The newly released Landmark Commercial Property Trends Report delves into the primary data shaping Q2 2025. The post Landmark commercial trends report Q2 2025 – July 2025 appeared first on…
By Legal Futures Associate Checkboard Legal professionals are inadvertently facilitating money laundering. The government calls these “professional enablers” – individuals or organisations that have failed, whether by negligence or deliberate…
The Law Society has ratcheted up the pressure on the SRA over Axiom Ince by saying it is “not sufficiently assured” that the regulator is doing its job properly. The…
The Ministry of Justice is taking forward work on whether interest on lawyers’ client accounts could be diverted to fund legal services for people unable to afford advice. The post…
The Supreme Court is to take the highly unusual step of issuing its heavily anticipated ruling in the car finance cases at 4.35pm this Friday. The post Supreme Court to…
A cannabis addict who believed she was Princess Diana’s secret daughter was last week sentenced to indefinite detention after beating a solicitor to death. The post Solicitor’s tenant jailed after…
Medical negligence claims are some of the most emotionally charged and complex cases a solicitor can manage. The consequences of getting it wrong are high, for both claimant and law…
An experienced solicitor has been jailed for his part in helping to run two bogus investment schemes – one involving litigation funding – that coerced over 150 victims out of…
A law firm that failed to identify that the beneficial owner of its client was a politically exposed person (PEP) has been fined £173,000 by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. The…
Complaints about contentious social media posts by barristers have fuelled a jump of a third in reports to the Bar Standards Board, cases described as “inherently complex”. The post Barristers’…
The traditional division between justice and health is “damaging and confusing and cannot be allowed to stand”, leading legal and medical academics have argued. The post Division between justice and…
A High Court judge has described as “extraordinary” the evidence of a solicitor who admitted he was only giving it because he was being paid to do so. The post…
A High Court ruling casting uncertainty over the immunity of advocates for what they say and do in court could have a “chilling effect, the Bar Council has warned. The…
HM Land Registry has missed the targets it set itself for reducing errors in new entries on the register and on productivity, according to its annual report. The post Land…
While 48 out of the top 50 UK law firms are publicly committed to climate-related targets, only nine have disclosed time-bound carbon reduction targets by 2030 or net zero targets…