solicitor because of its unreasonable conduct of the litigation. The post Law firm’s…
The Court of Appeal is to decide whether a party’s attempt to deceive a solicitor for the other side into disclosing client information is, on its own, an abuse of…
The UK public’s awareness of class actions and litigation funding is continuing to rise, new research has found. The post Public awareness of class actions continues to grow appeared first…
Almost a fifth of the largest 200 sets of chambers are not accessible to mobility impaired people, a Bar Council report has found. The post Fifth of larger chambers not…
The seasonally adjusted estimate of UK non-residential (commercial) transactions for October 2025 is 29% lower than October 2024 and 4% higher than September 2025 The post Search Acumen comments on…
This highly respected and sought-after award is presented to the winners to show that they have earned the title “ILFM Law Firm Software Users Award 2025” based on actual users’…
The Court of Appeal hearing the Mazur case will have to decide between statutory interpretation and “the contextual argument”, the solicitor bringing the appeal said last week. The post Mazur…
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has levied fines totalling £550,000 in the past three months on law firms that breached basic anti-money laundering rules. The post SRA hands out £550k in…
A solicitor was “quite wrong” to advise his client to make a covert recording of testing undertaken by their opponent’s medical expert, the High Court has ruled. The post Solicitor…
The Bar Council and Bar Standards Board are looking to increase the cost of practising for barristers by 4% in the coming year, with a new band for those earning…
From catastrophic firm collapses to endemic compliance failures, the evidence is mounting that the current multi-regulator model is fundamentally broken. The post The case for a single legal services regulator:…
The future of investment in the law will be more patient, minority investors who would appeal to the top 50 law firms, which to date have shown little interest in…