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The whiplash reforms have “utterly failed the general public and victims of negligence” and there is no evidence for insurers’ arguments to extend them.

A law firm’s file includes WhatApp messages and other forms of digital communication where it then seeks to charge for them, a costs judge has ruled.

A solicitor who instructed a trainee to backdate a deed has been rebuked by the Solicitors Regulation Authority after she admitted to an error of judgement.

There has been a rise in “highly convincing” scam emails targeting businesses and trade mark owners that use the names of genuine solicitors, a leading law firm has warned.

Confidence in the SQE among employers has risen over the past three years but is still not particularly strong – and declined significantly among candidates.

Solicitors have narrowly voted to increase the threshold for calling a special general meeting of the Law Society – despite the society’s ruling council no longer backing it.

The Court of Appeal has rejected a barrister’s claim that LGBT charity Stonewall “caused or induced” discrimination against her by her chambers.

The Supreme Court has reinstated a decision that £2.7bn collective proceedings should be on an opt-in, rather than opt-out, basis.

Complex court administrative processes “increasingly function as gatekeepers to justice” and shut out litigants in person, research has found.

Businesses are to benefit from an opt-out class action for the first time after the last two defendants in the car delivery charges case settled for £54m.