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2020-11-27T11:08:00+00:00By Jemma Slingo22 comments

Former magic circle partner overturns £35,000 fine as High Court lambasts 'flawed' SDT finding and 'alarming' costs.

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2020-11-27T15:30:00+00:00By John Hyde3 comments
BSB sets anti-racist action plan for chambers
2020-11-27T14:40:00+00:00By Jemma Slingo
Clyde & Co kicks off range of redundancy consultations
2020-11-27T13:02:00+00:00By Jemma Slingo1 comments
Court blasts SRA for ‘alarming’ costs bill in Beckwith case
2020-11-27T12:51:00+00:00By Jemma Slingo11 comments
Deepwater ruling clarifies law on arbitrator bias
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Complaints about barristers surge as focus shifts to private behaviour
2020-11-27T12:06:00+00:00By Gazette reporter9 comments
Web giants get their own regulator
2020-11-27T11:37:00+00:00By Michael Cross1 comments

Eleventh-hour plea on Lugano pact
2020-11-27T11:25:00+00:00By Jemma Slingo3 comments
Bullish Gateley shrugs off Covid as profits climb
2020-11-27T10:47:00+00:00By Gazette reporter1 comments
Sole practitioner ordered to pay damages for unlawful wage deductions
2020-11-27T10:25:00+00:00By Jemma Slingo
SRA chair: Going back to old ways of working would be a ‘travesty’
2020-11-27T09:26:00+00:00By John Hyde12 comments
Free legal advice centres receive £11.5m in emergency funding
2020-11-26T12:18:00+00:00By Jemma Slingo4 comments
City firm embraces remote working and reverses pay cuts
2020-11-26T11:43:00+00:00By Jemma Slingo1 comments
Buckland assures City of post-Brexit opportunities
2020-11-26T11:33:00+00:00By Jemma Slingo1 comments
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Commentary and opinion

Our values can civilise political discourse
By Jonathan Goldsmith
Profession’s framework for resolving disputes contains useful and safe principles.
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Beckwith judgment: where now for the SRA?
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Major questions will be asked of the regulator’s approach and its attitude to costs.

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