The Legal Ombudsman has published the kind of annual report that says the ship is turning while politely admitting it is still taking on water. Its latest figures show a service improving, but not quickly enough to make anyone unbutton…

A 436-page privacy judgment has landed with the weight of a small sideboard and the mood of a teacher who has found glitter in the carpet – prove the case, do not ask the court to conduct an archaeological dig.…

AI in the courts is not frightening because it is clever. It is frightening because it may be clever on someone else’s terms. Dame Victoria Sharp, president of the King’s Bench Division, has warned that judicial independence could be compromised…

The SRA’s workplace misconduct drive has produced another hard lesson. Some messages are not just embarrassing, they are derailment. A veteran Manchester solicitor, described in reports as a “top lawyer”, has been struck off after admitting unwanted messages to three…

Blur drummer Dave Rowntree has lost his appeal in a proposed mass claim against PRS for Music over so-called black box royalties. These are royalties collected by PRS which cannot be matched to a particular song, writer or payee because…

The Court of Appeal has reinstated a LeO finding against a family law firm over capacity and compensation. The court has reinstated an ombudsman decision that Aina Khan Law failed to assess a family client’s capacity properly and should pay…

Five thousand Dieselgate claimants have run into the least glamorous wall in civil litigation: effective service. A High Court master has refused to let the claimants join the Peugeot, Citroen and DS part of the Pan-NOx emissions litigation after their…

A veteran solicitor has been struck off after admitting he billed clients for work he had not done to stop his firm exceeding its overdraft. The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal heard that Mark Grenville Davies, admitted in 1985, improperly billed on…