HMCTS bans Meta smart glasses from courts, the fairer end to relationships consultation closes, the fake-bombs appeal fails, and the Consumer Panel corrects its report after CLC criticism.
The SDT cleared a Stevenage conveyancer of manifest incompetence and of taking instructions from a client's son, imposed a reprimand on client care failings and cut SRA costs…
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.
Conveyancing complaints to the Legal Ombudsman rose 41% in the year to 31 March 2026. Poor service was found in 78% of files and poor complaint handling in…
The government has confirmed a standardised service charge demand form, a prescribed annual report and deadlines for information requests under the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024.