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The SFO has secured £1.1m from the sale of a house following the first unexplained wealth order, issued against the ex-wife of the solicitor behind the Axiom Legal Financing Fund fraud.

A managing partner who fabricated a client-care letter and backdated it has been suspended for 12 months, after an allegation of dishonesty was dropped.

The Lady Chief Justice has acknowledged that a minority of judges fail to behave with the professionalism and courtesy expected of them.

The Law Commission has launched a project to examine whether new legislation is needed on automated decision-making by public bodies, using algorithms and AI.

“Decisive and radical change” is needed at the Bar and the bench to reset a “culture of impunity” that allows those at the top to bully or harass others, the Harman review has concluded.

A solicitor who dishonestly made a minor amendment to an email when he forwarded it to a client – causing no harm to them or anyone else – has been suspended for a year.

The group that last year requisitioned a special general meeting of the Law Society has described plans to make it much harder to do so in future as “shocking”.

The government reshuffle has seen two new junior ministers at the Ministry of Justice – both lawyers replacing non-lawyers – alongside David Lammy’s appointment as Lord Chancellor.

A 29-year-old woman was sexually harassed by a lawyer 54 years her senior when he invited her for a meeting in his hotel room, an employment tribunal has ruled.

Proposed government changes to anti-money laundering rules around pooled client accounts could raise issues around client confidentiality and privilege, experts have warned.