Practice Management
Riley secures funding boost for law firm client app
A solicitor who shot to prominence on The Apprentice has secured a further £344,000 investment in the app she has developed to help law firms communicate more effectively with clients.
Inquest negligence claim against Leigh Day thrown out
A claim that Leigh Day was negligent in its representation of the family of the deceased at an inquest has been dismissed by the High Court.
£100,000 fine for company that made nuisance PI calls
A marketing company that made nuisance personal injury calls to people registered with the Telephone Preference Service has been fined £100,000.
Consumer satisfaction with lawyers reaches new high
Consumers are happier with the service they receive from lawyers than any other time this decade, according to new research.
MyLegalAdviser seeks funding for “dramatic growth”
Lawyer-matching service MyLegalAdviser is seeking investment to expand from 100 firms in and around London to 1,000 across the country, its founder has said.
Video hearings “will not supplant” face-to-face, says HMCTS
Video hearings will not supplant face-to-face hearings in the majority of cases before the courts, even after their use is expanded, the deputy director of HMCTS has predicted.
Client bid to stop £33,000 repayment to law firm fails
A client who received a mistaken payment of £177,000 from a law firm and only paid back £144,000 has failed to overturn a judgment in default.
Law firms face £6m negligence claim from property investors
Two law firms have been facing multiple claims worth nearly £6m from disgruntled investors who lost money on hotels and student accommodation that were never built.
Appeal court rejects firm’s £4.5m claim over “missing referrals”
A personal injury law firm has lost its appeal against a High Court ruling that dismissed its £4.5m claim over referrals from an insurer that did not materialise.
Predictive pioneers behind CaseCrunch go separate ways
Three Cambridge law graduates behind predictive analytics specialist CaseCrunch have gone their separate ways, it has emerged.
Start-up partners with law firm to predict judges’ rulings
Litigation outcome prediction has taken a further step into the mainstream with a partnership between a major law firm and start-up crunching data on old cases.
£3m backing for lawyer’s document automation business
A legal tech business spun out of a law firm run by a former City solicitor and his technologist brother has secured £3.1m in private equity investment.
Solicitors, surveyors and estate agents reach NI “understanding”
An agreement between solicitors, surveyors and estate agents in Northern Ireland to improve the conveyancing process could be a template for England and Wales.
Court of Appeal cuts QC’s £1m penalty for tax late payment
A QC fined more than £1m for the late payment of both income and inheritance tax over several years has had the sanction reduced by 80%.
MPs cast severe doubt on court modernisation
MPs on the public accounts committee said today that they have “little confidence” that the court modernisation programme can be delivered.
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What would a single regulator mean for firms and practitioners?
The Legal Services Consumer Panel has renewed its call for a single regulator to replace the eight approved regulators currently governing legal services.
Why council tenants often wait longest for disrepair to be fixed
Why do council tenants appear to wait longer for disrepair to be resolved, and what does that tell us about the changing relationship between landlords, tenants and accountability?
Alternative dispute resolution comes to credit hire
Following an initial pilot in 2025 that returned encouraging results, phase 2 of the GTA ADR scheme is due to begin in September 2026.
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