Nick Hilborne

A private client solicitor has transformed his law firm into a specialist fixed-fee service which aims to unblock stalled probate matters.

A miscarriage of justice “analogous” to the wrongful conviction of solicitor Sally Clark for the murder of her two baby boys in 1999 “could still occur”, according to experts.

A solicitor has been struck off for creating letters to mislead both his opposite number and his own firm in a bid to cover up his failure to acknowledge service.

An experienced criminal law barrister has been reprimanded and fined for an “outburst of racist language” when talking to a trainee police officer.

The Solicitors Regulation Authority has been asked to explain why it is requiring only notification of impending mergers and acquisitions, rather than its approval.

A solicitor who had a second job at the Home Office while a trainee and used it to access the visa application files of clients and family members has been suspended.

An online platform that provides free legal advice and assessments for renters has applied to the SRA to become an alternative business structure.

Intellectual property firms based on a partnership model “will struggle to invest what is needed for the long-term future”, the chief executive of global IP firm Rouse has predicted.

A solicitor struck off in 2019 after being recorded by an undercover reporter advising on a sham marriage has failed in a bid to return to the profession.

There is no radical ‘silver bullet’ solution to achieve “significant savings” in NHS clinical negligence compensation costs – but legal costs are not the real problem, MPs have been told.