The Law Society’s recently published Economic Value report found that the gross value added (GVA) from the UK legal sector is estimated to have grown by 50% in the past 10 years – the GVA was £34.2 ...

It’s been a week of wet weather chaos, with “danger to life” warnings issued in parts of the UK. As well as the storms, we take a look at calls for the government to consider a break-up of Heathrow ...

To address the national backlog of cases, earlier in November judges moved hearings from crown courts in Ipswich and St Albans to Cambridge, as well as nearby magistrates' buildings in St Albans and ...

The UK government is due to announce millions in extra funding for lawyers to represent asylum seekers in order to clear a backlog of appeals.

From the intellectual challenges to the excitement of seeing her work in the news, find out more about Abbie's journey into law and career at Baker McKenzie.

In July, the new Labour government announced plans to regulate the currently unregulated buy now, pay later (BNPL) sector. This has since been followed by the publication of a policy consultation in ...

The National Farmers’ Union of England and Wales (NFU) states that even based on figures by the government’s own Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), 66% of the UK’s 209,000 ...

Are you up to date on this week’s commercial news? The US Department of Justice has recommended that Google sells its Chrome web browser, following a landmark anti-competition ruling in August.

US law firm Milbank LLP has published its year-end bonus figures for its associates, which will be between $15,000 (£12,000) and $115,000 (£90,000) depending on their experience level.

Leeds-based law firm Walker Morris LLP has increased the salaries of its newly qualified (NQ) solicitors by 6.5% from £61,000 to £65,000.

Birketts LLP, a full-service law firm with office locations across the East of England, London and the South East, eyes plans to develop its international practice by using its City office as a ...

Air pollution is increasingly recognised as one of the most pressing environmental challenges in the UK, impacting public health, the environment and the quality of life for millions of people. In ...