News
Stories and information about developments affecting the legal professions, both locally and nationally.
- August 7, 2018
- Law Society's LGFS Challenge Succeeds
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"It is difficult to express in language of appropriate moderation why we consider these arguments without merit"
- August 6, 2018
- Women In Leadership In Law
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Christina Blacklaws, the new President of the Law Society, has declared that Women in Leadership In Law will be a key theme of her presidential year
- July 4, 2018
- Law Society Releases Annual Statistics Report for 2017
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Compiled data shows the evolution and possible future path of the profession
- June 28, 2018
- Rise In Sexual Harassment Claims Against Lawyers
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Sexual harassment and misconduct claims increase by 58%
- June 4, 2018
- MoJ Avoids Barristers' Escalation
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MoJ heads-off escalation in the ongoing dispute between barristers and the government
- May 21, 2018
- Business And Property Courts Forum
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Forum being set up following the launch of the Business and Property Courts in Newcastle
- April 30, 2018
- Criminal Duty Solicitors - A Looming Crisis
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New campaign highlights looming crisis in the numbers of criminal duty solicitors in England and Wales
- March 29, 2018
- Criminal Barristers To Stage Mass Walkouts
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Action to start on 1 April in response to the 'last straw' of the revised Advocates Graduated Fee Scheme
- March 14, 2018
- Women In Law Survey
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The largest international survey of women in the law has been released by the Law Society of England and Wales
- February 27, 2018
- LAA Responds To AGFS Consultation
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Legal Aid Agency publishes response to the consultation on Advocates' Graduated Fee Scheme reforms