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LSB launches review to avoid another Mazur crisis
The Legal Services Board has launched a review to ensure there is not a repeat of the Mazur chaos with the five other reserved legal activities.
Partner was expelled due to “intimate relationship” with junior
A London law firm expelled a partner because of inappropriate relationships with two junior lawyers and not because of discrimination, an employment tribunal has ruled.
Iranian men convicted of spying on pro-Israel barrister
Two Iranian men who spied on a barrister and two journalists were yesterday convicted of assisting a foreign intelligence service.
Coulson persuaded not to speak out over Post Office slur
Sir Peter Coulson was persuaded not to speak out over the suggestion that he backed Mr Justice Fraser’s decision not to recuse himself in the Post Office litigation because they were friends.
SRA urged to investigate law firm over Walliams letter
The Solicitors Regulation Authority should investigate law firm Schillings’ work for David Walliams, according to the Good Law Project.
SRA to explore “alternative regulatory tools” to investigations
The SRA is to explore “alternative regulatory tools to formal investigations and enforcement action” as part of its new focus on pro-actively tackling risk.
MPs call for legislation to overturn Carter-Ruck privilege ruling
MPs have called on the government to legislate so that the High Court ruling in Carter-Ruck about privilege does not stop regulators tackling money laundering.
Former judge sets out how to do “the best job in the world”
Being a judge is “the best job in the world”, Sir Peter Coulson has told Legal Futures as he marks his retirement from the Court of Appeal with a book entitled The Practice of Judging.
Law firms taking out more and bigger loans to fund growth
Law firms are confident in the future and ready to invest, taking out more and bigger loans, according to research from Barclays.
Senior judges back review of electronic bill of costs
The deputy head of civil justice, Lady Justice Cockerill, has backed a call by the Senior Costs Judge for a review of the electronic bill of costs.
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The AI question law firms should answer before a client asks it
Most law firms we speak to are already using AI, whether or not they have approved it, because fee-earners are doing it anyway. The tool people settle on is often Claude.
From chat to Cowork: preparing your law firm for agentic AI
AI is evolving quickly. For law firms still working out how to get consistent value from the tools they already have, the conversation has moved on again to agentic AI.
Why good governance matters when managing Law Society forms
Everyday legal transactions rely on Law Society forms. But they are often treated as static templates rather than what they really are: living documents that change over time.
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