Law firms may have to tell the regulator in advance that they are planning a merger as part of new rules concerning early ...

Law firms may have to pre-warn the regulator they are planning a merger as part of new rules around early detection of ...

A former head of legal services has been disbarred after he was found to have exchanged an ‘excessive amount’ of messages – ...

A landmark study linking law centre and council data has produced hard evidence on the impact of legal support – and shown ...

This week marks the launch of the Law Society Gazette podcast. After 123 years, the Gazette has finally taken to the air.

A non-practising solicitor who was convicted of stalking two years ago has been struck off the roll. Adrian Robert Berkeley, ...

The SRA is proposing a 29% increase in its overall funding requirement, to £111.5m. If approved by the Legal Services Board, ...

The Law Society yesterday raised ‘widespread and serious’ concerns about the Solicitors Regulation Authority’s bid for a big ...

Family lawyers are bracing themselves for a new front in parental disputes when the government introduces the social media ...

Lincolnshire and East Midlands firm Chattertons Solicitors & Wealth Management has announced the acquisition of Double & ...

Proposals to create an early determination stage in defamation claims will only increase the cost of proceedings, a leading ...

Edwin Coe LLP applied for security for costs on the basis that claimant Fortress Lending would be unable to pay its costs if ...