The government has proposed a further increase in court fees following a hike in March, but the Law Society has said the move amounts to a further curtailing of access to justice for members of the public and small businesses.

Global law firms Ropes & Gray and Sidley Austin have retained 100% of their trainees.

Law firm Chief Rod Waldie has outlined his expansion plans for Gateley Legal after a slowdown in the legal sector pay war meant Gateley’s salary to revenue ratio to returned to “normal” levels.  

The Ministry of Justice has revealed that the crown court backlog hit a new high of 67,573 between October and December 2023. 

Larger law firms are more advanced in their integration and promotion of AI within their services compared to mid-tier firms, according to research from Thomson Reuters.

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has been criticised for its response to the collapse of Axiom Ince in 2023, which led to the loss of 1,400 jobs.

Sunday trading laws in the UK currently state that large shops may only be open for six consecutive hours between 10:00am and 6:00pm, but is this law outdated?

The justice secretary Michael Gove has abandoned a controversial new bidding scheme for legal aid contracts and suspended a further 8.75% fee cut for duty criminal solicitors who represent people suspected of crimes in police stations and magistrates courts.

Deloitte Legal has entered a strategic partnership with legal AI platform Legora in the UK to accelerate the transformation of legal services. The collaboration, announced on 8 September, aims to reshape how legal teams operate by implementing AI-driven solutions that go beyond task-based productivity gains and into full-service redesign.  

Student volunteers in Bristol have overturned 95% of the decisions made by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) in their area regarding 200 claimants who had wrongfully been ruled ‘fit for work’.

There has been a sharp rise in the number of trainees being paid less than the Law Society’s recommended minimum salary, according to a new survey. 

The Bar Standards Board has published its latest annual business plan, setting out what the regulator will be doing over the next year to meet its strategic aims.

I keep reading about large payoffs for executives departing publicly listed companies. Isn't it about time that such organisations aligned the financial rewards available to their executives more to the performance of the businesses in the same way that the private equity industry does?

Cuts to legal aid funding have ensured that employers can get away with discrimination toward their employees, the Equalities and Human Rights Commission has warned.

The Next 100 Years has launched an annual lecture series, Heilbron Lectures, named after Rose Heilbron QC – the first female senior judge and joint first female Queen’s Counsel (QC). The series of annual lectures will promote rising female legal experts and balance out the current male-dominated lecture format.

Fieldfisher has launched a new Apprenticeship Career Excellence programme focusing on business services, which will start in September 2022 from the firm’s London and Manchester offices. 

Stress, workload and a lack of work-life balance caused by funding cuts are taking a heavy toll on barristers and are leading some to seek a career change, according to a new report. 

Law firms and chambers are failing on inclusion as disabled lawyers are significantly underrepresented in the legal profession compared to the wider employed population.