Simpson Millar has announced the appointment of Shalini Patel as head of education, public law, and human rights. Patel, ...

A solicitor has been given a suspension – suspended for two years if he can comply with a two-year restriction order – after he failed to comply with a tribunal order and did not take ‘adequate’ steps ...

International firm Clyde & Co has further extended its US presence by absorbing Dallas insurance litigation specialist ...

We will soon find ourselves in a world where the court will not consider it reasonable or proportionate for lawyers to spend ...

Hundreds of HM Land Registry staff could go on strike over a civil service mandate to work in the office three days a week – however the agency has told the Gazette that any industrial action is ...

A family court judge has expressed ‘very great concern’ over the ‘significant’ delay in adoption support plans for three ‘vulnerable’ siblings being adopted by their aunt. Mrs Justice ...

Solicitors have begun the new year with an increase in guideline hourly rates. Master of the rolls Sir Geoffrey Vos announced the 3.65% increase last month and it came into effect from 1 January.

Lester Aldridge has appointed Amanda Nelson as partner in its private wealth team, based at the firm’s London office.

Minnie immediately told her mother but the woman disregarded her and it was not until 7pm when Fanny failed to return for ...

Ethics in day-to-day legal practice is hard. Really hard. The situations are nuanced, hidden behind layers of what clients ...