Last 3 months headlines – Page 22
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NewsIn Focus: IBA 2025, Toronto - will AI 'delete lawyers'?
This week’s IBA conference was consumed by the revolutionary implications of artificial intelligence. Seventeen breakout sessions were devoted to the topic, ranging from working practices to billing.
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NewsExpert witnesses back formal regulation – Bond Solon/Gazette survey
Annual bellwether finds six out of 10 expert witnesses believe sector should be properly regulated.
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NewsSolicitor's 'cherished' sole practice destroyed by fraudsters
Owner of Oxfordshire firm suspended for 18 months after failing to carry out 'rudimentary identity checks'.
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NewsFormer Liverpool footballer's appeal bid 'totally without merit'
Mr Justice Mellor finds Steve Finnan's bankruptcy petition appeal ‘was at all times…completely hopeless’.
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NewsLand Registry promises 'near-instant' service by 2035
HM Land Registry admits legacy systems not serving conveyancers well and property system too slow.
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NewsChild prostitution convictions to be expunged under bill amendments
Amendments to Crime and Policing Bill is ‘significant step towards building a justice system that can offer better, more survivor-centred outcomes’.
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NewsSolicitors win trial fee in cracked case appeal
Harwood Solicitors showed that a bad character application would usually be dealt with mid-way through a trial.
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NewsPogust Goodhead distances itself from departed founder
Following leak of internal investigation to the press, class action firm says it had put the ‘chapter firmly behind us’.
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NewsTom Daley takes a deep dive into the law
Nothing gets the delegates at the International Bar Association going like a celebrity appearance.
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NewsFour in 10 criminal duty solicitors aged 55 or older
Thinktank says people's basic right to legal advice at severe risk with existing workforce close to retirement.
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NewsImmigration solicitor struck off after admitting misleading asylum client
Partner’s removal from the roll was the ‘only appropriate and proportionate sanction’, SDT says.
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NewsLaw firm chief 'proud' to be LCCSA's first black male president
Jason Lartey calls for collaborative action to encourage younger solicitors to work in the criminal justice system.
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NewsFieldfisher grows with Ireland merger
Combination with Regan Wall part of a wider international expansion strategy.
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NewsOmbudsman floats 12.1% budget boost to handle 'unprecedented' level of complaints
Business plan for 2026/27 proposes 'transformation review to explore radical options for reform'.
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NewsInspirational women solicitors honoured
Lifetime achievement award for former Court of Appeal judge and crossbench peer Heather Hallett.
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NewsCall for intelligence hub to 'prevent another SSB Law'
Legal Services Consumer Panel member says the SRA must change its 'culture of complacency'.
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NewsMagic circle junior who lied in his pupillage application struck off
Former Slaughter and May associate claimed to have won prize for best overall performance during his final Cambridge year.
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NewsIBA 2025: Justice minister calls for debate on AI judges
Sackman says legal system must be prepared for AI-led decisions becoming the norm within a decade.
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NewsECHR chief questions whether states 'will still be worthy' of treaty in future
Alain Berset was speaking on the 75th anniversary of the European Convention on Human Rights.