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The proportion of barristers saying they are satisfied with their jobs has increased significantly to almost seven out of 10, according to a Bar Council report.

The FCA car finance compensation scheme has been “patently been influenced by the profit margins of the lenders”, a report by MPs has found.

Deeper checks of law firm owners and the ability to bring criminal prosecutions are among the powers proposed for the FCA once it takes over supervising lawyers’ AML activities.

The High Court is set to decide on whether the Solicitors Regulation Authority has the power it claims to examine legally privileged material as part of investigations.

A solicitor accused of dishonestly seeking more costs than his client was entitled to claim has been cleared by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal.

City law firms are outperforming their regional counterparts, with partner profit pools rising by 12% in London but falling by 11% outside of it, according to new research.

Private equity-backed Fletchers Group has moved outside of injury work for the first time by buying leading family law firm Rayden Solicitors.

The Law Society is to go ahead with a ballot of the membership on increasing the threshold for calling an SGM – even though its council has withdrawn support for the idea.

The fee-earner at the heart of the Mazur ruling is a ‘senior litigation executive’ who was suspended indefinitely as a solicitor 17 years ago, the SRA has revealed.

HM Land Registry will have “automated almost all simple requests to change the register” by 2035, offering “a near-instant service” for home buying and selling.