4PB barrister picks up esteemed award at national ceremony
4PB’s Mani Basi was recently declared “Family Law Commentator of the Year” at the acclaimed LexisNexis Family Law Awards in London. Basi, whose particular focus is on disputes relating to children and cases with an international element, has provided a range of insight and analysis on a whole host of issues across 2022. This has […]
LSB plans to force firms to pay compensation to wronged clients pre-complaint
Regulator seeks methods to reduce the backlog of complaints The Legal Services Board (LSB) are discussing plans to force firms who have misled clients to pay compensation, even if they haven’t complained. In a meeting last month, it has been revealed that the regulator is discussing proposals to punish firms who mishandle their clients’ cases […]
SRA encourages firms to publish their ethnicity pay gap data
Call follows publication of SRA’s gender and ethnicity pay gap reports The Solicitors regulation Authority (SRA) is encouraging firms to publish their ethnicity pay gap reports after releasing their latest gender pay gap and ethnicity pay gap data. While publication of the gender pay gap report is a legal requirement for organisations with more than […]
London firm becomes first UK organisation to achieve Fertility Friendly status
Fertility Matters At Work announces the UK’s first ever Fertility Friendly employer Community interest company, Fertility Matters at Work (FMAW), has announced that Burgess Mee, a law firm based in London, as the first Fertility Friendly employer in the UK. FMAW exists to educate and inspire businesses with an awareness of how fertility issues affect […]
Metamorph: SRA confirms intervention into four firms
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has confirmed it is intervening into four firms owned by legal consortium Metamorph. The intervention is deemed necessary by the SRA to “protect the interests of clients and former clients of those firms” and follows a period of uncertainty following reports of winding-up petitions, director departures, and staff disquiet. The […]
Government announces new laws to prosecute abusers who share intimate images
New legislation aims to protect victims from having intimate images shared without their consent The government has announced changes to the law as of today which will aim to protect victims from abusers who share intimate images without their consent. As part further amendments to the Online Safety Bill, the government has announced legislation which […]
