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2026
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- Meet Keith – the AI-first law firm looking to transform conveyancing
- LSB introduces hierarchy in lawyers’ ethical duties
- PE-backed firm sees capping billable hours as key to growth
- MPs probe chair-elect of LSB over conflict of interest risk
- Listed law firm eyes biggest acquisition
- Ex-manager who failed to refer work to law firm has to repay debt instead
- No strike-off for solicitor’s “spontaneous dishonesty”
- Half of clients think AI can replace solicitors
- Automation in personal injury claims: The evolving legal risks
- Search fund buys conveyancing and private client law firm
- Three-quarters of SDT cases take longer than six months
- Research highlights how even-handed Commercial Court judges are
- Use of smart data in homebuying “could generate £14bn for UK”
- A new era of legal operations
- Legal Ombudsman names eight firms over “serious” service failures
- City firm’s conduct of dispute with senior lawyer “verges on bullying”
- Law firm wrongly paid out £2.5m of client monies, High Court rules
- Junior solicitor lied about applying for grants of probate
- Private equity house invests in two law firms in quick succession
- ATE insurer settles action over failed consumer claims for £48.5m
- Irwin Mitchell sells off £10m debt recovery business
- Solicitor fails in challenge to suspension over litigation misconduct
- Entry of PE “puts focus on capital growth, not annual cash distribution”
- Rapson sets out priorities for turning round SRA performance
- Introducing AI “should be next phase of tribunal reform”
- Strong AML controls are meaningless with incomplete data
- Rebuke for senior partner who used client account for personal matter
- MRO fees: No breakdown needed but judge sets 25% mark-up cap
- SRA warns against making law firms take “remedial action” on EDI
- Scotland: English invasion “shows need for urgent ABS action”
- Man struck off and jailed for fraud refused return to roll of solicitors
- SRA warns of potential cost to profession of role in ILCA scheme
- Third Daily Mail sting solicitor cleared of misconduct
- Conveyancers eye outsourcing to avoid HMRC registration
- Trio convicted of trying to fool solicitor in jury tampering bid
- Navigating the legal AI productivity-profitability paradox
- Case for review of reserved activities is growing, says new LSB chief
- Solicitor who misappropriated £1m from firm is struck off
- Probate firm boss jailed for contempt over missing estate money
- Irwin Mitchell’s negligent advice did not cause loss, court rules
- Regulation, growth and access to justice: why legal services need a reset
- High Court: Witness coached via smart glasses while giving evidence
- Solicitor who lied in meeting “was protecting client”
- Largest law firms continue to lag behind in partnership diversity
- ILCA scheme “should take all interest” on pooled client accounts
- LSB member resigns to speak out over attack on jury trial
- Digital marketing for law firms in 2026 – where to focus your efforts
- Barrister’s claim against Neidle ruled first statutory SLAPP
- “We have a duty” – solicitor calls on profession to help PM Law’s clients
- SRA: “Significant progress” on Post Office disciplinary action
- MPs grill Legal Ombudsman chair-elect with new LSB chair to follow
- PE-backed group finding firms propped up by client account interest
- Suspended sentence for online harassment of solicitors
- Consumer panel calls for single disciplinary process for lawyers
- Legal ‘V-Level’ to launch in 2028
- From AI ambition to operational reality
- Implementing ILCA scheme as proposed “may be unlawful”
- SRA faces £700k costs battle with Carter-Ruck partner
- Claimant funded by solicitor boyfriend “cannot claim impecuniosity”
- Using Legal Choices “improves understanding”
- Taylor Rose first to hit landmark of 1,000 consultant solicitors
- Women lawyers “still not talking to each other”
- “Participation more important than stars” in law firm LinkedIn posting
- Judge strikes out taxi driver’s fraud claims against law firm
- From text to world: The legal significance of multimodal AI
- “Repurpose unused apprenticeship levies” to support access to justice
- SRA pays out £9.3m to PM Law clients in month after collapse
- ‘Apparent bias’ in judge’s conduct of barrister’s claim against chambers
- “We’re making progress” says minister as county court delays fall
- Legal Services Board “may need more money and staff” to do its job
- Legal Services Board formally issues SRA with censure over SSB
- Mazur: Court refuses CILEX Fellow exemption to conduct litigation
- SRA shuts down eight-office Home Counties law firm
- The new leaders of law
- PE-backed Midlands law firm makes first acquisition
- Regulators told to be tougher with AML disciplinary action
- Appeal judges reject challenge to law firm negligence ruling
- Dual-qualified barrister who misled High Court is disbarred
- Managing lock-up, cash flow and billing inefficiencies better
- Exclusive: Ex-SSB clients settle claims against firm’s insurer
- ABS’s network aims to fill gap in market for overseas legal advice
- Fine for solicitor who failed to act on client’s vulnerabilities
- Don’t make us responsible for submitting reports, accountants tell SRA
- Ethical standards to protect the public
- Court of Appeal refuses bid by jailed barrister to call new evidence
- Suspension for solicitor who ran firm without authorisation
- Employment law changes “could reduce mobility of senior solicitors”
- Two more convicted of harvesting personal data for PI claims
- Who will shape the future of UK lawtech?
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