News archive
2026
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– January
(28)
- The new Mazur? ‘Solicitor agent’ does not have rights of audience
- Tribunal strikes out part of barrister’s claim against BSB
- Clients demanding AI chatbots to “circumvent lawyers”
- Fixed costs extension “has increased deductions from damages”
- What high-performing consumer claims firms get right
- MoJ an international outlier with client account interest plan
- Solicitors fined for misconduct over purchase of law firm
- Court of Appeal backs strike-out of £68m law firm negligence claim
- Majority of conveyancers do not want binding sale contracts
- Government will put firms “at risk” with client account interest grab
- Spot-fixing cricketer’s solicitor cleared of urging false defence
- ‘Double jeopardy’ warning over FCA money laundering switch
- Exodus of conveyancers “will make transaction times even longer”
- Ministry of Justice unveils plan to plunder client account interest
- SRA to pay solicitor £160k over “fatally flawed” prosecution
- Advertising watchdog targets motor CMCs in latest crackdown
- MPs: MoJ risks becoming ‘Ministry of Justice (for Certain People)’
- The SRA’s 2025 AML report: What law firms need to know
- “High trust” legal aid model could cut bureaucracy
- Two more acquisitions for leading PE-backed group
- Junior solicitor avoids strike-off after deleting part of handover note
- Call to tackle low-cost conveyancing as part of home-buying reform
- Professional ethics network to push for “cultural step-change”
- Mixed fortunes for Law PLC as Knights leads the way
- Solicitor billed 28 hours a day to maximise bonus
- FCA goes public with claims company investigation after court battle
- Slow progress in reshaping legal market, LSB admits
- The managing partner in 2026: skills, security and strategic technology
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– January
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