The long-awaited pay rise for duty solicitors is a positive step in our campaign for fairer legal aid rates for our members.

Law Society of England and Wales looks at what 2025 holds for the legal sector as it celebrates its bicentenary.

Your weekly update from the Law Society’s public affairs team on all the latest developments and debates in Parliament and across Whitehall. This week: criminal legal aid, data bill and UK-Switzerland ...

UK government plans unveiled yesterday (19 December) to increase criminal legal aid rates for solicitors by a further 12% are ...

Section 58A of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 allows proceedings under section 82 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 to be prosecuted under a conditional fee agreement, although they ...

Last year the Dispute Resolution Section brought a panel of leading experts together on this topic to consider the background ...

The recent autumn UK budget included significant changes that will impact legal firms from an employer, individual and client service perspective. Becky Fraser, tax senior manager at Armstrong Watson ...