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A consumer organisation has hit back at the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) for encouraging motor finance compensation claimants to steer clear of law firms and claims management companies

The Court of Appeal has held user damages are recoverable in a competition claim, in Meta Platforms Inc and other companies v Gormsen [2026] EWCA Civ 993

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has launched a £2m national advertising campaign to help car finance customers claim compensation without having to resort to claims management firms

Harry Hatwell reports on the enforcement action awaiting companies indulging in nudge, sludge & other aggressive sales practices

The common law is flexible enough to address many of the legal issues arising from artificial intelligence (AI), the UK Jurisdiction Taskforce has concluded

Motor finance and consumer credit claims can be brought as a collective action or ‘omnibus’ claim, the Court of Appeal has held, in a landmark decision

The Court of Appeal has held the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) was wrong to set aside a Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) decision on unfair pricing of phenytoin, an epilepsy drug

Dominic Regan laments a relic of a bygone age of billing & dips into the shark-infested waters of claims management companies

The civil justice landscape could be heading for a shake-up, with reform of the Solicitors Act 1974 gathering pace

The Law Society has urged the government to expand its artificial intelligence (AI) tool for government services to include signposting on legal issues

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Bell Yard Kysen—Liz Giles

Bell Yard Kysen appoints senior legal PR and ex-government communications adviser, Liz Giles

Clarke Willmott—Lee Edwards

Clarke Willmott boosts Southampton commercial property team with addition of partner Lee Edwards

Lime Solicitors—four promotions

Lime Solicitors announces four promotions

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Law Officers mark 25 years of Pro Bono Week

The Attorney General, Ellie Reeves KC MP, and Solicitor General, Andy Slaughter KC MP, marked the 25th anniversary of Pro Bono Week by joining lawyers, charities, students and parliamentarians at events celebrating voluntary legal work

NLJ this week: Who shaped the witness’s story?

Witness evidence can be compromised by AI before a solicitor sees the draft, leaving safeguards focused on authorship incomplete

NLJ this week: Possession’s digital pitfalls

Possession claims are entering a new digital era, with procedural traps awaiting practitioners who assume familiar rules still govern every step

NLJ this week: Debts, disputes & digital bluster

A polished legal defence may owe more to artificial intelligence than legal merit—and creditors risk paying the price in delay and expense

NLJ this week: Costs without limits?

An indemnity costs battle with a £20m gap could reopen an important question: what weight should an approved budget carry?

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Consumer

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Bell Yard Kysen—Liz Giles

Clarke Willmott—Lee Edwards

Lime Solicitors—four promotions