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Trust in in the legal profession is relatively high – but not when it comes to believing law firms will deal with complaints properly, major research has found.

Four special rapporteurs appointed by the UN’s Human Rights Council have told the UK government about their concerns over the “ongoing harassment” of barrister Charlotte Proudman.

A senior associate who completed a transaction without an executed mortgage deed, exposing both the lender and lay clients to “unknown and unacceptable risks”, has been struck off.

There is “a significant generational shift in priorities” between those seeking their first job as a lawyer and those already working for law firms, a report has found.

A partner at a leading personal injury firm who “deliberately misled” an accident victim for five years over a claim she never issued has been struck off.

A Lady Chief Justice swore in a female Lord Chancellor for the first time in English legal history yesterday. Shabana Mahmood is also the first from the employed Bar in the post.

A law firm that charged personal injury clients more than it was allowed to when acting under damages-based agreements has been fined nearly £11,000.

The Solicitor’s Charity has reported a sharp increase in the number of clients referred for both mental health support and financial advice.

A family law firm has had to take legal action against the ex-husband of a client after an associate accidentally sent confidential information about another client to him.

The extension of fixed costs to low-value clinical negligence cases seems likely to be delayed further after it emerged the rule committee did not discuss them last month.