Although COFAs often hold senior positions and play an essential role in a firm’s financial and regulatory integrity, the perception of the compliance function itself is still evolving. The post…
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…
Down from over 70% pre-Covid Cambridge University Exclusive Legal Cheek data shows that the bar’s most sought-after chambers continue to draw heavily from Oxbridge talent, but there are signs that…
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…
New panel features lawyers, judges and academics Lord Chancellor David Lammy has brought together a new line up of legal and business heavyweights as part of a plan to keep…
Legal Cheek gives you the low-down What exactly are the UK’s top law firms doing to keep their trainees and junior lawyers satisfied, despite the often high levels of stress…
The top legal affairs news stories from this morning and the weekend Barristers vow to ‘bring courts to their knees’ in strikes against David Lammy’s plans to slash number of…
Sponsored content. Lisa Abrahams, Account Manager at after-the-event insurer ARAG, reflects on the recent Law Society Gazette roundtable and our national failure to learn lessons from medical mistakes. – Read…