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Ampersand Advocates has once again received top tier rankings across a number of areas of practice in the latest published guide to the legal profession, Chambers and Partners UK Bar Guide 2024. Ampersand and its members received 75 listings across 17 areas of practice, ranking as top tier (band 1)

Residents of Russian villages with embarrassing names that mean the likes of slut, boozy and farty are to be granted a reprieve. New legislation proposed in Russia's State Duma would allow local authorities to unilaterally change the names of settlements that are "degrading to the dignity of residen

All practising solicitors in England and Wales may have to pay up to £400 in order to cover the costs to clients following the collapse of a City law firm. Axiom Ince was closed down by regulators last month and police are investigating allegations of a £64 million fraud.

Shakespeare Martineau has built on its Scots law offering with the appointment of dispute resolution partner Fiona Pask in Edinburgh. Bringing with her more than 17 years of litigation experience, Ms Pask will be heading up the dispute resolution team and developing the firm’s litigation pract

Thorntons is hosting a free webinar about the UK’s right to work regulations amid soaring penalties for businesses that breach the rules. The civil penalty for employers, which was last increased in 2014, will be raised to up to £45,000 per illegal worker for a first breach from £1

The Crown Office has lodged a first notice to begin the court process for a fatal accident inquiry (FAI) into the death of 59-year-old Alexander Jamieson. Mr Jamieson died on 21 August 2022 at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary. He had been an inmate within HMP Barlinnie when he became ill.

Lord Hodge has requested a new hearing in the Rangers case following accusations of a conflict of interest.

Young lawyers from New Zealand, the USA, and Australia toured Parliament House last week as part of their experience as Pegasus scholars.

The imprisonment of a 45-year-old woman who admitted to causing her own abortion during the lockdowns was “unlikely” to be just, senior judges have said. Carla Foster was given a 28-month prison term after obtaining tablets when she was between 32 and 34 weeks pregnant.

A court worker has been arrested after trying to approach Donald Trump in a show of support during his civil fraud trial in New York. The woman, who has not been named, has been suspended from her job as well as being charged with contempt of court and disrupting a court proceeding, CNN reports.

Terra Firma Chambers’ strength across its core practice areas has been recognised in the latest edition of Chambers & Partners UK Bar Guide 2024. The stable has been ranked in six practice areas, retaining Band 1 rankings for Agriculture & Rural Affairs, Planning and Environmental Law,

There is a "plausible and credible case" that Israel is attempting to commit genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, a respected US-based legal advocacy organisation has said. The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), founded in 1966 to provide legal support for the civil rights movement, published

The Aberdeen Law Project (ALP) has successfully enforced a 24-hour notice period for a vulnerable client. As a result, the landlord will no longer access the property without providing the mandatory notice to the client.

Westwater Advocates and its members receive top rankings from Chambers & Partners in the 2024 edition of the Chambers UK Bar Guide. The stable has received 26 individual rankings across eight categories and is also recognised as a Band 1 stable in the practice areas of Employment and Family law.

Compass Chambers has once again been recognised as a leading set by Chambers UK in the latest edition of its directory. Compass has received 47 individual rankings in six practice area categories. Compass is also ranked Band 1 as a set in four categories – Personal Injury, Clinical Negligence,