Two-thirds of investigations by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) involve “some reference” to professional ethics, its chief executive said yesterday.Sarah Rapson, who described the proportion as “quite high”, also said she was
ICANN’s much-anticipated new gTLD Reveal Day is tomorrow, October 7, but it’s going to be a much more subdued affair than the 2012 round. In 2012, there was a live, in-person event at a swanky hotel in London, led by
Evidence that service personnel deployed on operations may have committed “serious offences” has been referred to the military police, it emerged today. It’s the first confirmation that members of UK special forces may be prosecuted over allegations of unlawful killings
On 5 October 2026, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a speech delivered by Jon Relleen, director of infrastructure and exchanges, at the Reform of the UK Public and Private Capital Markets Summit 2026.
Key points of note from the
The government has backed down on plans to remove the right to jury trial in cases where a defendant in England and Wales would not be expected to receive a sentence of more than three years. That seems to be
By Fernando Del Canto on October 5, 2026
A trust settled in London that owns a villa in Ibiza or on the Côte d’Azur may exist in English law but not on the same terms in Spanish or French law.
We speak with Cambridge University Press GC Catie Sheret and Weightmans partner and former CTO Stuart Whittle – see video interview belowOne of the refreshing things about Beacon Collective’s gathering of legal tech leaders last week was that
Global law firm Freshfields advised UBS AG London Branch, Barclays Bank PLC and Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch, as joint global co-ordinators, on the placement of 83.3 million ordinary shares in Land Securities Group PLC (Landsec), raising approximately £500 million.
