9 October 2026
Ethics, AI, wellbeing and supervision to the fore in competence review
A stronger focus on ethics, as well as new provisions on AI, supervision and wellbeing, are set to be added to the statement of solicitor competence.
9 October 2026
AI poses “existential threat” to immigration cases, tribunal warns
The ability of AI to generate documents and other material could pose “an existential threat to the integrity of the immigration appeal system”, the Upper Tribunal has warned.
9 October 2026
Solicitor fined for misleading mentally ill client
A solicitor who misled a client over a psychiatric report to “avoid exacerbating” their mental health problems has been fined £15,000.
9 October 2026
Support for extending JAC’s ‘equal merit’ provision to disability
The Bar Council has backed plans to add disability to the ‘equal merit’ provision applied to the selection of judges, alongside ethnicity and gender.
