13 Apr 2021Litigation firms 'expected' to have links with costs lawyersA Senior Courts Costs Office decision has emphasised that firms should employ costs lawyers or risk paying a heavy financial price
12 Apr 2021Tech no 'silver bullet' but needs proactive approach by legal services regulatorsThe ideal regulator needs a clear, proactive approach to technology, the LSB said in a new paper
1 Apr 2021Ethnic minorities 'marching' into leadership in lawThe number of ethnic minority solicitors is steadily increasing, the so-called 'race report' has revealed
1 Apr 2021An unjust justice system: The government needs to get realEditor's note: Can substandard justice – whatever that looks like in practice – be justice at all?
31 Mar 2021Money laundering: SRA refers £200m of suspected criminal proceeds to NCAThe SRA made 26 SARs to the NCA between January and October 2020 and cryptocurrency could become an issue
30 Mar 2021'Justice depends on government': Peers publish damning report The quality of justice is increasingly at risk and it’s the government’s fault, peers have concluded in a comprehensive report
30 Mar 2021Civil justice backlog: Peers call for urgent measuresGovernment must act urgently to address the case backlog in the family and civil courts, peers said in a new report
30 Mar 2021Considerably more legal aid funding needed, say peersMoJ must invest much more to legal aid 'to meet the reality of need', say peers