Legal News

The Law Commission is extending its timetable for choosing its 14th Programme of law reform after receiving about 500 responses covering nearly 200 possibilities for law reform

2021 broke recruitment records for employment lawyers, according to research by market analytics firm Vacancysoft

Low-income individuals with ‘trapped capital’ are unable to access legal aid in 30% of cases, research by the Public Law Project has found

The cap on the number of days the Crown Court can sit during a financial year has been lifted for a second year, in order to tackle the backlog of cases

Proposed clinical negligence costs reforms are ‘unfair’ to injured patients and families of patients who have died, and would act as a barrier to access to justice, personal injury lawyers have warned

The majority of solicitors grew fee income during the pandemic, according to the Law Society’s annual Law Management Section Financial Benchmarking Survey 

Targets should be set for the length of time to complete certain criminal cases, such as rape, MPs have told ministers

The government has announced further import sanctions against Russia for silver, wood products and high-end Russian goods such as caviar

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has published crime statistics covering the three- month period from 1 October to 31 December 2021

The Q&As cover various situations, including retainers involving sanctioned individuals, whether UK sanctions apply to work falling within the scope of the AML (anti-money laundering) regime only, what to do with funds from Russian-owned clients, reporting obligations and getting help from the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, HM Treasury (OFSI)