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The amount of immigration and asylum advice available across the UK “does not meet the need or demand”, the rebranded Immigration Advice Authority has said.

Barristers may “sometimes allow their zeal to advance a client’s interests to embrace tactics which are ethically questionable”, their regulator said yesterday.

A lack of digital skills across the UK could be a risk for consumers and law firms if lawyers “do not fully understand” new technology, the SRA has warned.

There has been a “rapid uptake” of AI by in-house legal teams in the past year, with four out of 10 adopting it for the first time to manage litigation.

Non-legal professional services now account for 30% of the revenue of pioneering listed law firm Gateley, it revealed yesterday alongside good first-half results.

A specialist chambers of financial services barristers is filling “a gap in the market” by setting up as an alternative business structure regulated by the Bar Standards Board.

A former commercial director at London law firm Mishcon de Reya has won his claim for constructive unfair dismissal, in part over the non-payment of commission he was due.

A partner at leading fee-share firm gunnercooke has been fined £14,000 for using the practice’s client account as a banking facility.

A solicitor has been struck off for telling clients to pay small sums of money into his personal account – but, very unusually, his identity has been kept secret.

Growing profit before tax at listed law firm Knights is evidence of the success of its consolidation strategy, chief executive David Beech said today.