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Mercury signings for land registration a 'victory for common sense'

HM Land Registry has announced it will now accept Mercury signings for deeds and make identity verification easier during the covid-19 crisis

Financial remedies cases facing valuation challenges

Remote final hearings in financial remedies cases are facing challenges of financial market volatility, family solicitors have warned

Guideline hourly rates to be reviewed and updated

A long-awaited review into the solicitors' guideline hourly rates is underway following mounting pressure from lawyers and judges

Legal Access Challenge winners revealed

Technology platforms, designed by RCJ Advice and Mencap and Access Social Care, have won £50,000 each as finalists in the Nesta Legal Access Challenge

CMA warns of risk to leasehold buyers' solicitors' duties

Developers face CMA action over consumer law breaches

By the hour

The courts are starting to recognise that the guideline hourly rates need updating, says Francis Kendall

Kingsley Napley is king again