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All the latest top quality legal news and analysis for solicitors, barristers, trainees and aspiring lawyers.

25 things for solicitors to look out for in 2025 🗓️✍️
14/01/2025

25 things for solicitors to look out for in 2025 🗓️✍️

Post Office Inquiry's ramifications for professional ethics, M&A mania, a busy year in the Supreme Court and the Law Society's bicentenary.

A former commercial director with London firm Mishcon de Reya was unfairly dismissed after he was not paid commission ow...
14/01/2025

A former commercial director with London firm Mishcon de Reya was unfairly dismissed after he was not paid commission owed to him for three years, a tribunal has ruled:

Commercial chief's resignation letter accused firm of 'complete lack of respect, honesty and professionalism'.

Court of Appeal hears challenge to High Court ban on naming judges in Sara Sharif family case:
14/01/2025

Court of Appeal hears challenge to High Court ban on naming judges in Sara Sharif family case:

High Court order banning naming of judges involved in family court proceedings is at centre of Court of Appeal hearing.

Calls for clarity on the regulation of artificial intelligence technologies were a common theme to lawyers' responses to...
14/01/2025

Calls for clarity on the regulation of artificial intelligence technologies were a common theme to lawyers' responses to the AI Opportunities Action Plan unveiled by the government this week:

'Barely an aspect of our society that will remain untouched by this force of change': Starmer introduces AI action plan.

A trial in a professional negligence claim has been adjourned after leading counsel was taken ill and the High Court fou...
14/01/2025

A trial in a professional negligence claim has been adjourned after leading counsel was taken ill and the High Court found the defendant could not have a fair hearing otherwise:

Prejudice to defendant from refusing adjournment outweighs the other factors, judge rules.

A family judge has ruled it is too soon for a four-year-old adopted girl to have direct contact with her birth mother:
14/01/2025

A family judge has ruled it is too soon for a four-year-old adopted girl to have direct contact with her birth mother:

Judgment follows report last November which called for 'greater focus' on direct contact with birth parents.

UK plc and public sector organisations are ramping up pressure on staff to come in to the office as pandemic memories fa...
14/01/2025

UK plc and public sector organisations are ramping up pressure on staff to come in to the office as pandemic memories fade.

Law firms seeking to follow suit need to be aware that there are risks attached.

John Hyde reports ⬇️

UK plc and public sector organisations are ramping up pressure on staff to come in to the office as pandemic memories fade. Law firms seeking to follow suit need to be aware that there are risks attached.

The law firm accused of misusing lasting powers of attorney to the financial detriment of vulnerable clients, subject of...
14/01/2025

The law firm accused of misusing lasting powers of attorney to the financial detriment of vulnerable clients, subject of a BBC documentary investigation, will not confirm if it will press ahead with legal action against the broadcaster:

Firm said last month it was considering legal action against BBC.

Two employees from a law firm have been removed from the profession after being jailed for drug offences:
13/01/2025

Two employees from a law firm have been removed from the profession after being jailed for drug offences:

Couple reportedly sold drugs to friends and made thousands of pounds in weeks.

Profits at the London arm of litigation-only firm Quinn Emanuel slipped last year - but still represented 65% of a growi...
13/01/2025

Profits at the London arm of litigation-only firm Quinn Emanuel slipped last year - but still represented 65% of a growing turnover, the firm revealed today:

Gross income at London office rises 12% to exceed £200m for the first time.

The former judicial chief for criminal justice leading a major review of the criminal courts has called for ‘ambitious’ ...
13/01/2025

The former judicial chief for criminal justice leading a major review of the criminal courts has called for ‘ambitious’ evidence and ideas that ‘challenge current thinking’:

Former Queen's Bench Division president will report back to the lord chancellor with reform options this spring.

The public battle for control of one of the last listed legal businesses has ended for now, with both sides dropping the...
13/01/2025

The public battle for control of one of the last listed legal businesses has ended for now, with both sides dropping their arms to allow for talks:

Parties agree to drop any ongoing action against each other during acquisition talks.

Lawyers acting for the family of the late chairman of Leicester City football club have launched what they claim to be t...
13/01/2025

Lawyers acting for the family of the late chairman of Leicester City football club have launched what they claim to be the largest fatal accident claim in English history:

Law firm Stewarts Technology and Construction Courts case could be the biggest fatal accident claim in English history.

A solicitor, a judge, and a barrister have been reappointed as commissioners of the Criminal Cases Review Commission:
13/01/2025

A solicitor, a judge, and a barrister have been reappointed as commissioners of the Criminal Cases Review Commission:

The three reappointees will be in post for five years until the end of May 2029.

A trainee solicitor who misled her firm about her reason for taking leave has been disqualified from the profession:
13/01/2025

A trainee solicitor who misled her firm about her reason for taking leave has been disqualified from the profession:

Firm was told after leave was taken that trainee had actually been at a court hearing.

A fast-growing but loss-making bulk litigation firm has revealed that loans due for repayment this spring carry an inter...
13/01/2025

A fast-growing but loss-making bulk litigation firm has revealed that loans due for repayment this spring carry an interest rate of 37%:

Manchester-based business says it is on sound footing thanks to taking on thousands of new cases.

Blogs: scrolls into the new year, LCJ and the flat earth libel by , 's prescient prediction for 2025, why the time has...
12/01/2025

Blogs: scrolls into the new year,
LCJ and the flat earth libel by , 's prescient prediction for 2025, why the time has come to embrace AI by and ethics 101 by Joel Woolf

Missed our blogs this week? Here's our top five...

A solicitor jailed for fraud has been ordered to pay back more than £1m in criminal assets – or face further time in pri...
10/01/2025

A solicitor jailed for fraud has been ordered to pay back more than £1m in criminal assets – or face further time in prison:

Serious Fraud Office continues investigation into sums accrued by Timothy Schools, who ran a bogus investment scheme.

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