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We are deeply saddened by the passing of Robert Bourns, who served as the president of the Law Society from 2016 to 2017.

Key steps must be taken to get the justice system back online following a cyber-attack on the Legal Aid Agency.

The convention is the first international binding treaty protecting rights of lawyers. The convention was adopted by the Council of Europe on 12 March 2025 and the UK signed in its first week. It will ...

In May 2025, the Legal Aid Agency (LAA) confirmed it had been the target of a cyber-attack that resulted in a major data breach. The incident forced the LAA to take its digital services offline and ...

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Years of underinvestment have brought the justice system to its knees. Victims, defendants and witnesses are suffering the consequences while hardworking solicitors are forced out of the sector. We're ...

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