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Law firm staff generally like their colleagues and the flexibility they have – but feel overworked, under-communicated with, and uncertain about their long-term prospects.

Getting lawyers to use AI isn’t about the tech. It’s about behaviour and the complex mix of beliefs, fears, habits and incentives that shape how people really work.

A year ago, legal departments were cautiously curious about generative artificial intelligence (AI). Today, they’re eagerly embedding it into their operations.

Private equity interest is being driven by US houses, which see UK firms as an attractive route to growth in Europe’s mature professional services market.

Life in the Law 2025 shows that many of the challenges found in the 2021 report remain, but it also offers a clear direction for how we can do better.

Some law firms resort to round-table finger-pointing when they talk about succession planning as it seems to stir up emotions stronger even than profit sharing and bonuses.

An increasing number of lawyers are becoming disillusioned with the big dream of making partner at a big City law firm and turning to a new model: consulting.

When I take the bus into Manchester city centre, there is a huge billboard advertising something that wouldn’t have been so prevalent years before: housing disrepair claims.

The Court of Appeal’s decision in Farley v Paymaster potentially marks an important moment in the evolution of data protection claims in the UK.

Both financial and legal regulators are, and have been for some time now, keenly focused on client vulnerability or clients in vulnerable circumstances.