As part of its professional ethics programme, the Law Society of England and Wales is working in partnership with the Inter-Disciplinary Ethics Applied Centre (IDEA) at the University of Leeds to create a new resource

A survey has revealed that 41 per cent of parents of children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) have had to leave their jobs to pursue their children’s legal rights to in-school support, according

Starting tomorrow the government has announced emergency measures to deal with prison overcrowding in England and Wales. These include early release for some prisoners when they have served 40 per cent of their sentence. 1,700

A woman has won a six-figure payout from South Lanarkshire Council after her lawyer argued the local government had failed to provide enough support or information during the placement. Karen Maguire told BBC Scotland that

Asda workers will demonstrate in Manchester and Brighton as their landmark equal pay claim begins. More than 60,000 Asda workers take their case to the Employment Tribunal on Monday in the largest ever private sector

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has published new guidance to help employers understand their legal obligations and the steps they can take to support disabled employees with hybrid working. The Equality and Human

Human rights, democracy and the rule of law will be further protected from potential threats posed by artificial intelligence (AI) under a new international agreement to be signed by Lord Chancellor Shabana Mahmood on Thursday.

Shared Parenting Scotland welcomed Scottish Government Minister for Victims and Community Safety, Siobhian Brown, to meet staff at its Edinburgh office earlier this week. The Minister heard about the charity’s work to help parents focus

The Greek government has passed a new law through Greek parliament, enabling UK lawyers to practise in Greece under their home title. This significant development marks the culmination of more than three years of continuous

The Law society say they ‘aren’t surprised’ that victims have lost confidence in the UK justice system. Victims are no longer reporting some crimes to police because so many offenders are ‘never brought to justice’.

The Legal Services Board (LSB) has today published research on the systemic barriers to equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) in the legal profession, alongside a report exploring the judicial diversity pipeline. Law Society of England

Extreme misogyny will be treated as a form of extremism under new government plans, the Home Office has said. Yvette Cooper, the home secretary, has ordered a review of the UK’s counter-extremism strategy to determine

Stowe Family Law, the UK’s largest specialist family law firm, say they are delighted to announce the promotion of Liza Gatrell to managing partner in the Thames Valley region. Ms Gatrell leaves her role as

Yesterday Molly-Mae Hauge announced her split with boxer Tommy Fury after five years together – Family Lawyers have come forward to speculate on the future of Bambi, their daughter and division of assets. The former

Social media platform X has seen a mass exodus of high profile legal figures after they branded the site’s CEO Elon Musk ‘toxic’ in response to the controversial billionaire’s attitude following the UK riots. South

The judiciary have been given fresh recommendations for proceedings involving babies with mothers who have learning disabilities or other difficulties following a report on commonly reported risk factors and circumstances. A study by the Nuffield

A legal aid solicitor who made offensive comments about a person in court and showed her a photograph of a sexual nature has been reprimanded as reported by the Law Gazette. The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal

A judge in the UK High Court has ruled there is ‘some evidence’ that an infant was born as a separated couple battled over the child’s existence in a case described as ‘unusual and complex’.