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Practice area growth for small law firms in the UK
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (1058+ words) Not all growth is created equal! What the Bellwether 2026 data reveals about practice area differences. The headline from this year’s Bellwether report is reassuring: 62% of small and mid-sized firms have grown over the past three to four years, client satisfaction…...
SearchFlow becomes first search intermediary to complete Next Gen NLIS integration and testing
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (354+ words) Land Data has announced that SearchFlow has become the first search intermediary to successfully connect to Next Gen NLIS (National Land Information Service) and complete end-to-end testing, marking a significant milestone in the platform’s build ahead of its launch in…...
Law firm directors struck off for misusing client account money
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (963+ words) SDT: Swead’s dishonesty stretched across several events Two directors of a City law firm have been struck off for acting dishonestly in making an unauthorised payment from client account of almost £95,000 to a third party. The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT)…...
Unregulated divorce service poised to launch law firm
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (682+ words) Woolley: Firm built on technology Well-known divorce and separation service amicable – which markets itself as an alternative to solicitors – is to enter regulation for the first time by setting up its own law firm. An application for an alternative business…...
The profession can play a greater role in improving access to justice
2+ day, 10+ hour ago (863+ words) Guest post by Dr Liz Curran, professor of justice reform and legal innovation at Nottingham Law School. The views in this blog are her own Curran: UK needs to learn from Australia In this, the third blog of my series…...
Consumer panel admits error but row with CLC goes on
3+ day, 9+ hour ago (532+ words) The Legal Services Consumer Panel (LSCP) has accepted part of the criticism made by the Council for Licensed Conveyancers (CLC) of a recent report – but not gone as far as the regulator demanded. Last month, the CLC hit out over inaccuracies…...
Strike-off for solicitor who exploited vulnerable investors
4+ day, 9+ hour ago (908+ words) Metro Bank: Closure of account led solicitor into misconduct A solicitor who “exploited and misled” the Zimbabwean women she claimed to be empowering has been struck off. The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) said Julian Condliffe, better known as Julie, also…...
SRA and Law Society to collect £224m from solicitors
4+ day, 9+ hour ago (845+ words) Law Society: Annex up for rent The Law Society and Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) are set to collect a total of £224m in fees from solicitors for the next practising year from November, £50m more than the current year. This represents a…...
APIL calls for flexibility on ethics discussions
4+ day, 9+ hour ago (455+ words) Tuff: Stronger evidence of competence APIL said the sessions could be “very costly” and argued instead for solicitors to certify that they had taken part in ethics discussions when renewing their PCs. The SRA launched proposals for a beefed-up continuing…...
Is the legal profession ready for agentic AI? - Legal Futures
4+ day, 9+ hour ago (520+ words) Baijina: Do not wait to retrofit compliance onto agents Everyone’s talking about agentic AI. The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is actively exploring the benefits and challenges of embedding it in legal services, but the Law Society’s April 2026 foresight report made…...