A former Ashurst and Freshfields solicitor has been jailed a second time after the true extent of his predatory behaviour was uncovered. Stuart Cottis was initially arrested last March when police ...

This week hundreds of people in private practice will rate how happy they are with their lot for RollOnFriday's Best Law Firms to Work At 2025. The survey has now opened, and to inspire your responses ...

Fieldfisher unfairly dismissed a senior associate after conducting a deeply flawed investigation into allegations he sexually assaulted a colleague, an employment tribunal has found. Djamshid ‘Jams’ ...

In the latest domino to fall in the Axiom Ince saga, the Solicitors Regulation Authority has banned two former employees of the collapsed firm, while saying its own mistakes in the investigation were ...

The SDT rules - it's not the crime, it's the cover up. A newly qualified solicitor has been struck off after she failed to tell her new firm that she had been fired by her previous firm for ...

Christopher, convicted of false imprisonment, will face real imprisonment. A "cult" group, which claimed to run the world’s real judicial system, have been sentenced to jail, after its members ...

One of the worst things you can call someone in Scotland: a Tory. Humza Yousaf, the former first minister in Scotland, has apologised to a senior barrister for referring to him as a "Tory f*ckwit".

The Legal Services Board (LSB) has launched an enforcement action against the SRA over the collapse of Axiom Ince, finding that the regulator failed to act "adequately, effectively and efficiently".

Like buses, you wait for one tax story... HMRC is prosecuting a leading tax KC for allegedly evading tax for nine years. Robert Venables KC runs his practice at Old Square Tax Chambers, one of the ...

The solicitor suspected of draining £66m from his firm’s client accounts has been spotted enjoying himself with a new crew - but he's denied allegations that he picked up the bill. Pragnesh Modhwadia ...

A former employment partner at Howard Kennedy, who was paid £225k a year, has lost a claim against the firm that he was underpaid. Partner James Townsend brought a claim against Howard Kennedy for ...