Legal Services Act

Lawyers have been urged to look at radical new approaches to ‘rebrand’ justice so as to build public and political understanding of its value.

Gordon Dadds is set to become the largest listed law firm in the world by revenue after agreeing terms to acquire City practice Ince & Co for around £43m plus share options.

A “disastrous IT failure” suffered by a law firm’s biggest client tipped it over the edge into administration and a pre-pack sale to fast-growing national firm Taylor Rose TTKW.

National chambers Clerksroom has recruited two barristers based in County Mayo, Ireland, in expectation of a lot of legal work arising from Brexit.

The government will need to fill in the detail of the Civil Liability Bill carefully to avoid a new outbreak of litigation because of claimants trying to “game the system”.

The Civil Liability Bill completed its passage through the House of Commons yesterday, with MPs voting by 294 to 238 to approve its third reading amid “enormous respect” for PI lawyers.

Brexit will not create opportunities for law firms to expand into new markets abroad and instead could make it harder, MPs on the justice select committee have been warned.

The Civil Liability Bill seriously undermines the oath sworn by Lord Chancellor David Gauke to defend the independence of the judiciary, claimant lawyers have argued.

A ‘no deal’ Brexit would be “devastating” to the legal services sector, “and should be avoided at all costs”, MPs have told the government, saying UK lawyers need to practise easily across the EU.

The Legal Ombudsman will finally be able to look the profession in the eye again next year when it clears the backlog of complaints, its chair has said.

Law firms big and small are increasingly viewing AI software and particularly the exploitation of data as integral to business health amid growing competition from non-lawyer providers.

The man charged with delivering the whiplash portal said yesterday that he expects to meet the timetable of putting it out for testing next autumn and launch in April 2020.

The frontline regulators are making “very good progress” in improving price transparency, the Legal Services Board has said – but its consumer panel was far less impressed.

A member of the Legal Services Consumer Panel has questioned the findings from its own research that showed consumer satisfaction with conveyancing is high.

More people than ever are prepared to have their personal injury claim handled completely online, according to research by a leading law firm as it prepares to become ‘small claims ready’.