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The family law market grew more strongly than expected last year, taking its total value to almost £2.2bn as firms look to offer more holistic services and embrace AI.

Keystone Law is to pay a special dividend to shareholders this year in light of “the strength of our balance sheet and our confidence in the future”.

It was “clearly inappropriate” for a Bar disciplinary tribunal to suspend a barrister who lied to a direct access client over papers that were accidentally destroyed by his chambers.

A law firm owner who failed to pay a wasted costs order as well as four fines imposed by the Solicitors Regulation Authority has been suspended for six months.

The number of new motor injury claims in the first quarter of 2025 – and indeed the number of PI claims in total registered with the CRU – fell to an all-time low.

There is “growing evidence” that unregulated immigration lawyers are abusing the system, the government has claimed in unveiling beefed-up powers for the Immigration Advice Authority.

SSB Law has been accused of employing “unethical tactics” to retain clients who wanted to drop their cases and the Solicitors Regulation Authority condemned for its response.

The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal has reprimanded a solicitor who did not comply with a direction from the Legal Ombudsman – but said it should not have reached the tribunal.

The structure of the Bar impedes the adoption of technology and innovation, but barristers need to do so to drive “a better and more efficient service for clients”, a BSB report has argued.

HM Courts and Tribunal Service expects to make “reasonable progress despite the challenges” in cutting court backlogs, its operations director said yesterday.