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A ‘substantial increase’ in complaints about barristers were made to the Bar Standards Board (BSB) last year

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has launched a consultation on its proposals to close the Solicitors Indemnity Fund (SIF) and end its post six year run off cover

When is an undertaking not an undertaking? John Gould reports on the wake-up call sounded by the Supreme Court in Harcus

Can you trust a solicitor to keep his promise? This is not the start of a dodgy anti-lawyer joke or complaint, but a serious report on a wake-up call sounded by the Supreme Court in a recent case

The Law Society has published a guide relating to the closure of the Solicitors Indemnity Fund (SIF), which will stop accepting new claims after 30 September 2022

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has announced the extension of the Solicitors Indemnity Fund (SIF) for a further year.

The Home Office has published updated technical notes that provide informal and non-statutory guidance on immediate detriment cases as part of the litigation in The Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice v McCloud; The Secretary of State for the Home Department, the Welsh Ministers and Others v Sargeant [2018] EWCA Civ 2844 (the McCloud/Sargeant judgment).

Retired solicitors could be left out in the cold with the closure of the Solicitors Indemnity Fund, as Andrew Stovin explains

The Financial Services Bill has received Royal Assent and is now law.

Regulations imposing restrictions during the pandemic were confusing, inaccessible and last minute, the Justice Committee has heard.

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Sidley—Elaine Whiteford

Charles Russell Speechlys—Claudina D’Costa