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The High Court has ordered that a barrister and the solicitors who instructed her be referred to their regulators after providing five fake case citations in their pleadings.

A conveyancer has described how she refused to give in to a scammer who threatened to post more fake one-star reviews of her law firm unless she gave him her phone number.

National firm Knights yesterday announced its 24th acquisition since listing in 2018 with a £16.6m deal for Essex law firm Birkett Long that will take its annual revenues to over £200m.

Developing a “proactive policy” to prevent wellbeing issues from arising appears to be a “significant challenge” for most law firms, a report by the IBA has found.

The Solicitors Regulation Authority has for the first time authorised a law firm whose offering is solely provided by an AI-powered litigation assistant.

The collapses of SSB Law and Axiom Ince indicate a continuing need for the Legal Services Board despite the government’s focus on cutting red tape, the Lord Chancellor said last week.

A solicitor who emailed an opposing litigant after they instructed lawyers and made baseless threats of perjury against them has been rebuked.

A US judge has ruled that the executive order by President Donald Trump aimed at the law firm that acted for Hillary Clinton amounted to “unconstitutional retaliation”.

A claim brought by original law firm members of the Injury Lawyers 4U marketing collective over pricing changes made by its new owners has been thrown out.

City giant A&O Shearman can make the argument that others were to blame for a mistake that has so far cost its client Nationwide £83m, the High Court has ruled.