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Client bias “not a factor” in complaints about BAME solicitors

1 November 2024

Groundbreaking research has contradicted the views of academics and solicitors that bias amongst clients in part explains why BAME solicitors are overrepresented in reports to the SRA.


SRA takes action against two ex-Axiom Ince employees

1 November 2024

The Solicitors Regulation Authority has banned two former employees of Axiom Ince from working in the profession in future without its permission.


From regulation to SSB Law – CJC publishes litigation funding report

1 November 2024

The Civil Justice Council’s litigation funding working group published its interim report yesterday, taking on issues ranging from regulation of third-party funders to the collapse of SSB Law.


Most law firms and in-house teams struggling to recruit

1 November 2024

Three-quarters of law firms and in-house legal departments have found it difficult to hire staff in the last 12 months, new research has found.


Top law firms embrace branding with “emotional buy-in”

1 November 2024

There is “an emerging class” of law firms among the top 100 which have adopted brands “evoking emotional buy-in and defining themselves as social and client champions”.


Legal Ombudsman seeks 10% budget hike as delays persist

31 October 2024

The Legal Ombudsman has proposed a 10.2% increase in its budget, or £1.8m, as it struggles to bring down the longstanding backlog of complaints.


Costs penalty for City firm over approach to “forged” report

31 October 2024

Leading City litigation firm Quinn Emanuel has been penalised in costs for not engaging with allegations that a key document it had produced for a case was a forgery.


Law firm uses trainees to find problems and solve them with AI

31 October 2024

A law firm is using teams of trainee solicitors to find problems that can be solved by artificial intelligence, develop solutions and present them to managers.


Court of Appeal ruling sparks panic over motor finance claim deluge

31 October 2024

The motor finance market has reacted with alarm to last week’s Court of Appeal ruling that lenders failed to clearly disclose commissions paid to car dealers.


Axiom Ince report: The full story of what went wrong at the SRA

30 October 2024

The review of the Solicitors Regulation Authority’s handling of Axiom Ince shows it missed an opportunity to uncover the fraud a year before it eventually shut the firm down.

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