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The number of collective actions filed at the CAT has “collapsed” to only three this year, due mainly to the “chilling effect” of PACCAR, a report has argued.

Regulators should assure non-authorised people who may have inadvertently conducted litigation as found by Mazur that they will not face criminal prosecution or disciplinary action.

Regional law firm consolidators are outperforming other disruptive models in the market and also the biggest practices in the country, an analysis by PwC has shown.

The collective action regime received a timely boost yesterday after a claim against Apple over its App Store became the first case to win at trial.

A private client solicitor has launched an online tool to help ensure pets are looked after following their owner’s death, incapacity, divorce or separation.

The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal has removed restrictions on a solicitor who, after being suspended for three years, became a compliance consultant.

A new tax on LLPs could be “a big hit” on the legal profession, the Law Society warned yesterday, with figures showing it would mean a 7% increase in the effective tax rate for partners.

Concerns about wellbeing in the law have been elevated to such a level that employers may feel overwhelmed by the thought of tackling it.

Two projects that aim to speed up the home-buying process have received £1.75m in government backing from the Regulators’ Pioneer Fund.

The Solicitors Regulation Authority has not kicked changes to client account – and the interest solicitors earn on it – into the long grass, its chair warned solicitors yesterday.