Multi-office firm killed off by work slowdown and rising costs
First administrator's report on BLB Solicitors tracks causes of firm's demise, which included higher NI contributions.
Prime minister announces homebuying 'shakeup'
Proposals seek to end ‘outdated’ paper-based systems and implement digital identity checks, electronic signatures and AI-assisted conveyancing.
Sole practitioners struggling to register with HMRC
HM Revenue & Customs promises to issue updated guidance on its new tax adviser registration requirement.
CLC insists referral fees 'legitimate' despite lack of transparency
Specialist regulator's review exposes disclosure gaps and 'largely non-compliant' websites.
Letters roundup
Marginal gains, juniors and AI, and Trump irony: your letters to the editor.
Terror act error
I agree with Joshua Rozenberg (‘Palestine Action ban makes us all safer’) that the Court of Appeal judgment was right. However, I have never been convinced that the regime of the Terrorism Act 2000 was needed.
Time for UK to act on Palestine
Almost two years on, the UK has done little beyond saying it ‘respects’ the ICJ and that Israel should leave ‘as rapidly as possible’. The chair of the International Development Committee has warned that this position is ‘no longer sustainable’.
