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News‘Disruptive’ SRA doesn’t understand profession, say Joint V law societies
Representative groups from Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, Liverpool and Manchester warn of extra risks being created.
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NewsConveyancing storm over Nationwide's requirements 'grenade'
Conveyancing practitioners feared lender's updated requirements would slow down nearly all transactions.
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NewsAmerican Bar Association goes to war with Trump
ABA urges US president to amend order which requires federal agencies to encourage the private sector to ‘end illegal DEI discrimination’.
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NewsBarclays reserves £90m for motor finance claims
Financial institutions brace themselves for fallout from landmark commission appeals.
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NewsBarrister suspended over 'nude photo suggestion'
Bar Standards Board says ‘inappropriate conduct of a sexualised nature is not something public should expect’.
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NewsHigh-profile costs lawyer will bow out ‘ashamed’ of ‘greedy’ City elite
Jim Diamond says hourly rates charged by City’s richest law firms have reached £1,600.
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NewsSupreme Court quashes trader's extradition in 'landmark' judgment
Solicitor hails ‘an important check on overreach by the US authorities' which ends 'a five-and-a-half year nightmare’ for his client.
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NewsMore Memery Crystal lawyers depart amid RBG breakup
Transferred team includes experienced partner Nick Davis who will co-lead London office of US firm.
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NewsUS bar battles Trump's 'equal merit' order
Bar associations are among the bodies that could be prosecuted under executive order barring DEIA policies.
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NewsFirm boss failed to disclose bulk claim flaws
SDT fines Bolton practitioner who tried to move into mortgage mis-selling claims with disastrous consequences.
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NewsChatGPT clampdown is not a ban, insists national firm
Hill Dickinson has responded to a BBC report that it had blocked AI usage after an email was sent to all employees last week.
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NewsHigh Court raps London firm claiming £1,089 an hour for Grade A lawyers
Judge notes that claimed charges are ‘substantially in excess’ of guideline hourly rates.
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NewsCity firms pool budgets to mitigate impact of climate change
Kenya scheme, which will earn carbon removal credits for law firms involved, said to be the ‘first of its kind’.
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NewsSanctioned judge was promoted within six months, MoJ reveals
Courts minister says judicial appointments body has a statutory duty to make selections based on merit alone.
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NewsOil spill claim against Shell heads to High Court
Preliminary hearing will determine the scope of legal issues to be heard at the full trial in 2026.
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NewsAxiom Ince criminal trial fixed for 2027
One of the former executives facing criminal charges has denied the allegations; the remaining four have not entered pleas.
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NewsFamily court judge names sperm donor to ‘protect women'
'Joe Donor' opposed the application arguing it infringed his Article 8 rights which judge finds he ‘allowed to be lost’ when he spoke to press.
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NewsFirms reach out to staff with separation and financial advice
City law firm Fladgate becomes the first to create guide for staff on how to deal with divorce.
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NewsPublic inquiries could be set deadlines
‘There is serious and growing criticism of the cost, duration and effectiveness’ of public inquiries, government agrees.
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NewsCommittal application goes to family court after criminal court's 'inordinate' delays
December 2026 criminal trial date is more than five years after first report of alleged breach of non-molestation order.