The Sports Direct privilege decision is a major er...

The High Court in Sports Direct has ruled that the fundamental protections afforded by legal privilege can be sidestepped by the FRC in the course of ...

Solicitors, not accountants, are best at deliverin...

Sally Harlow responds to accountants who think they're best placed to deal with probate. She thinks its the lawyers who are top dogs, and explains why...

EY launches UK legal trainee scheme

The Big Four firm has grown its UK legal services team to over 30 staff and hopes to double it over the next year Read More...

PKF Cooper Parry gains probate licence

PKF Cooper Parry becomes the latest firm to expand into legal services, with a probate licence Read More...

How accountants can benefit from legal services re...

The Solicitors Regulation Authority is making life easier for accountancy firms to take on reserved legal services. James Johnson explains why firms s...

EY goes multi-disciplinary as it gains legal servi...

EY aims for complex group service provision with legal licence Read More...

Privilege problems keep ABS unattractive

Uncertainty over how legal professional privilege might work in multi-disciplinary practices may be behind their dearth, writes Lewis Silkin's Clive G...

Leader: Be careful what you wish for over legal pr...

Accountants may yet succeed in wrestling away lawyers' monopoly on legal professional privilege. By doing so they risk a scenario that is no good for ...

Legal professional privilege “essential”, say read...

Accountancy Age readers make clear they see legal professional privilege as essential to their ability to practice, after a poll Read More...

The privilege of privilege: What the Supreme Court...

Practitioners will continue to face issues around providing legal advice to clients Read More...

Judges decide on legal privilege

Colin wonders how the voting process might work among Justices at the the Supreme Court Read More...

Uncertainty concerns persist as advisors lose priv...

Lord justices follow previous rulings on legal privilege: that it could cause uncertainty, and parliament will have to decide how to extend it Read Mo...

Privileged status: no change on legal advice privi...

Taylor Wessing's Andrew Howell looks at what the Supreme Court's ruling means for accountants Read More...

Supreme Court rules against extending privilege to...

Judges rule five against two to maintain privilege for lawyers only Read More...

ICAEW applies to become probate and MDP regulator

Institute wants to be able to license and regulate alternative business structures, and advisors wanting to offer probate services Read More...

Expanding LPP for parliament to decide, court told

Broadening the scope of legal professional privilege to take in accountants is a matter for parliament, the Supreme Court hears Read More...

ICAEW makes case for legal professional privilege ...

ICAEW intervenes in Supreme Court battle between Prudential and HMRC over legal professional privilege for tax advisors Read More...

Battle to allow accountants privilege reaches Supr...

Case between Prudential and HMRC allowing accountants to benefit from legal professional privilege reaches Supreme Court Read More...

Estate and will services set for reserved legal ac...

Estate administration and will services should become reserved legal activities, potentially affecting advisors Read More...

Has LLP status worked?

Accountancy Age asks whether firms' move to LLP status was worth the effort Read More...

ICAEW makes shrewd move in legal privilege battle

Has the institute backed the Law Society into a corner over legal privilege? asks Kevin Reed Read More...

ICAEW warns Law Society against restricting MDPs

ICAEW chief warns Law Society counterpart that lawyers and accountants must be allowed to work together Read More...

Colin - war chest

Firms pledge war chest to fight legal privilege ca...

Majority of top-25 firms pledge funds towards Supreme Court hearing into legal professional privilege Read More...

Colin: Pondering legal professional privilege

ICAEW expects legal privilege court role

Institute's request to take part in Supreme Court hearing into legal professional privilege set for clearance Read More...

Aussies' move towards privilege could lay a marker...

Accountancy Age looks at the Aussies' consideration for extending legal professional privilege to tax advisors - and whether the move down under gives...