Why has the government proposed a company register of beneficial owners?

According to a recent report in The Lawyer, increased demand has caused the waiting time for cases to progress from the Court of Appeal to the Supreme Court to more than double.

Are we becoming a cashless society?

What impact has the Dubai debt problem had on the UK economy as a whole and the work of UK law firms?

The chairperson of the Criminal Bar Association, Nigel Lithman QC, has voiced his opposition to the government’s Quality Assurance Standards for Advocacy scheme, as well as its plans to cut 30% of all legal aid fees.

The Criminal Bar Association (CBA) has stated that 95% of criminal barristers are not prepared to work at the proposed reduced legal aid rates.

Clifford Chance has launched its third annual Intelligent Aid student competition, challenging students to "think critically about reducing greenhouse gas emissions".

Law firms are avoiding reporting the true extent of their gender pay gaps and regulations should be updated to force them to be transparent, Conservative MP Maria Miller has said.

Will employers find it harder to rely on consent to process their employees’ personal data when the new law comes into force?

Barristers’ chambers across the UK have implemented pay increases as they battle to attract the top aspiring barristers.

Barristers’ chambers are in talks about downsizing their offices in a bid to cut costs and encourage more remote working, following the coronavirus outbreak. However, there is still a need for physical space for career support and wellbeing, the Bar Council has stressed.

Friends in Law has awarded special recognition to nine barristers’ chambers for the support they give to both the Bar Pro Bono Unit and Free Representation Unit.

New rules come into force on 1 July 2014, ensuring that every member of a chambers’ selection panel must have received training on fair recruitment processes.