In 2015, 48% of lawyers were women. Now, they represent 55%. But while 49% of salaried partners are women, they account for ...

Disputes firm Stewarts has appointed partner Richard Lodge to its medical negligence practice in London. Stewarts specialises in spinal, brain and other life changing injury claims typically arising ...

Risk managers bemoan lack of clarity about what new Financial Conduct Authority regime will mean for legal profession.

Leeds firm Emsleys Solicitors has welcomed Naomi Hartridge and Matthew Murphy to its team. Hartridge joins the family law team as an employed barrister. She is a specialist in complex private law ...

Coordinated action must address judicial and court staffing, sitting availability, venue capacity, and the implementation of more viable legal aid rates.

The reactions to a Supreme Court judgment can be largely expected so congratulations go to no-cow drink manufacturer Oatly for doing something a little different by using their lost legal fight as a ...

What hurts children the most is when they feel like they have to pick a side, the Children’s Commissioner has told parents in a letter that family lawyers would send to their clients as part of a ...

MPs vote by a majority of 101 to let the Courts and Tribunals Bill move to the next stage in journey to become law.

An £8 million defamation claim against a high-profile tax commentator has become the first lawsuit to be defined by a judge as meeting the statutory definition of strategic litigation against public ...

Former housing ombudsman wants to focus on access to justice, systemic change and transformation in terms of performance.

Harrowells Solicitors has welcomed Charlotte Boyes as associate solicitor in its agricultural team. Boyes will be based at the firm's Pocklington office, assisting clients across East Yorkshire and ...

Solicitors mobilised outside parliament this morning to 'sound the alarm' over justice secretary David Lammy's controversial ...