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City giant Linklaters is aiming to have half of its over alternative legal services staff, who currently number over 100, working remotely, it has emerged.

PEXA, the Australian conveyancing technology giant that last year bought a UK law firm, could expand its operation here yet further by acquiring listed company Smoove, which also owns one.

A paralegal at a London law firm was unfairly dismissed over unpaid wages, subjected to disability discrimination and harassed on the basis of her sex, an employment tribunal has ruled.

A solicitor who used forged cheques from trustees or money from another client to cover up the fact she had failed to submit tax returns on time has been struck off.

Seven out of 10 solicitors contacting the Solicitor’s Charity for the first time for help last year were female, while the charity helped more than 50% more new clients last year.

The collapse of the Ince Group will discourage law firms from going public but it has not ‘infected’ the existing group of listed practices, the boss of one of them has said.

Two barristers were targets of a fake bomb plot after they helped confiscate £1m from a wealthy businessman’s wife, the Old Bailey heard yesterday.

A senior policy officer at HMRC who made a “full and frank apology” has avoided prosecution for contempt after breaching the embargo on a High Court judgment.

There needs to be more focus on the “ethical competence” of lawyers throughout their careers, the Legal Services Board has suggested.

A law firm that narrowed the scope of its retainer after a divorcing woman negotiated her own financial settlement was nonetheless negligent in failing to give her advice on the deal.