Headlines
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NewsTaylor Wessing confirms transatlantic merger
Tie-up with Winston & Strawn, expected to conclude next May, will not include affiliates in eight European countries.
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NewsSRA review finds compliance officers feel undervalued by firms
Regulator concerned that current regime is not always operating effectively.
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NewsOutcry over 'lawfare' conviction of Hong Kong democracy activist
British citizen Jimmy Lai ‘criminalised for his journalism’, says global bar’s human rights body.
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NewsGovernment report shuns major reform despite insurer pressure
Claims market left largely untouched after year-long study.
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News'The competition is fierce': legal services taskforce gets to work
Law Society promotes solicitor profession at first meeting of English Law Promotion Panel.
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NewsSSB Law directors disqualified for dishonesty and recklessness
Multiple failures and deliberate policy decisions left clients of defunct Sheffield claims firm facing ruinous costs bills.
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NewsSDT throws out Carter-Ruck 'SLAPP' case
SRA's prosecution ‘based on hindsight rather than evidence of professional misconduct’, tribunal finds.
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NewsMPs demand evidence behind Lammy's jury plan
Ministry of Justice says impact assessment will be published when the legislation is introduced in parliament.
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NewsTaylor Wessing in talks over US merger
City firm in discussions over tieup with Chicago-based Winston & Strawn.
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NewsCarter-Ruck partner applies for 'SLAPP' charge dismissal
Defamation specialist 'cannot be professionally responsible for any falsity' in client's instructions, tribunal hears.
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NewsExclusive: Profits down at Freshfields as wage bill soars
Magic circle law firm paid its staff £105 million more than in 2024.
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NewsLegal sector defies economy’s contraction
October’s law firm revenues were 3.5% up on last year as GDP shrinks.
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NewsBack to the future on client money: SRA to require annual accountants’ reports
Regulator also outlines proposals to ban individuals with significant power and control in a firm from doubling as compliance officers.
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NewsRetired solicitor convicted of sexual offences against former clients
Crown court jury finds 72-year-old guilty of 10 of the 22 charges against him.
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NewsECHR: 27 member states back reforms to simplify removals
Statement calls for Article 8 to be adjusted and for clarity on 'inhuman and degrading treatment' under Article 3.
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NewsMagistrate reprimanded over trans video
JCIO says an investigation found office-holder’s actions amounted to serious misconduct.
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NewsCPS 'retention policy' leaves judge in dark over abuser's previous convictions
Recorder's eyebrow was raised by a lack of detail regarding a defendant’s 2022 battery offence.
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NewsLegal aid solicitor forced to leave UK due to salary threshold
Hilda Kwoffie's salary as a legal aid solicitor specialising in mental health work failed to meet £41,700-a-year visa threshold.
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NewsLegal aid barrister paid £7 an hour
Bar chief Barbara Mills urges government to increase legal aid rates and establish a pay review body.
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NewsMother’s use of AI ‘entirely understandable’, Court of Appeal finds
Lord Justice Baker, with whom Lord Justice Cobb and Lord Justice Miles agreed, absolves litigant in person of any intention to mislead family court.