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For those working across housing disrepair, there is a danger in viewing every case primarily through the condition of the property.

All disclosure to the SRA must now exclude privileged material, which will not only hamper investigations but also cause additional work for firms providing disclosure.

Charging firms simply because a complaint moves through the process weakens the present connection between fees and fault. It could also encourage firms to settle for commercial reasons.

The success of upfront property information will depend on more than simply making the information available.

AI systems ingest, transform, infer and generate. Treating them as equivalent to document storage or workflow tools is a category error.

Mid-sized law firms are facing a set of decisions about structure, technology and growth that will define where they sit in the market for the next decade.

The latest civil justice figures look deceptively upbeat, with faster claims. But these numbers mask a deeper truth: people are still waiting more than a year for justice.

AI means firms may see falling organic traffic and wonder if SEO is still working. The more interesting question is whether traffic is still the right measure of success.

I have spent much of my working life thinking about something most people would probably prefer not to think about at all: legal forms.

Both reforms respond to real and well-evidenced gaps in the current framework. The SRA’s changes after consultation feedback shows it’s listening. But structural change on paper is only half the job.