Budget 26: Client accounts escape chancellor’s raid – for now

By Gazette Newsdesk >> (28 October 2026) Chancellor John Healey’s ‘breathing space’ budget today resisted the temptation to raid lawyers’ client accounts. However his pledge to raise revenue ‘from those who can afford to pay’ suggests that the interest on lawyers’ client account (ILCA) scheme – opposed across the legal profession – remains on the […]


