Only a third have read industry guidance on how to deal with a cyberattack Minority of firms updated security training to address new services and ways of working New research among 150 legal professionals in the UK published today suggests that the risk of...

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is set to be allowed access to every document related to the Post Office Horizon IT inquiry. This means that the regulator can set to work on its own investigations on the scandal, considered one of the biggest miscarriages of...

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...

The Solicitors Regulation Authority is launching a study into gaps in access to justice. The organisation has commissioned the research, which runs until Autumn, to find out if gaps in provision have any impact on different groups of consumers and whether factors like ethnicity affect...