Your weekly update from the Law Society’s public affairs team on all the latest developments and debates in Parliament and across Whitehall. This week: criminal legal aid, data bill and UK-Switzerland ...
Section 58A of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 allows proceedings under section 82 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 to be prosecuted under a conditional fee agreement, although they ...
Last year the Dispute Resolution Section brought a panel of leading experts together on this topic to consider the background ...
The growth from £6.7bn in 2021 to £8.4bn in 2022 to £9.5bn in 2023 shows that the international demand for English law is ...
Louise Donnery from legal software company Clio examines how advancements in technology, shifting client expectations and economic pressures will drive change across the sector. With the rapid ...
UK government plans unveiled yesterday (19 December) to increase criminal legal aid rates for solicitors by a further 12% are ...
D2 Legal Technology’s (D2LT) CEO, Akber Datoo, and managing director, Rachel Scanlon, share ways the legal profession can harness the benefits of generative AI – while avoiding risks. Many law firms ...
The long-awaited pay rise for duty solicitors is a positive step in our campaign for fairer legal aid rates for our members. Criminal legal aid rates will increase by an additional 12%, the lord ...