Smaller law firms have recovered their confidence in the future, with hiring more lawyers their joint top spending priority the next 12-18 months, new research has found.
Vanessa Heap, also known as Ford, had consumed "a significant amount of alcohol" prior to her death, according to the coroner.
The Solicitors Regulation Authority and SQE assessment provider Kaplan today apologised to 175 students who were wrongly told last month that they had failed their exam.
The Law Society’s failure to consult solicitors on key changes to conveyancing practice, most recently the revised TA6 form, risks a members “revolt”, it has been warned.
The legal services market will continue to grow in 2024, hitting a turnover of £50bn with a “resilient” corporate law sector boosted by “stronger economic conditions” later in the year.
Ison Harrison, which became 100% employee-owned in 2022, posted a turnover of more than £22m last year – an annual increase of 16%.
A Liverpool firm has been closed down by the Solicitors Regulation Authority over suspected dishonesty on the part of its veteran owner.
Another personal injury brand has disappeared from the scene as the market continues to contract after years of government-imposed reform.
An increasing number of law firms are ditching low-value RTA claims as a result of the whiplash reforms, according to new research.