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Happy New Year: happy days again?

David Pickup reflects back, considering whether 2023 will be a better year for lawyers

Health Secretary and Health Security Agency to be sued by families over care home covid deaths

Families whose loved ones died in care homes during the covid 19 pandemic are preparing legal claims against the Health Secretary, the Health Security Agency and individual care homes

Russia sanctions regime bans trust services

The UK Government's financial sanctions regime now includes a ban on providing trust services to those connected with Russia

Tesco and Intertek face claims of forced labour and debt bondage at F&F fashion factory

Burmese migrants were made to work up to 99 hours a week on unlawful wages and in forced labour conditions at a Thailand factory making clothes for Tesco's F&F fashion range, it is alleged in a legal action brought by a group of workers

Lubna Shuja speaks out about the poor state of repair of many courts across the country

The shambolic state of court buildings across England and Wales – including leaking toilets, broken heating, sewage, mould and asbestos – has been laid bare in a new report launched today.*

Leigh Day secures £75,000 settlement for abuse survivor

The compensation relates to historic allegations of sexual abuse and mistreatment

Recession, resilience, recovery: the year ahead for conveyancing

Sheila Kumar, CLC Chief Executive, considers the future of conveyancing in 2023

SRA slaps warning on firms engaging in abusive lawsuits

Jack Rogers examines the SRA's intervention over the controversial SLAPPs practice