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A government-funded early legal advice grant programme has enabled 70% of clients to resolve their problems at an early stage and avoid unnecessary court hearings.

Octopus Legacy, the fast-growing estate planning and bereavement business, has predicted its probate work will jump by 1,000% over the next 12 months following a major acquisition.

The Solicitors Regulation Authority is to publish guidance on the implications on the Mazur ruling very shortly, it has told MPs.

A solicitor who admitted misleading his indemnity insurer about being the sole signatory on client account and practised without insurance for several months, has been suspended.

Four out of 10 clients who obtained legal advice at their GPs’ surgeries reported that their issues were resolved within three months, according to new research.

A junior solicitor who used AI to draft two misleading emails to the High Court “seems to have almost entirely outsourced the thinking process”, the judge has said.

A law firm owner who sent antisemitic messages on social media was attention seeking, rather than antisemitic, the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal has decided.

Lord Chancellor David Lammy has rejected a recommended 3.8% pay award for judges, while launching a new judicial diversity initiative and naming his candidate to chair the JAC.

The Employment Appeal Tribunal has dismissed an appeal by a former Rosenblatt partner after his claim against the law firm was rejected.

A law firm owner who bullied and harassed five junior female colleagues, including taking one to his flat after a Christmas party and asking her for a kiss, has been handed a suspended suspension.