Hear from your office holders and help shape the future direction of your professional body by attending our 2025 annual general meeting.

We responded to the Office for Equality and Opportunity call for evidence on existing equality legislation and possible equality law reform.

We responded to the Office for Equality and Opportunity consultation on proposals for mandatory ethnicity and disability pay gap reporting.

It puts forward root and branch reform to address the cases backlog in the Crown Court. The review states that the criminal justice system is in crisis, highlighting the current backlog of over 76,000 ...

Phoenix Law received the Legal Aid Firm/Not-For-Profit Agency award, which is sponsored by the Law Society of England and Wales. The annual ceremony took place for its 23rd year to celebrate the legal ...

Open justice’ is the principle that allows the public to look at and understand the workings of the law. We support open justice and the role it plays in protecting access to justice.

This session will feature guest speakers from the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), who will share the latest developments on the Act and the new consumer protection regime. The speakers will ...

In April 2025, the Legal Sector Affinity Group (LSAG) HM Treasury-approved anti-money laundering (AML) was updated to help legal professionals and firms comply with the Money Laundering Regulations ...

News The Law Society of England and Wales and the Italian National Bar signed a Memorandum of Understanding to support UK lawyers practising in Italy. “In a post-Brexit breakthrough, the Italian ...

Notes to editors See Sir Brian Leveson's report. The Crown Court backlog reached 76,957 by the end of March 2025 and the magistrates’ court backlog reached 310,304. View the statistics. See our ...