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Solicitors face a bigger bill as the SRA asks for £25m to repair itself
The SRA wants solicitors to pay more for regulation. It knows the timing is awkward. The regulator has opened a consultation on its draft business plan and budget for 2026/27. It wants £111.5 million in overall funding. That is £25…
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BSB seeks Appeal Power over Health Panel Rulings
The Bar Standards Board wants a new power to challenge health panel decisions. Health panels deal with barristers whose ability to practise may be affected by illness or a medical condition. The BSB wants the power to appeal those decisions…
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SRA and CILEX transfer talks collapse
The plan to move CILEX regulation to the SRA has been dropped. The proposal would have moved the regulation of CILEX members to the Solicitors Regulation Authority. In theory, it offered a cleaner system, with solicitors and chartered legal executives…
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Money Order puts Pressure on SRA
The SRA has reportedly been ordered to explain how up to £40m of client money went missing from the PM Law group. The order, reported on 7 May, lands in a profession already questioning whether the regulator spots danger early…
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School Exclusion Claim Survives Limitation Appeal
A school’s attempt to stop an out-of-time disability discrimination claim has failed in the Upper Tribunal. The case concerns a mother’s claim over the permanent exclusion of her son, identified as C, against the governing body of a school. Disability…
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BHP Brazil Dam Claim Keeps Pressure on UK Courts
The Court of Appeal handed down judgment on 6 May in the litigation brought by Municipio de Mariana and many other claimants against BHP Group entities. The case arises from the Samarco dam collapse in Brazil, a disaster which killed…
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FCA probes PayPal wallet links with Visa and Mastercard
The FCA has put Mastercard, Visa and PayPal under formal competition scrutiny over the way PayPal’s digital wallet is funded and used. The FCA confirmed on 6 May that it is investigating Mastercard, PayPal and Visa under Chapter I of…
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Is the Bar Council’s Diversity Scheme Discriminative?
A diversity scheme at the Bar is heading into a legal fight over where positive action ends and unlawful discrimination begins. The Bar Council is facing an Equality Act claim linked to its support for the 10,000 Black Interns programme.…
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