Covering regulatory developments, compliance obligations and risk management issues affecting law firms and legal practitioners.
The SRA has referred two solicitors to the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal over conduct after the main events of the Horizon scandal. The allegations are unproven and no findings have been made.
A rolling tracker on the Business and Property Division, which replaces the Chancery Division on 1 October 2026: which courts move, the instruments involved, and what firms should…
A checklist for landlords, managing agents and conveyancers on the new service charge demand form, the prescribed annual report, and the deadlines that come with them.
An explainer on the conduct of litigation as a reserved activity, what the Mazur judgments decided, and where the line falls between conducting litigation and assisting with it.
An explainer on enforcing a foreign judgment in England and Wales: the statutory registration regimes, the Hague Conventions, common law recognition, and where Drelle leaves the insolvency route.
The Legal Services Board's final report finds regulators missed opportunities to resolve conflicting readings of the Legal Services Act before Mazur, but takes no enforcement action against any…
An explainer on the home buying and selling reform roadmap. What goes in an upfront information pack, whether liability shifts, and what a firm can usefully change now.
A checklist covering accountants' report duties and exemptions, the new declaration, the COLP and COFA restriction, and the notification consultation closing on 17 August 2026. Nothing here is…
A step-by-step checklist on Companies House identity verification. Who must verify, the confirmation statement trigger, the November long stop, personal codes and when to use an ACSP.