Commercial solicitor news - ABS impact unavoidable

Solicitors Regulation Authority chairman Charles Plant has said that Britain's most influential commercial solicitor firms are "deluded" if they believe that the introduction of alternative business structures (ABSx) will leave them unscathed. Read more

Will writing news - Berkshire man fined for fraudulent wills service

A Sandhurst-based man, who fraudulently received monies for a scam will-writing service, has been ordered to repay £5,494 under the Proceeds of Crime Act, plus £240 in compensation to witnesses who had paid for scam will-writing services.

Divorce law news - Fathers' rights to be consulted upon

The Queen's Speech, given on the 9th May, suggested that fathers are to be allowed further rights to contact with their children following divorce and family breakdown after a consultation on family law reform was announced.