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The estimates solicitors are required by their professional rules to give to clients should form the basis of costs budgets, the deputy head of civil justice has argued.

Mid-sized commercial law firms need to shout more about how they use technology to help clients, according to a survey that found most say “nothing at all publicly” about it.

The Legal Services Board has promised the frontline legal regulators “greater autonomy” in its the framework it will use to assess regulators’ progress.

A Finnish contract automation service that aims to be “the most user-friendly legal services platform on the planet” has launched in the UK.

An innovative multi-disciplinary practice focused on the cultural, creative and not-for-profit sectors has expanded its range of legal services by absorbing a North Yorkshire law firm.

Questions over what is happening at consolidator Metamorph have intensified after its executive chairman ceased to be a director but remains one at the law firm that has taken over Beaumont Legal.

Companies are three times more likely to have to sue their insurers for not paying out a claim than they were just five years ago, ground-breaking research has found.

A “holistic” professional services multi-disciplinary practice aimed at filling the “advice gap” for “underserved SMEs” is currently in process of acquiring two commercial law firms.

Lawyer are not merely “servants of their clients” and should counsel their clients about environmental harms their instructions may lead to, a leading legal academic has argued.

The Supreme Court has refused permission to appeal a ruling that a barrister who sat as a tribunal chair for the Nursing and Midwifery Council was a ‘worker’ and entitled to sickness and holiday pay.