Legal aid deserts reach 14.5 million people as family provision thins
Legal aid deserts now cover 91 local authorities and 14.49 million people across England and Wales, with family provision now close to four times worse than it was in 2022.
Legal aid deserts now cover 91 local authorities and 14.49 million people across England and Wales, with family provision now close to four times worse than it was in 2022.
The SRA's first dedicated AI warning notice brings supervisors, COLPs and firm governance into scope, and treats client material entered into public AI tools as a permanent risk…
The general levy consultation closes on 8 September, HMRC consults on minimum pension age transition rules, a barrister is disbarred over court recordings, and dashboards reporting gains a…
The Building Safety Regulator has published Gateway 3 performance data for the first time, recording 29 determinations at a 72% approval rate and a 16-week median determination time.
The Legal Services Board approved the SRA's COLP and COFA separation rules on 31 July 2026, together with annual accountants' reports for every firm that holds client money.
HM Land Registry will stop sending application correspondence as PDF attachments from late August 2026. Requisitions and notices will arrive as a secure link valid for 200 days.
An anti-corruption charity presses for statutory powers over privileged material, two directors are struck off over a client account payment, and amicable applies for an ABS licence.
The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention upholds all three grounds for five IPP prisoners, finding no legal basis for post-tariff detention, as lawyers prepare a habeas corpus…
A split Supreme Court holds the section 5 personal injury exception removes Bahrain's immunity where spyware was remotely installed on UK computers, Lords Leggatt and Burrows dissenting.