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The slow creep of ABSs into the US is set to take a significant step forward next month when plans for a pilot are put to the supreme court of Washington state.

An assistant coroner overheard describing a barrister’s submission as “bollocks” and a judge who took 16 months to produce a ruling have been disciplined for misconduct.

Social media-loving lawyers have been moving en masse this week from X to BlueSky, with one chambers saying Elon Musk’s site “contradicts” its values.

Charging law firms fees of £250 per case to bring complaints to the Financial Ombudsman Service could make volume complaints “unmanageable”, the Law Society has warned.

An “all-rounder” KC with 56 years of experience as a barrister will become the Lord Chief Justice of Tonga next month and president of its Land Court.

The High Court has struck out a counterclaim brought by a law firm that “deliberately maintained a discreet silence” until the claim against it was “done and dusted”.

There is “far too much lip service” paid to the rules on the content of witness statements and litigants should not presume that breaking them “will not have consequences”, a judge has warned.

A property law firm in Manchester has been handed a fine of nearly £22,000 for failures in anti-money laundering procedures, towards the top end of the SRA’s powers.

Providers of legal software are stopping law firms from integrating their systems by failing to provide the APIs they need to do it, a panel discussion has heard.

The government has shelved reintroducing the Litigation Funding Agreements (Enforceability) Bill until after the Civil Justice Council has completed its review of funding next year.