News archive
2025
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– June
(67)
- ‘Work hard, play hard’ solicitor suspended for groping colleagues
- Law firm awarded £4.2m over PPI claims lost by JV partner
- Call for action to help small law firms adopt technology
- Law Society warns SRA to avoid “knee-jerk responses” on ethics
- GEO – the impact of AI on digital marketing for law firms
- Axiom Ince now set to cost solicitors £41m
- Number of fines issued by SRA more than doubles in a year
- Germany warns US law firms that did deals with Trump
- SRA gives green light to sale of insurer’s law firm
- Law firm prices have risen ahead of inflation since 2020
- Reynolds avoids SRA action – unless he calls himself a solicitor again
- Conveyancers launch own guidance to reduce enquiries
- ABA seeks to put end to Trump “intimidation” of law firms
- Law firm to pay wasted costs after failing to address claim problems
- Solicitor fails in challenge to judge’s finding of “indefensible” conduct
- Unethical behaviour by barristers “more limited and nuanced”
- Lawyers “crucial” to proper Windrush compensation awards
- CHOs should pay when credit hire claims fail, appeal court holds
- Law firm “did not fail to safeguard” employee against ex-partner
- Law firms look to offer clients AI assurance services
- Law firm fined £64k for AML breaches lasting six years
- What the law can learn from fintech’s onboarding revolution
- SRA and others obtain restraint order against law student
- Wealth management business sells ABS to local law firm
- Employment law platform raises £2m to expand use of GenAI
- Leading personal injury law firms “starting to turn a corner”
- Law Society “pauses” work on material information form
- Two-year suspension for partner who sexually harassed colleague
- Consumer panel urges complaints data publication in shake-up
- Clients must understand conveyancers’ climate change role
- Civil enforcement – progress at last with CJC report
- Funder challenges charity’s £30m “windfall” from Mastercard settlement
- Law firm ignored red flags over client’s “inconsistent” ID
- Associate avoids strike-off after dishonestly deleting emails
- Group litigation “could cost the UK economy £18bn”
- Law firm to pay 10% of commercial fees into social justice fund
- Suspension for solicitor who acted on both sides of case
- UK lawtech firm raises $30m to expand use of agentic AI
- Conveyancing instructions up by a third as completion times fall
- Paralegals: Progression and recognition are key to retaining talent
- Harman tells judges: You have a “clear” bullying problem
- Call to expand remit of inquiries amid debate over “too many lawyers”
- Leading legal academics call for “overriding ethical duty”
- Arbitrators who use AI warned against “cognitive inertia”
- Court issues stark warning to lawyers over AI-generated fake cases
- “Manifestly incompetent” solicitor suspended over running of firm
- Acquisition marks next step in aggressive growth at Octopus Legacy
- Profession welcomes CJC report – except FCA oversight of law firms
- Ex-Linklaters employee banned for “serious sexual misconduct”
- Investigation raises doubts about rigour of Law Society’s CQS
- Court protects solicitor deputies asked to pay off drug debt
- APIL urges regulators to act over “scattergun” dishonesty claims
- Post Office KC stresses advocacy role for juniors in inquiries
- PII excess: a growing risk for consultant solicitors
- Law firm slapped with £80,000 fine for AML breaches
- Still no timeline for ABSs in Scotland despite new law
- Ex-managing partner fails in appeal against £210k costs award
- No “generalised” ethical failure among solicitors, insists Law Society
- The changing role of professional support lawyers in the age of AI
- CJC calls for “urgent” government review of SSB-style funding
- City partner “erroneously” paid out £2.2m to developer client
- Private equity firm eyes bid for personal injury group
- CJC calls for “light-touch regulation” of third-party litigation funding
- Solicitor who worked for three firms at same time struck off
- Law firms “must tell clients how to complain at end of cases”
- Property lawyers attack “punitive” AML fining regime
- Three out of 10 GCs plan to cut spending on external lawyers
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