Your weekly update from the Law Society’s public affairs team on all the latest developments and debates in parliament and across Whitehall. This week: criminal legal aid, data bill and UK-Switzerland ...

Section 58A of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 allows proceedings under section 82 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 to be prosecuted under a conditional fee agreement, although they ...

Last year the Dispute Resolution Section brought a panel of leading experts together on this topic to consider the background to the changes, the impact of the changes and the prospect of future ...

UK government plans unveiled yesterday (19 December) to increase criminal legal aid rates for solicitors by a further 12% are ...

Discover our webinars for aspiring solicitors and stay up to date with the essential skills and experience you need to prepare for your career. In this webinar, three junior solicitors, Daniel Peacock ...

The long-awaited pay rise for duty solicitors is a positive step in our campaign for fairer legal aid rates for our members. Criminal legal aid rates will increase by an additional 12%, the lord ...

Small and mid-sized law firms have an ever-growing list of internal and external challenges that impact their ability to meet business goals – whether it’s making sure they stay secure or boosting ...

I act in a litigation matter. Neither the declarant nor a commissioner for oaths has signed a statutory declaration that is evidence in the proceedings. Is it a requirement that statutory declarations ...

The Legal Ombudsman Service (LeO) has made inroads to reduce case backlogs and customer journey times, however, it still needs to address the speed of progress, the Law Society of England and Wales ...

How a career setback inspired one solicitor’s next chapter ...

Sign up to attend an in-house solicitor networking event in Newcastle on 6 March 2025 to understand the Worker Protection Act 2023's new legal duty on employers to ...