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The annual Law Society RFC Festival of Sport is set to take place on Sunday 21 September at Richmond Athletic Ground, with 44 law and financial services firms confirmed to compete

The Civil Justice Council (CJC) has called for light-touch regulation and immediate legislation to reverse PACCAR, in its final report on litigation funding

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has been given 12 months to improve its safeguarding of risk, intervention and client money, under binding directions issued in response to the Axiom Ince scandal

The regulators of both barristers and solicitors have launched consultations on the way lawyers handle complaints

A higher proportion of legal work will be done in-house in the next five years, more than half (54%) of UK in-house counsel and a third (35%) of lawyers in private practice believe

The Equal Treatment Bench Book (ETBB), a key reference book for judges, has been updated with guidance on emotional support animals

Former criminal defence barrister, Solicitor General, MP and Victim’s Commissioner Dame Vera Baird KC has been appointed interim chair of the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC)

The way judges are selected will change in October, when the Judicial Appointments Commission (JAC) implements the Judicial Skills and Abilities Framework (JSAF)

The Legal Aid Agency (LAA) online portal is still offline following the cyber-attack in April

Solicitor and entrepreneur Dana Denis-Smith has been elected Law Society deputy vice president

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