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2026
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– September
(96)
- How to make work experience meaningful
- Susskind: Judgement will not save lawyers from march of AI
- Judge allows counsel to record and transcribe proceedings
- Solicitor jailed for stealing from hundreds of clients struck off
- CAT bets on ÂĢ25 payout appealing to car delivery class members
- SRA privilege ruling may be problem for solicitors under investigation
- Pogust Goodhead to change name as founder blasts case against clients
- Solicitor struck off for dishonesty fails in second bid to return to roll
- “Widespread ignorance” of availability of free advice
- Lawyer burnout is not inevitable: what to do differently
- Elderly client “did not understand” change solicitor made to will
- Client must pay solicitor ÂĢ9,500 over defamatory Google review
- Paralegal called in sick when actually facing Crown Court trial
- Mayson: Collapse of PM Law âpredictable outcome of outdated regulationâ
- What the Equality Act adds to a housing claim
- Four in 10 firms law interested in taking external capital
- Judge should not have heard case from bed, says Court of Appeal
- Law societies oppose SRAâs new litigation funding rules
- Immigration firm wins appeal against licence removal
- Carter-Ruck ruling leaves SRA “toothless”, campaigners warn
- CA urges solicitors to reveal ATE commissions to clients
- Groundbreaking research finds 31,000 expert witnesses working in UK
- Ban for paralegal who made violent threats to ex-partner
- The SRA and privileged material â this is not the end
- High Court: SRA does not have power to view privileged material
- Legal Ombudsman fee reforms risk widening the justice gap
- Conveyancing firms “should target remortgages and equity release”
- All-staff email from disgruntled employee was not protected disclosure
- Jail for barrister who conspired with client to injure attacker
- Working group urges more support for barristers eyeing silk
- Judge issues AI warning to LiPs after 300-page ‘skeleton’
- Tribunal “wrong to punish law firm” over unfair dismissal
- Second suspension for dual-qualified lawyer who ignored conflicts
- Birss outlines benefits of new Business & Property Division
- Why upfront information could transform home buying
- Law firm’s negligence did not cause investor client’s loss
- Law Society urges “targeted risk” model for COLP/COFA reform
- PE-owned firm kicks off acquisitions with property move
- Look who’s back – Goodhead returns to challenge ex-firm
- AI risk: What law firms must now demand from vendors
- Courts cannot be left behind in AI rush, says minister
- SME firms focus on profit over turnover amid AI spending
- FCA adds ban to SRA’s ÂĢ4m fine for collapsed law firm’s owner
- Family law solicitor to livestream 24-hour Q&A marathon
- Why mid-sized firms are the most interesting story in UK legal right now
- The student who used AI to win his claim against energy giant
- Listed law firm issues special dividend on back of strong results
- Barrister takes over as new chair of justice select committee
- Sackman sets out diversity rules for pupillage funding offer
- Investor boost for Newcastle managed legal services provider
- SDT upholds ban on police station rep with harassment conviction
- High Court rejects bid to stay Mariana Dam litigation
- Clinical negligence market to grow strongly for next five years
- Donât be fooled by the civil court statistics
- “Alarmingly incompetent” barrister suspended over closing speech
- SRA gives SQE1 candidates extra six seconds per question
- “We’re listening” insists SRA amid more questions over COLP/COFA reform
- Law Society of Northern Ireland in turmoil over CEO’s “gross misconduct”
- SRA “adding to confusion” around COLP/COFA changes
- Employment tribunal judge sexually harassed female staff
- Solicitor fined ÂĢ20k but avoids SDT for multiple rule breaches
- SEO is changing: Are you measuring the right things?
- Family justice âat risk from AI transcription toolsâ
- FCA to start taking on AML oversight from 2028
- Two more bolt-on deals for PE-backed Lawfront firms
- Pogust Goodhead goes to court to retain control of dam case
- Legal costs the wrong target for clinical negligence reform, MPs told
- Forms are evolving – and more interesting than you might think
- The questions that determine if the SRAâs client money reforms will work
- Small firms join forces to step up compliance officer campaign
- Platform eyes ABS licence in bid to plug advice gap for renters
- Partnership-based IP firms âwill struggle to investâ
- Sham marriages solicitor fails in bid to return to profession
- Lawyers and funders to take ÂĢ34m haircut in Google settlement
- Veteran solicitor let hand-written accounts fall into chaos
- Lawyers stage Old Bailey protest in support of contempt KC
- Law firm fined ÂĢ16k for not complying with rules around PEPs
- The new metrics for success in conveyancing
- Lawyer struck off for using fake AI-generated cases before SDT
- Oversight regulator steps up pressure on SRA in wake of PM Law
- Still no timescale on litigation funding reform, minister admits
- Record number of claims lodged at the county court
- SRA review lays bare missed opportunities to act earlier on PM Law
- The UK legal market is polarising â and the middle is disappearing
- Solicitor fails in appeal against rebuke for estate administration delays
- SLAPPs show limits of legal regulation, say MPs
- LeOâs planned case fees risk being seen âas punitive toolâ
- Huge row over who represents Mariana Dam claimants
- Two more acquisitions by Orwins kickstarts autumn M&A rush
- Growing number of lawyers worried about AI errors
- People with legal problems turn to chatbots for emotional support
- BSB reviewer sides with barrister over Good Law Project complaint
- Trainee solicitor jailed for ‘cyberflashing’ client
- Government to match funding for 100 criminal legal aid pupillages
- Solicitor struck off for lying about trying to hide client file
- Conveyancing’s consistency problem is about pressure, not skills
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