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Law firm merger and acquisition activity is continuing with deals in Dorset, Manchester and London, including a leading commercial firm establishing an employment practice.

The heads of large law firms do not feel their marketing communications portray their expertise very well but are still putting marketing chiefs on the boards, according to new research.

A House of Lords committee has launched an inquiry into the adequacy of interpreting and translation services in the courts – and whether AI could help.

The Competition Appeal Tribunal has agreed to the creation of a “separate funding vehicle” within the same litigation funder as it approved the first opt-in collective proceedings order.

A solicitor who mistakenly transferred £10,000 of client money to his firm’s business account – and did not realise for six months – has been fined by the SRA.

Actions filed at the Competition Appeals Tribunal encompass a staggering 544m class members, the equivalent of 8.1 actions for each person in the UK.

A male High Court judge who expressed his love for a young female member of staff has received a reprimand for serious misconduct.

A solicitor whose firm was one of three shut down a year ago after being named in a Daily Mail undercover investigation is to face the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal.

The SRA is contacting a group of immigration and asylum solicitors whose training records did not provide “sufficient assurances” that they are maintaining their competence.

The Association of Costs Lawyers has backed the creation of a new membership category for non-costs lawyers, with launched a further consultation on describing them as ‘costs paralegals’.