More than six months’ after Baroness Helen Newlove’s death, her final annual report as victims’ commissioner has been published – with her successor writing to the lord chancellor that victims’ rights ...

The government has set out proposals for the Financial Conduct Authority to become AML supervisor for firms in the legal, accountancy, trust and company services sectors.

Obiter subjects Garfield, 'the world's first AI-powered law firm', to the Gazette's regular 'Lawyer in the news' questionnaire.

He sued for negligence in relation to his care, alleging inappropriate and excessive restraint and failure to manage his behaviour appropriately. He also made a claim for battery in relation to three ...

People on lower incomes are less likely than their richer neighbours to sign up for their share of the proceeds of class actions, research suggests in a finding likely to be seized upon by critics of ...

The Ministry of Justice is to work with government and third-sector partners to look into opportunities for private investment and philanthropy to help the criminal justice sector. The announcement ...

Global firm Simmons & Simmons has become the latest top-end practice to announce big profit rises. In the year to 30 April ...

Represents campaigner Peter Barclay, chair of the Gatwick Area Conservation Campaign, whose bid to challenge the expansion of ...

The head of accounts at failed firm PM Law has been barred from working in the legal profession for a string of financial ...

Third-party litigation funding is an essential piece of our legal infrastructure. Without it, the legal rights parliament ...

Father of the house tells lord chancellor to please PM-in-waiting Andy Burnham by scrapping jury trial reforms.

Unrepresented parties using generative AI to craft claims threaten to inundate courts with a tide of slop. Solicitors as well ...