Commission considers consumer class action regime
Government-sponsored project will seek views on benefits and risks of a new jurisdiction run at 'proportionate cost'.
Damages for use of excessive restraint on pupil
Personal injury.
Supreme Court’s decision in 'AGNI'
Mental capacity.
Beginning a new phase in UK patent law
Intellectual property.
Matrimonialisation in practice
Family law.
Boardroom reshuffle at Payne Hicks Beach
Chair steps down after seven years during which income and profitability have surged at 256-year-old firm.
Payne Hicks Beach toasts record growth and profits
Venerable Lincoln’s Inn outfit whose partners include feared divorce lawyer Fiona Shackleton is growing rapidly amid a strategic overhaul.
Barrister disbarred for dishonesty in immigration proceedings
Practitioner 'represented people where he had a clear interest in the outcome of the case and made dishonest and misleading statements'.
More than half of consumers report problems with claims firms
SRA reveals it now has 94 open investigations relating to high-volume consumer claims.
Best of the blogs - 4 July 2026
Missed our blogs this week? Here’s our top five…
Diary of a white-tie diner
The Gazette's intrepid courts editor braves her third Mansion House judges' dinner.
Bridging the social justice gap
Community power is not a slogan or a policy initiative. It is organisations working together to meet a need that no single institution can address on its own.
Firm sees off £50m negligence claim over property development
Deal collapsed because of commercial reasons rather than any legal errors, High Court finds.
Stagger implementation of commonhold, Society advises government
Chancery Lane says members will need time to update systems and upskill to correctly advise on new form of home ownership.
Clin neg lawyers say they can help fix maternity care crisis
Largest maternity review in NHS history finds more than 500 mothers and babies suffered potentially avoidable harm at one trust.
Firm denied £30,000 success fee over 'desultory' insurance checks
Judge says checks on client's legal expenses policy were designed so they would commit to a CFA.
