Solicitors will snub low-paid work in response to the government’s criminal legal aid reforms. After voting to join the criminal bar in protest action, many London practitioners have said they will decline some work, beginning with burglary cases from May 25. The Lord chief justice has...

Irwin Mitchell is set to open two new offices in Liverpool and Cardiff next month to enhance client experience. The firm is actively recruiting in the regions ahead of the new bases opening next month. The new additions bring the total number of UK offices up...

The health minister has had to backtrack on comments she made over the 'biggest driver of rising negligence costs'. MP Maria Caulfield, the under-secretary of state for patient safety and primary care, told the health and social care select committee that rising legal costs were...

Despite pressures of the pandemic, law firms have reported solid performances due to constant demand, lower costs and government assistance. Share via Email Print According to the Law Society of England and Wales Law Management Section Financial Benchmarking Survey, more than two thirds of solicitors reported year-on-year...

Plans that would require non-practising solicitors to complete and pay for an annual application to say 'on the roll' are being negotiated. The Solicitors Regulation Authority is consulting on plans that would bring them an extra £2.4 million, requiring lawyers, whether retired or working in-house...

A petition has rallied changes to be made to making emails the default method of service for all civil proceedings. The dispute resolution committee of Birmingham Law Society, which launched the petition, said the current rules were inefficient and costly, demanding them to end. Chair Tobias...