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£986,000 damages following firm's professional negligence

An adult son who was disinherited by his mother has won almost £1m in damages for law firm negligence

Covid recovery wealth tax

Matthew Duncan considers the implications of a proposed wealth tax to help fund significant shortfalls in the public purse

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 

Proposed wealth tax an 'exceptional' crisis response

A so-called wealth tax on UK individuals has been proposed by the Wealth Tax Commission as a crisis response to covid-19

Pro bono work recognised - including UK's first not-for-profit firm

AltraLaw, the UK's first not-for-profit law firm, and Reed Smith, were among a raft of firms and lawyers who collected LawWorks awards for pro bono 

Covid-19: taking liberties

Despite further delay, the liberty protection safeguards regulations and code of practice will be properly scrutinised, as Matthew Duncan explains

7pc of UK respondents updated or made will in first lockdown

The majority of people in the UK had not got their affairs in order in spite of the pandemic as first UK national lockdown ended, the Law Society said 

Probate solicitors experiencing 'shocking delays' and bureaucracy

Probate solicitors are experiencing 'shocking delays' and increasingly frustrated by an inefficient process, according to research