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The High Court has swooped to the rescue of 79 ex-couples, following a colossal computer error that threatened to render their divorce orders void.

Commercial and corporate fee earners in London with more than eight years’ experience are valued at £566 per hour, following an uplift to the solicitors’ guideline hourly rates.

Five men, including two solicitors, are due to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court next week to answer charges against them in connection with the collapse of Axiom Ince.

About one third of respondents agree remote hearings are more efficient (31%) or provide the same opportunity for individuals to present their side of the story (35%), the Ministry of Justice’s Legal Problem and Resolution Survey 2023, published in December, has found.

The Law Commission is consulting on proposals to simplify, consolidate and modernise the law of compulsory purchase.

A Staffordshire magistrate who swore in court has been issued with a formal warning for misconduct.

Dana Denis-Smith, founder of a ground-breaking campaign to champion women in law, is one of several lawyers to receive gongs in the New Year’s Honours List

Prenups could be made binding along with sweeping reform of financial remedies law, under Law Commission proposals

Solicitors are to receive a criminal legal aid rates rise while Crown Court sitting days will increase in number to tackle the still-rising cases backlog

Lawyers have welcomed the Supreme Court’s unanimous decision that success fees are not covered by ‘financial need’ provisions in wills disputes

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