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Listed consolidator Knights has scooped up another well-known regional law firm in its 18th acquisition since listing almost four years ago, South-East firm Coffin Mew.

The merger of two of the four big property search providers “substantially lessens competition” and the only remedy would be to break up the business, the CMA has provisionally found.

The lack of judges and lawyers is the main obstacle to clearing the backlog of criminal cases in the Crown Court, the Lord Chief Justice told peers yesterday.

Co-operative Legal Services – the poster child of the alternative business structure era – is planning major expansion over the next five years to become a £100m operation.

A solicitor was “so obsessed with making money from his work that he lost any real sense of objectivity, proportion or indeed loyalty to his client”, a High Court judge has found.

BHL, owner of Minster Law, has launched a major push into the legal expenses insurance (LEI) market through its subsidiary Coral Insurance, which will be serviced by the law firm.

A solicitor has been rebuked for taking referrals from a genealogy business that acquired clients in a way that a law firm would be prohibited from doing.

A new platform law firm has opened its doors to barristers, chartered legal executives and paralegals as well as solicitors, and is eyeing up external investment and other professional services.

A solicitor who has failed to pay thousands of pounds in outstanding fees to counsel has been fined by the SRA, with others fined for accounts and transparency rules breaches.

Bond Turner, the personal injury practice owned by listed business Anexo Group, has moved rapidly up the ranks of largest law firms with a 33% increase in turnover to £47m.