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A law firm which released nearly £1.3m in deposits for off-plan flats in a failed development in Liverpool did not breach its contract with the buyers, appeal judges have ruled.

Pioneering listed law firm Gateley produced another strong set of results yesterday, with revenue and profit before tax up 22% and 9.6% respectively in the first half of its current financial year.

The Solicitors Regulation Authority has fined an Oxfordshire law firm a record £20,000 after finding it “reckless” in failing to comply with the anti-money laundering requirements.

Hesitation about adopting artificial intelligence by law firms nervous of the risks presented by a regulatory grey area is causing a bottleneck that needs to be cleared.

The Ministry of Justice yesterday raised the prospect of replacing the single personal injury discount rate with a dual or multiple rates, in the run-up to next year’s full-scale review.

The next prime minister “may wish to consider” separating the roles of Lord Chancellor and justice secretary, or at least removing the responsibility for prisons, peers have said.

A council’s failure to ensure either a lawyer or ‘exempt’ individual served a Crown Court indictment did not “automatically invalidate” it, the Court of Appeal has ruled.

CILEX has acquired the Institute of Paralegals and its Professional Paralegal Register as it looks to strengthen its position as the body for specialist legal professionals.

A barrister who held himself out as practising while he in fact he was serving a suspension has been disbarred after his fourth appearance before a disciplinary tribunal.

An experienced police station representative who communicated with a jailed client via a mobile phone he should not have had has been banned from the profession.