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Legal regulators must improve

The legal super-regulator has challenged the UK's legal regulators to drive up performance and improve governance, even though improvements have already been made

Operating in France? LLPs can carry on, but fundamental issues remain

UK LLP law firms operating in France do not need to withdraw when transition period ends, but agreement does not address 'fundamental issues'

Unregulated providers: growing risk of consumer harm

The Law Society has warned of the risk of consumer harm in the unregulated sector

Fortune favours the brave

Law firms need to be braver if they truly want to close the social mobility gap, says Tom Lyas

The Duomatic principle and ostensible authority

Corporate lawyers should note the Privy Council's clarification of the so-called Duomatic principle, as Josh Mangeot, George Weston and Jeremy Child explain

CMA repeats call for regulatory reform

The UK's competition regulator has called for 'wholesale reform' of the Legal Services Act but found positive developments on transparency

UK's first teaching law firm wins gong for 'outstanding' community work 

The UK's first teaching law firm has been recognised for 'outstanding' community work across Nottinghamshire 

AML: standing together

Gideon Habel welcomes the regulator's increased focus on an insidious area of criminal activity