Latest Legal News

Articles

Damage control

Mike Willis provides examples of lessons we can learn from times when things have gone badly wrong for law firms

A child's habitual residence: Where is it and when can it change?

Hetty Gleave considers recent guidance from the Supreme Court in Re: B, which offers a ray of hope for cases of parental child abduction

The British Bill of Rights is now a face-saving exercise

The Lord Chancellor has become so adept at making U-turns on unsound Ministry of Justice policy he should consider becoming a driving instructor when he...

Price of City law restricts access to justice

Charging by the hour is 'inefficient' and a 'productivity drain on the UK economy', says costs expert

Public support for independent regulation of solicitors

Take the opportunity to consolidate the regulatory maze, says the Law Society

Law Society continues to resist independent regulation

'Professional standards of behaviour, conduct, and ethics should be the responsibility of the profession'

Book review: From Student to Solicitor by Charlotte Harrison

Dr Gregory Ioannidis reviews a guide for aspiring solicitors, which offers advice on training contract applications and valuable networking tips

Common law marriage is the 'stuff of fairy tales

Kate Johnson goes over the cold hard facts that endanger cohabiting couples' assets