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 to privilege.
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.
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 SRA and Law Society have applied to the LSB to collect £224m for 2026/27, lifting the individual practising certificate fee 17% from £326 to £382 pending approval.
Cherrington confirms Article 10 unfair dismissal points must be pleaded, APIL calls the SRA's three-hour ethics discussions overly burdensome, and the High Court refuses wider disclosure in the…
The SDT has suspended a solicitor for six months after she admitted failing to act in a Court of Protection client's best interests across a 16-year deputyship, on…
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…
The Upper Tribunal warns uploading confidential documents to open-source AI tools waives privilege, three solicitors win £75,000 Innovate UK awards, and an Odgers report examines why lawyers rarely…
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.