LONDON LEGAL WALK – 2026
Team MT UK is proud to be taking part in the London Legal Walk on Tuesday 9 June 2026. The team will be walking alongside the Lady Chief Justice and thousands of legal professionals to raise vital funds for the London Legal Support Trust (LLST). Last year, the 21st London Legal Walk raised over £1,000,000, […]
Unclaimed class action cash attracts £68m worth of funding bids
By Monidipa Fouzder >> (24 March 2026) Organisations providing free legal advice submitted bids totalling £68 million for grants from a £4m pot largely made up of unclaimed cash from a class action settlement, the Access to Justice Foundation has revealed. The foundation announced its latest grants programme in January after receiving £3.7m from the boundary fares class […]
UK Finance drops £50 fee for Mortgage Lenders’ Handbook
By Monidipa Fouzder >> (30 January 2026) UK Finance has dropped plans to charge conveyancers an annual fee to access lender instructions after the banking trade association’s decision sparked widespread outrage. Conveyancers currently access – for free and without registering – the UK Finance Mortgage Lenders’ Handbook on the trade body’s website. The handbook provides standard […]
Reminder to carry a British passport or Certificate of Entitlement for international travel
(eVisa Direct Messaging) >> (21 January 2026) As part of our ongoing support for the move to a digital immigration system, we’d like to remind everyone that to enter the UK as a British citizen, you must hold, and travel with, one of the following valid documents: • A valid British citizen passport, or • […]
Thousands more cases to be piled onto creaking ET system
By John Hyde >> (9 January 2026) Employment law reforms will pile thousands of extra cases onto an already stretched tribunal system, government analysis has revealed. The Employment Rights Act, which received royal assent last month, reduces the qualifying period of employment for eligibility to make an unfair dismissal claim from two years to six months. The […]
