We’re responding to the UK government’s call for evidence on the independent sentencing review. The UK prison population has doubled over the last 30 years and is projected to rise by 4,500 a year. A ...

“Repealing the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Act 2024, which was one of the most damaging pieces of legislation in recent history, is the right thing to do,” said Law Society of England ...

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As the Law Society of England and Wales marks two centuries since its inception in 1825, new research reveals public views on the legal profession, the justice system and the use of technology.

Employment lawyer Tina Attenborough and her daughter Laura Matthews, a trainee solicitor at Geldards, are both presidents in ...

Your weekly update from the Law Society’s public affairs team on all the latest developments and debates in Parliament and across Whitehall. This week: asylum legal aid, EU-UK data adequacy and youth ...

Join our president, Richard Atkinson and Wales’s very own vice president, Mark Evans, for an evening of discussion and reflection, as we recall two centuries of supporting and representing solicitors.

This guidance is aimed at solicitors, and will help you assess whether clients have mental capacity to instruct you, and whether you can accept and act on the client’s instructions. It explains the ...

Julia Ebbens, health content editor at Bupa UK, is joined by behaviour change expert Sarah Griffiths and Bupa health adviser Julietta Correa to discuss the science behind behaviour change – and share ...

I’m a newly qualified solicitor and have been asked to swear a statutory declaration for the first time. What is the wording of the oral declaration to be made by the declarant? The form of wording is ...

What themes will have the biggest impact for law firms in 2025? Stu White, product and Engineering Director at software company Access Legal, explores some of the key trends to focus on in the year ...