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Law firm revenue from clinical negligence grew by 8.1% to £1.7bn in the year to 31 March and is predicted to grow at the same rate over the next two years.

The advent of AI means that lawyers will need to become more creative in how they charge their clients, with the billable hour unlikely to survive, it has been claimed.

Conveyancing fees vary by 150% or more for “essentially the same service”, according to new research, with just 5% of firms offering different service levels.

Pass rates on the legal practice course slumped from 57% to 42% in the year to 31 August 2024, newly released figures from the Solicitors Regulation Authority have revealed.

A veteran solicitor who said she was wrong to continue running her firm after the death of her husband – who worked with her in the business – has been suspended for accounts rule breaches.

Doing nothing is “a legitimate strategy” for lawyers which “maintains focus on key objectives and avoids burnout”, the founder of LOD (Lawyers on Demand) has argued.

A partner at a London law firm “dishonestly assisted” in misappropriating a company’s funds by turning a blind eye to money laundering issues raised by property transactions, the High Court has ruled.

Listed group NAHL has announced growth in profitability and cash generation for the first six months of 2025, while also reducing net debt to a 10-year low.

The interim chief executive of the Legal Services Board has called on the Solicitors Regulation Authority to publish data on SQE pass rates by provider “as soon as possible”.

Solicitors have reported “little improvement” in the dilapidated state of court estate over the past three years, with problems including rotting seagulls and maggots “raining down” into a lobby.