All Law Society activity articles
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NewsLaw Society announces new deputy vice president
Brabners partner Jeff Lewis will be president at Chancery Lane in 2028.
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Opinion‘You do not need to be the fastest’
Lawyers are claiming communal as well as health and wellbeing benefits to running with colleagues and peers.
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NewsKing's speech: Society calls for 'sustained investment'
Chancery Lane welcomes 'government’s recognition that the justice system is in crisis'.
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NewsTell us the rules for using AI in court, say solicitors
Law Society calls for safeguards to build public trust in the rule of law.
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NewsGreat Leap forward
Law Society Art Group’s annual exhibition of members’ work kicks off ‘The Season’.
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OpinionMental Health Awareness Week: Legal education, wellbeing and the workplace
If we start early, we can foster healthy environments for aspiring and junior lawyers.
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NewsNew guidance for conveyancers on HMRC registration
Law Society pubishes advice for practitioners who file SDLT returns for clients ahead of 18 May deadline.
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NewsLaw Society proposes below-inflation PC fee increase
Chancery Lane says it will draw on reserves to limit the impact of cost pressures on solicitors.
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NewsIn depth: On the money - Law Society financial benchmarking survey
Fee income and profits continue to soar, this year’s benchmarking survey shows. Solicitors are clearly getting better at running their businesses.
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NewsLaw firm income and profits soar - benchmarking survey
In 2025 the sector experienced its highest growth in over 15 years, according to a respected annual bellwether.
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NewsLaw Society issues new guidance post-Mazur
Firms must 'review procedures to make sure these document steps involved in litigation processes and who carries each of these out'.
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OpinionILCA scheme: Stakeholders rally to reject government proposals
An Interest on Lawyers’ Client Accounts Scheme is nothing more than a crude sector-specific tax on clients of legal services.
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OpinionReflections after a council meeting
Members can think those governing a members’ body don’t have a clue. But the Law Society Council meeting last week showed we are at the heart of their current concerns.
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NewsClearer guidance needed on AI harms - Society
UK Jurisdiction Taskforce prepares statement on liability for physical and economic damage cause by autonomous systems.
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NewsSRA boss poised to beef up her executive team
Sarah Rapson tells Law Society Council that comparable organisations have many more senior leaders.
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OpinionTackling predatory marriage will not be easy
The Law Society has called on government to update a 19th-century wills law that is ‘not fit for the future’.
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News'Light-touch' oversight of SRA no longer fit for purpose after failures
LSB approach to oversight has already shown signs of becoming more pro-active, Law Society notes.
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NewsAsylum reforms 'stand in tension' - Law Society
Home secretary makes refugee status subject to review every 30 months.
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OpinionLegal needs in Wales
The key question is not whether solicitors are trusted, but whether people can actually reach them.