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Solicitors have expressed pessimism over whether an additional court tier will help reduce the rocketing criminal court backlogs.
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has published its Youth Justice Charter. The charter sets out the standards that a child can expect from the people and organisations they might meet in the youth justice ...
Oliver Eardley, principal marketing consultant at Add People, explores four key questions every legal service webpage must answer to build trust, engage potential clients and drive enquiries.
The SRA has today announced that the Law Society will receive funding to support disadvantaged candidates to sit the SQE.
Making the Money Laundering Regulations more proportionate, risk-based and workable for all sectors is a step in the right direction. However, the UK government’s proposed changes will do little to ...
As we celebrate our bicentenary, we look back at the experiences of some of the former presidents of the Law Society – elected office holders who have acted as our main ambassadors and represented the ...
Your weekly update from the Law Society’s public affairs team on all the latest developments and debates in Parliament and ...
Claire Liddy left school without GCSES and parental support. Here, she shares her journey to solicitor and ambition to become a judge.
The Law Society of England and Wales welcomes the government’s AI action plan for justice that focuses on using artificial intelligence in a responsible way. The ultimate goal is to deliver justice as ...
The Law Society of England and Wales secured vital funding provided by the Department for Business & Trade (DBT) to expand market access for UK solicitors and law firms operating in California and Flo ...
The Ministry of Justice is gathering evidence on the feasibility and likely impact of an interest on lawyers’ trust accounts (IOLTA) scheme.
We caution against regulatory overreach in our response to the SRA's consultation on proposed changes to first-tier complaints handling.