The proposed Interest on Lawyers’ Client Accounts scheme is being framed as a sensible, international, “tried and tested” way ...

Lawyers are bringing far fewer but “better evidenced” complaints on behalf of clients to the Financial Ombudsman Service, it ...

A leading costs lawyer has launched a tech platform to help ensure that clients “genuinely understand” and consent to the ...

An ex-barrister who failed to disclose he had been disbarred has failed in a challenge to the Immigration Advice Authority’s ...

The government gave no sign of backing down on requiring conveyancers to register as tax advisers with HM Revenue & Customs in this week’s debate on the Finance Bill.

The SRA has intervened into 11 law firms that between them have 30 trading names following the sudden closure on Monday of ...

Onboarding with confidence isn’t just about identifying criminal risk among your clients, it’s also about ensuring the very ...

A law firm has won permission to judicially review a decision by the Legal Ombudsman to award a former client £66,000 in ...

A group employing 600 people across multiple law firms and offices around the country suddenly closed its doors this week, ...

The “sheer number” of criminal legal aid firms is “unsustainable” and there is merit in “some form of consolidation”, Sir ...

A UK in-house legal team has cut contract review time by 60% after piloting an AI-assisted drafting and review tool embedded ...

The SRA and FCA have joined forces to warn about multiple representation and excessive termination fees in motor finance ...