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A businessman can continue with a £20m counterclaim for negligence against a City law firm suing for fees of £194,000, the High Court has ruled.

A solicitor who acted as a deputy for 16 years and did little to protect her client’s interests in that time has been suspended from practice for six months.

The value of the medico-legal market is back above £700m for the first time since 2019 amid concerns about a shrinking pool of experts, research has found.

A charity set up to help support litigants in person and improve legal education has been awarded a grant from the National Lottery Community Fund.

The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal has cleared a conveyancer of taking instructions from a client’s son and of manifest incompetence in a property transaction.

Three entrepreneurial solicitors have been selected for a government-backed innovation programme that helps women turn ideas into new businesses.

“A structural blind spot, reinforced by long‑held biases and outdated assumptions” is preventing lawyers from becoming non-executive directors, a report has argued.

Lawyers doing legally aided community care work are turning away clients and ‘hyper-specialising’ in Court of Protection matters in a bid to make ends meet, according to research.

Acting for cash-intensive high street businesses and relying on existing due diligence are “emerging” risks in the fight against money laundering, the SRA has warned.

A veteran solicitor who repeatedly lied to a client, giving her false assurances over a period of two years about the registration of her property, has been struck off.