A private equity-backed serious injury firm is to move into other consumer law services for the first time with an “imminent” acquisition, Legal Futures can reveal. The post PE-backed firm…
Private client group STEP is to lobby the government to bring probate rules in line with the Legal Services Act 2007 in the wake of the Mazur ruling. The post…
A law firm has been ordered to pay wasted costs after it cited two fictitious cases that were generated by artificial intelligence. The post Law firm that cited fake AI-generated…
Claimant personal injury lawyers have heavily criticised the government after a freedom of information request showed no engagement with the sector by the motor insurance taskforce. The post Claimant lawyers…
The thousand or so compliance officers gathering tomorrow morning at the SRA’s annual compliance conference could be excused for having a distinct sense of déjà vu. The post Another year,…
The Great Legal Bake returns from 3-7 November. Bakers nationwide will raise much kneaded dough for the London Legal Support Trust in partnership with the Access to Justice Foundation. The post…
Perfect Portal has launched its Automation of Onboarding, designed to help law firms save up to 30 minutes on every new client file. The post Law firms are saving up…
Chris Towle joined the firm as a rookie more than 20 years ago — now he’s CEO Gowling WLG has appointed one of its former trainees to head-up the firm.…
Jailed for four years A former solicitor who stole hundreds of thousands of pounds from clients over nearly two decades has been jailed. Sean Callaghan diverted more than £350,000 from…
What has long struck me is how often the gap between projected and realised profit has very little to do with the client being ‘unprofitable’. More often, it’s about the…
Accountability for the Solicitors Regulation Authority’s failures in its supervision of SSB Law “must go further”, the group representing its former clients has said. The post SSB: SRA under pressure…
The government’s rejection of MPs’ call for an “urgent and comprehensive” review of the county court risks perpetuating a “dysfunctional” system, the justice select committee has warned. The post MoJ…
NHS Resolution should investigate the level of fees claimant clinical negligence lawyers deduct from clients’ damages as part of efforts to control the cost of claims, the NAO says today.…
A struck-off solicitor and former deputy district judge who defrauded his clients at two law firms of nearly £400,000 over the course of 17 years has been jailed for four…
Residential property trend data for Q3 2025 reveals a market held back by uncertainty as speculation over potential reforms to property taxes ahead of the Autumn Budget weighs on market…