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Lawyers doing legally aided community care work are turning away clients and ‘hyper-specialising’ in Court of Protection matters in a bid to make ends meet, according to research.

Acting for cash-intensive high street businesses and relying on existing due diligence are “emerging” risks in the fight against money laundering, the SRA has warned.

A veteran solicitor who repeatedly lied to a client, giving her false assurances over a period of two years about the registration of her property, has been struck off.

Personal injury firm Minster Law has followed up its plan to more than double its turnover in five years by acquiring ARAG Law’s PI business.

The bitter dispute between Walter Merricks and his litigation funder over his £200m settlement of the Mastercard collective action has finally reached a conclusion.

One of SSB Law’s litigation funders has launched a £19.5m claim against an ATE insurer it says did not provide the expected cover for cavity wall insulation claims.

A veteran male solicitor who sent a stream of “sexually charged” messages to a female barrister his firm was instructing, even after she told him to stop, has been struck off.

A solicitor struck off for failing hundreds of women in vaginal mesh claims has been told to return £92,000 in interim costs payments and pay indemnity costs.

The “justice gap” for personal injury victims is “dramatically widening” and 2.3m people every year are increasingly unlikely to seek redress, according to a new report.

The Legal Services AI Growth Lab – the government’s first regulatory sandbox for taking new tech-led products and services to market – has opened its doors to applications.