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Use costs to clamp down on 'AI slop', urges former lord chancellor
Sir Robert Buckland KC tells conference that artificial intelligence has spawned a ‘profound change in the economics of litigation’, at the expense of the justice system.
Society quietly abandons minimum trainee pay benchmark
Legal Heroes honoured at Chancery Lane
'We need YOU' - government launches another recruitment drive for magistrates
Law centres axe service as funding squeeze tightens
Why law firms in this UK city can't stop growing
'Embarrassed' Pogust Goodhead founder seeks to remove his name from firm
'Deny and delay' blamed for surge in clin neg waiting times, lawyers claim
Crown court backlog hits new record - but MoJ silent on jury trial reform
Post Office pays another £25m to law firms for redress work
Short jail sentences for British women 'ineffective', says Council of Europe
Struck-off ex-solicitor fails with second bid for readmission
Judge clocked for speeding three times as he rushed to court
'This isn't over': Lawyers say secret commissions fight will continue
13-year itch: Long marriages mean 'more complexity' when couples split
Firm puts arbitration first as clients push for dispute alternative
MoJ begins recruiting for LawtechUK’s next phase
Unhappy client to pay solicitor damages for defamatory review
No end in sight for strike by Legal 500 researchers
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Best of the blogs - 27 September 2026
Missed our blogs this week? Here’s our top five…
Mother in Law: What is it that I actually enjoy doing?
Diary of a busy practitioner, somewhere in England.
Making mediation mainstream
What happens when mediation ceases to be an alternative to the justice system and becomes part of its architecture?
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Partnership
My legal life: Baljinder Singh Atwal, West Midlands Police
Lawyer in the news: Lucy Traynor, KP Law
Lawyer in the news: Angelo Monni, Duncan Lewis
'Gainfully employed': An interview with Shantha David
My legal life: Augusta Itua, CoramBAAF
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Private client roundtable: 'It feels like it’s devaluing our profession'
Clients’ use of artificial intelligence is changing how they interact with law firms – and not always for the better. Joanna Goodman reports from the Gazette’s latest roundtable
Finding fault with the experts
Another forensic scientist has bitten the dust under cross-examination.
Wrong law firm bitten by watchdog
Red faces at the Financial Conduct Authority, which this week maligned an innocent law firm.
Mutiny in the rankings
Staff at Legalease, publisher of the closely watched Legal500 rankings, are striking for two weeks ‘to win fairer pay’.
Divorce Day is dead, long live the September Split
A new alliterative hook has entered the room.
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Local government lawyers face 'period of uncertainty'
Housing secretary Angela Rayner wants to ensure local authority overhaul programme is robust and legally sound.
The rule of law, extradition and Article 3
Prison overcrowding: Full to capacity
A shift in strategy from ‘hygiene’ to ‘hunter’
Regime change must strike the right balance
'We will ruin you. Think of your family'
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All the latest news from Solicitors Regulation Authority
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SRA publishes independent review into its pre-intervention handling of PM Law
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SRA cautions profession about safe and responsible use of AI in legal sector
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Applications open for government's Advisory AI Growth Lab in legal services
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SRA continues planned expansion of executive leadership team
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SRA seeks feedback on reforms as Business Plan published
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SRA responds to feedback on its 2026/27 business plan and compensation fund proposals
Firm hires: Trio of new starters at IFLG
Firm hire: Real estate partner joins Norton Rose Fulbright
Firm hire: Partner appointment at Morr & Co
Firm hire: Optimal Solicitors welcomes clinical negligence and serious injury solicitor
Firm hire: Flint Bishop recruits corporate partner
Firm hire: New partner opens FM Family Law office in Bishop's Stortford
Firm hire: Dual-qualified solicitor joins Thackray Williams
Firm hire: Greenwoods Legal Services strengthens residential real estate team
Mind over matters
Sean Gordon reviews 'Preparing Lawyers for Technology Transformation: The Exponential Age Mindset'.
Assisted dying – across the divide
Melinda Giles reviews 'Do We Have the Right to Die? (Think Again) One big question. Two alternative answers'.
Fascinating and chilling account of counterculture
David Pickup reviews 'Outlawed: Responding to the Global rise of Sovereign Citizens and Legal Conspiracies'.
Twilight of the gods
Jo O’Sullivan and Sean Gordon review 'Frail Professionalism? Lawyers’ Ethics after the Post Office and Other Cases'.
A compelling account of a catastrophe
Sean Gordon and Jo O’Sullivan review 'Indefensible: How Lawyers Failed to Stop the Post Office Scandal' by John Hyde.
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