Client account proposals ‘an unfair tax on clients and cannot proceed’, Law Society says
The Ministry of Justice’s proposed scheme for Interest on Lawyers’ Client Accounts (ILCA) is fundamentally flawed, lacks adequate evidence and is a crude sector-specific tax on clients of legal services, the Law Society of England and Wales has warned. Commenting on the release of its response to the government consultation on ILCA, The Law Society said […]
Pension reforms target gender gap for seven million local government workers
The government will make unpaid maternity leave automatically pensionable for Local Government Pension Scheme (LPGS) members from April 2026, affecting nearly seven million workers, of whom around three quarters are women. The reforms will also introduce statutory gender pension gap reporting and equalise survivor benefits, regardless of relationship type. The LGPS operates as a defined […]
Legal sector not embracing remote roles, study finds
Only 4.8% of the 6,323 new legal job listings in 2025 were fully remote, according to data shared by equity management platform Vestd. And while the legal sector sits marginally above the national industry average of 4.75% – coming in at 12th place in Vestd’s ranking of 29 industries – job seekers cited remote working […]
LawtechUK case study: adeus
LawtechUK is a Ministry of Justice (MoJ) backed initiative dedicated to driving digital transformation in the legal sector. Here, the organisation explains how digital will platform adeus was able to connect with legal experts thanks to its support. In today’s world of online shopping, banking and holiday booking, it’s hard to understand how one […]