Community care lawyers are turning clients away to survive
Community care legal aid has not collapsed through lack of demand. New research shows Legal Help matter starts down more than 80% as providers narrow what they take on.
Community care legal aid has not collapsed through lack of demand. New research shows Legal Help matter starts down more than 80% as providers narrow what they take on.
Manifest incompetence needs systemic or fundamental failure, not one badly handled file. Two Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal outcomes mark out where poor service ends and where regulatory misconduct begins.
SQE fees rise from September, taking the first-attempt total past £5,000. The SRA is reviewing the Statement of Solicitor Competence, and LawCare has begun a 2026 engagement programme.
The Sentencing Act progression model now comes into force on 1 October 2026, and rape, serious child sex offences and grooming offences have been excluded from it by…
The SRA sectoral risk assessment was substantially rewritten on 6 August 2026, adding three emerging risks firms must take into account under regulation 18(2)(a) when drafting a firm-wide…
A public interest intervention notice was not issued in the Paramount Skydance acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, because the Culture Secretary accepted a legally binding deed of undertaking…
An unfair prejudice petition under section 994 succeeded in Peter Waddell HoldCo v Bluebell Cars Holding [2026] EWHC 2028 (Ch), against a private equity investor whose contractual rights…
A single legal regulator should replace the eight approved regulators in England and Wales, according to a position paper from the Legal Services Consumer Panel published on 16…
Criminal legal aid fees are out for consultation until 26 August, with advocates offered an average increase of 11 per cent. Judicial review reform closes a day later.