Law firm website traffic is declining across the board. Here's what's driving it, which practice areas face the most pressure, and what you can do about it now.

This week, our data showed a sudden spike in usage of our Lender Handbook tool. The reason turned out to be a pretty neat ...

Private equity-backed Orwins is making good on its growth plans by adding Newcastle law firm Clarke Mairs to the group. We ...

The Bar Standards Board has extended its interim suspension of Karim Khan KC, the chief prosecutor at the International Criminal Court.

A litigation funder which specialised in car finance claims has gone into administration because of delays in progressing cases, with its latest accounts showing outstanding loans of £249m. Woodville ...

Private equity-backed Orwins is making good on its growth plans by adding Newcastle law firm Clarke Mairs to the group. We also reported on other PE and regular M&A activity. A man who threatened to ...

The Court of Appeal has strongly condemned ‘privilege hunting’ – illicit methods to obtain information from litigation opponents – in a case where a law firm partner was successfully duped. Lord ...

Listed law firm Gateley yesterday issued a mixed set of results, with revenue up by 8.2% but debt quadrupling to £25m, while it is planning to cut up to 40 support staff. Meanwhile chief executive Ron ...

A judge has expressed deep concern about how an East London law firm has run immigration cases, with multiple clients relying on materially similar documents when applying for visit visas. Upper ...

Now that Andy Burnham has become prime minister, the Public Office (Accountability) Bill, otherwise known as the Hillsborough Law, will receive a real boost of political capital. For Andy Burnham, ...

A former trade union organiser with no legal background was yesterday named as the new Lord Chancellor and secretary of state for justice. Alex Norris, the MP for Nottingham North and Kimberley, ...

A criminal barrister who helped a gangster trace a gunman who tried to assassinate him is facing a long prison sentence and the end of her legal career. Samreen Akhtar was found guilty of ...