Networking is one of the less visible skills we develop as junior lawyers, and it is often only in hindsight that we ...

High-profile criminal barrister Jo Sidhu KC has appealed a disciplinary tribunal’s decision to disbar him after he was found ...

City lawyers say judge-only trials will increase administratrive burden on bench and create perverse incentives.

Cases with a likely sentence of three years or less will be heard by a judge alone, lord chancellor reveals today.

CMS has appointed Susie Lind as partner in the firm’s energy and infrastructure team.

A Liverpool firm publicly named by its council opponent after a failed housing disrepair claim has vowed to not be stopped ...

Former Law Society president I. Stephanie Boyce has been appointed as a trustee and chair-elect of The Solicitors’ Charity.

The Law Society is the independent professional body for solicitors. We represent and support our members, promoting the highest professional standards and the rule of law.

A solicitor who paid off a mortgage using proceeds from his brother’s drug dealing has been banned from the profession. The ...

Support for litigation funding, as the government considers calls for regulation, is 'conditional', regular survey suggests.

A Newcastle firm with a history going back more than 100 years has suddenly closed, staff have reported. Several employees at ...

First increases will take effect this month, but others will have to wait until the Legal Aid Agency sorts out its troubled ...