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Two solicitors who took confidential client information from their former employers have been rebuked by the Solicitors Regulation Authority.

A leading ‘gender critical’ barrister has praised the Bar Standards Board for the way it handles “meritless” complaints after rejecting two made against her.

Researchers have raised their estimate for the value of the UK’s medico-legal market in 2024 to £677m, an increase of 4.5% on the previous year.

The decentralised nature of consultant-led law firms carries extra money laundering risks that mean compliance officers may need to be “more interventionist”, the SRA has cautioned.

The SRA is to consult on strengthening continuing competence requirements as it was not clear whether solicitors are reflecting properly on their practices.

There were more than 655m class members of actions in the Competition Appeal Tribunal at the end of 2024 – equivalent to 10.4 class actions for every person in the country.

Peers on the House of Lords’ financial services regulation committee have questioned whether the FCA’s plan for a motor finance claims redress scheme is too generous.

Merger talks announced earlier this year between Ward Hadaway and The Endeavour Partnership have proven successful as we round up recent market developments.

A struck-off solicitor who has not paid the Solicitors Regulation Authority nearly £65,000 in outstanding costs from his disciplinary hearing cannot return to the roll.

Lord Justice Birss, the outgoing deputy head of civil justice, has spoken out at what he called the “heavily Balkanised” civil justice process in England and Wales.