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Boarding schools group launches ABS to help with overseas students

30 March 2023

A group that includes the Boarding Schools Association has launched an alternative business structure to provide advice on UK immigration law to both schools and individuals.


Immigration lawyer secretly recorded by BBC struck off

30 March 2023

An immigration solicitor secretly recorded by the BBC advising an undercover journalist how to obtain “fraudulent” evidence for a visa application has been struck off.


Law Commission widens planned discrimination ban in arbitration

30 March 2023

The Law Commission has suggested widening its proposed ban on discrimination in arbitration from the appointment of arbitrators to the conduct of the arbitration generally.


“Tension” between legal and non-legal firms holds back ‘justicetech’

30 March 2023

“Tension” and a “lack of collaboration” between tech firms from legal and non-legal backgrounds is holding back the development of lawtech services for small businesses and consumers..


SRA warns profession: Practising fees will go up this year

29 March 2023

The cost of practising as a solicitor looks set to increase significantly this year after the SRA warned yesterday that it would be seeking more funding from the profession.


LSB chief: We’re “five years too late” to regulate AI

29 March 2023

It is “five years too late” for regulators in the UK to provide “any meaningful response” to the challenges raised by AI, the chief executive of the Legal Services Board said yesterday.


Lawyers should “draw line” on which clients to represent

29 March 2023

There is “a group of clients who should not be represented by lawyers” and the profession should be discussing where to draw the line, a leading anti-corruption campaigner has argued.


Declaration of Conscience a “magician’s trick”, says top KC

29 March 2023

The ‘Declaration of Conscience’ that has sparked a heated debate on the need for the cab-rank rule is just a “magician’s trick” and “a performative, protest document”, the chair of the CBA has said.


High Court: Losses too remote for claim against law firm

28 March 2023

A law firm has successfully fought off a former client’s bid to broaden a multi-million-pound negligence claim after the High Court found the losses too remote to be recoverable.


SFO’s “cultural difficulties” require drastic change

28 March 2023

The “cultural difficulties” of the Serious Fraud Office, including “improper contacts” between officials and companies being investigated, necessitate “drastic change”.

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