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UK law firms increase responsible business scores as US plunges zurl.co/DVXXp

UK law firms increase responsible business scores as US plunges

The top 100 UK law firms have increased their responsible business scores, while the average results for US counterparts have crashed “in the face of political headwinds”.

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Legal Futures @legalfutures.bsky.social · 3h

Court terminates solicitor’s appointment to cross-examine party zurl.co/QqlyB

Court terminates solicitor's appointment to cross-examine party

The Family Court has terminated the appointment of a solicitor to cross-examine a mother on behalf of the father because he is also instructed to act for the father in criminal proceedings.

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Legal Futures @legalfutures.bsky.social · 3h

FCA to steer motor finance consumers away from legal action zurl.co/iuW4D

FCA to steer motor finance consumers away from legal action

The Financial Conduct Authority is to discourage consumers from pursuing motor finance claims in court, even if they might recover more damages.

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Legal Futures @legalfutures.bsky.social · 3h

Litigation partner’s errors “did not amount to misconduct” zurl.co/pMIiB

Litigation partner's errors "did not amount to misconduct"

The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal has dismissed all allegations against a commercial litigation partner whose “shortcomings did not amount to misconduct”.

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Legal Futures @legalfutures.bsky.social · 19h

SQE1 pass-rate falls to lowest-ever level zurl.co/3r1m7

SQE1 pass-rate falls to lowest-ever level

The pass-rate for the first part of the Solicitors Qualifying Exam has fallen to an all-time low, new figures from the Solicitors Regulation Authority have shown.

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Legal Futures @legalfutures.bsky.social · 19h

Law firm takes down Mazur advice after “unprofessional” responses zurl.co/db8Ml

Law firm takes down Mazur advice after "unprofessional" responses

A Cardiff law firm criticised for offering to advise people on challenging their solicitors’ fees off the back of the Mazur ruling has removed its promotion of the service.

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Legal Futures @legalfutures.bsky.social · 19h

Reforms “will push conveyancing fees down by over 20%” zurl.co/2vYt1

Reforms "will push conveyancing fees down by over 20%"

Conveyancing fees should fall by over 20% as a result of a streamlined process and other changes to the home-buying regime announced yesterday, the government has claimed.

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Legal Futures @legalfutures.bsky.social · 19h

Police filmed solicitor acting for both complainant and defendant zurl.co/0n3oM

Police filmed solicitor acting for both complainant and defendant

A criminal defence lawyer who was filmed by police advising the complainant in a domestic abuse case while acting for the person accused of headbutting her has been suspended.

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Legal Futures @legalfutures.bsky.social · 1d

Associate News: BigHand announces new AI-powered speech recognition engine for cloud workflow management solution zurl.co/bdA6B @BigHand

BigHand announces new AI-powered speech recognition engine for cloud workflow management solution

The fully embedded AI speech recognition platform understands diverse user dialects, accents, and legal terminology without profile training, accelerating content creation and reducing administrative burden.

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Legal Futures @legalfutures.bsky.social · 1d

SQE1 pass-rate falls to lowest-ever level zurl.co/aTGOA

SQE1 pass-rate falls to lowest-ever level

The pass-rate for the first part of the Solicitors Qualifying Exam has fallen to an all-time low, new figures from the Solicitors Regulation Authority have shown.

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Legal Futures @legalfutures.bsky.social · 1d

Law firm takes down Mazur advice after “unprofessional” responses zurl.co/ICw1O

Law firm takes down Mazur advice after "unprofessional" responses

A Cardiff law firm criticised for offering to advise people on challenging their solicitors’ fees off the back of the Mazur ruling has removed its promotion of the service.

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Legal Futures @legalfutures.bsky.social · 1d

Reforms “will push conveyancing fees down by over 20%” zurl.co/LiQob

Reforms "will push conveyancing fees down by over 20%"

Conveyancing fees should fall by over 20% as a result of a streamlined process and other changes to the home-buying regime announced yesterday, the government has claimed.

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Legal Futures @legalfutures.bsky.social · 1d

Police filmed solicitor acting for both complainant and defendant zurl.co/uRfev

Police filmed solicitor acting for both complainant and defendant

A criminal defence lawyer who was filmed by police advising the complainant in a domestic abuse case while acting for the person accused of headbutting her has been suspended.

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Legal Futures @legalfutures.bsky.social · 1d

Four regulators team up to target motor finance law firms and CMCs zurl.co/52YcS

Four regulators team up to target motor finance law firms and CMCs

Four regulators have joined forces to tackle misleading advertising and inadequate information provided by some law firms and CMCs working on motor finance claims.

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Legal Futures @legalfutures.bsky.social · 1d

Reprimand for barrister who swore at probation staff zurl.co/GNnxh

Reprimand for barrister who swore at probation staff

A barrister who made inappropriate comments to probation staff in a case where he was instructed by the Probation Service has been reprimanded.

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Legal Futures @legalfutures.bsky.social · 1d

SRA ordered to pay £27k costs over “seriously irregular” decision zurl.co/HCfOK

SRA ordered to pay £27k costs over "seriously irregular" decision

The Solicitors Regulation Authority has been ordered to pay a woman £27,000 in costs after its decision to ban her from working for law firms was quashed.

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Legal Futures @legalfutures.bsky.social · 1d

Government unveils major home-buying reform plan zurl.co/pfO4e

Government unveils major home-buying reform plan

The government has unveiled a blueprint to reform the home-buying and selling system, including mandatory upfront property information and digitisation.

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Legal Futures @legalfutures.bsky.social · 1d

Four regulators team up to target motor finance law firms and CMCs zurl.co/xmnc6

Four regulators team up to target motor finance law firms and CMCs

Four regulators have joined forces to tackle misleading advertising and inadequate information provided by some law firms and CMCs working on motor finance claims.

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Legal Futures @legalfutures.bsky.social · 1d

Reprimand for barrister who swore at probation staff zurl.co/SRAIW

Reprimand for barrister who swore at probation staff

A barrister who made inappropriate comments to probation staff in a case where he was instructed by the Probation Service has been reprimanded.

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Legal Futures @legalfutures.bsky.social · 1d

SRA ordered to pay £27k costs over “seriously irregular” decision zurl.co/h7pux

SRA ordered to pay £27k costs over "seriously irregular" decision

The Solicitors Regulation Authority has been ordered to pay a woman £27,000 in costs after its decision to ban her from working for law firms was quashed.

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Legal Futures @legalfutures.bsky.social · 2d

Government unveils major home-buying reform plan zurl.co/4aiVZ

Government unveils major home-buying reform plan

The government has unveiled a blueprint to reform the home-buying and selling system, including mandatory upfront property information and digitisation.

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Legal Futures @legalfutures.bsky.social · 4d

LSB brings regulators together to discuss Mazur ruling zurl.co/VzTXK

LSB brings regulators together to discuss Mazur ruling

The Legal Services Board is convening a meeting of the frontline regulators next week to discuss the continuing fall-out from the Mazur ruling, Legal Futures can reveal.

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Legal Futures @legalfutures.bsky.social · 4d

Blog by @QanooniAI : AI in Microsoft 365 – the mid-market advantage zurl.co/BKWYG

AI in Microsoft 365 – the mid-market advantage

AI adoption is far more likely when tools align with existing workflows. In law, this means the applications already used every day, particularly Microsoft Word and Outlook.

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Legal Futures @legalfutures.bsky.social · 4d

Lawyers call on Law Commission to confirm new crypto approach zurl.co/8TPot

Lawyers call on Law Commission to confirm new crypto approach

A coalition of 11 law firms has called on the Law Commission to confirm a provisional conclusion on the approach courts should take on jurisdiction and crypto-assets.

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Legal Futures @legalfutures.bsky.social · 4d

Tribunal rejects solicitor’s appeal over failed exam zurl.co/SQckF

Tribunal rejects solicitor's appeal over failed exam

The First-tier Tribunal has rejected an appeal by a solicitor who failed the exam to become an immigration law adviser and said he should not have had to take it in the first place.

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