Press releases

Law Society president Joe Egan said: “We’re pleased the MoJ has recognised the argument that there needs to be proper funding in the criminal justice system."

Last year the High Court ruled that Mishcon de Reya should bear the £1m losses of a client who was the victim of identity fraud while buying a property in London. The firm appealed and the Law Society intervened because of the importance of the case.

A challenge from an influential committee of MPs to government plans to up the limit for small claims was today welcomed by the Law Society.

Law Society president Joe Egan responds to the decision to exempt the Home Office from data access rules, claiming it will inevitably lead to miscarriages of justice.

News a key legal regulator has given the go-ahead for an unregulated business to start employing solicitors to advise its clients was met with alarm by the Law Society.

Edwin Coe senior partner David Greene has won the Law Society of England and Wales 2018 presidential election, it was announced today.

The European Court of Justice (CJEU) should not be allowed direct jurisdiction over the final deal Britain strikes with the EU, the Law Society of England of Wales warned today.

Cuts to legal aid for immigration issues mean members of the Windrush generation may be denied justice as they try to settle their status and rebuild their lives, the Law Society of England and Wales warned today.

An overhaul of rules for personal injury claims will mean someone hurt in a road traffic accident will be entitled to less compensation than if they had sustained the injury another way.

Exempting the Home Office from new data protection rules could lead to serious miscarriages of justice, the Law Society of England and Wales and the Bar Council warned today.