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Sidhu disbarred for sexual misconduct
'Serious sexual misconduct in this case was overwhelmingly likely to have caused long term harm,' tribunal hears.
Ex-postmaster sues Post Office and Fujitsu over Horizon scandal
National Conveyancing Week: Conveyancers 'exhausted and undervalued'
UK in top five of nations implementing ECtHR rulings
London firm faces negligence trial over £453m divorce award
Lawyers revolt: 500 associates slam Trump’s crackdown
Council and legal advice service clash over proposed rent rise of 562,000%
Emailing judgments without formal hand-down ‘unsatisfactory’
Three-and-a-half-year wait for machete trial sets new record
Big firms under fire as Trump's diversity purge takes aim at legal sector
Solicitor fined £5,500 for failure to register clients’ pub purchase
Conveyancing firms warned: Prepare for complaints spike
In depth: Lifeline for LawtechUK as Master of the Rolls hails 'world leader'
Criminal bar in crisis: one in three intends to quit
CFA can apply retrospectively, Court of Appeal rules
In depth: Risk and compliance conference - AML, ethics and workplace culture
Magistrate issued with formal advice over Facebook comments
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Grandfather in law – peace at last
A legal round-up of the week, across the United States and Europe.
Mental health and wellbeing: data matters
LawCare’s Life in the Law survey, which closes on Friday, can help shape the future of the profession.
Is BTE the ‘magic money tree’ justice needs?
The benefits of before-the-event insurance are clear.
My legal life: Mandhir Seera, Hodge Jones & Allen
Lawyer in the news: Craig Cooper, Barings Law
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My legal life: Cecilia Goodwin, Goodwin & Rose
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PII roundtable: Soft sell
With the PII market still benign, solicitors can focus their energy on how best to present themselves to insurers as a good risk. Eduardo Reyes and Rachel Rothwell report from the latest Gazette roundtable discussion.
On course to find your feet
In the 1960s young solicitors who wanted to do a bit of advocacy were thrown in at the deep end.
Morrish dynasty wraps up after a century
Senior partner's retirement marks end of an era at West Yorkshire firm.
Death row
‘This is an unusual probate claim in that the deceased says she is very much alive', reads the opening to a judgment published last week.
Tongue tied
SQE fees for 2025/26 will increase by 2.3% ‘to reflect inflation, plus a small additional uplift towards the cost of translating the assessments into Welsh’, the SRA confirmed this week. Let’s hope the investment yields a tangible reward. According to the SQE independent reviewer’s annual report for 2024, no one ...
New ethics framework will help in-house lawyers 'speak truth to power'
Whistleblowing and influencing corporate culture will be at the core of resource currently being developed by the Law Society.
IHT & SDLT changes advice to clients
Winning combinations
Common ground
Will $15bn industry survive regulatory onslaught?
Worldwide freezing orders: recent applications for relief
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All the latest news from Solicitors Regulation Authority
Firm hire: Construction specialist appointed partner at Hawkswell Kilvington
Firm hire: DMH Stallard recruits fifth partner of 2025
Firm hire: Senior litigation solicitor joins BTTJ
Firm hire: PCB Byrne welcomes civil litigation partner
Firm hires: Five solicitors qualify at Switalskis
Firm hire: Lee & Thompson welcomes advertising and marketing partner
Firm hire: Corporate partner joins RWK Goodman
Firm hire: Court of Protection appointment at Simpson Millar
Puncturing penal populism
Sentencing, Public Opinion, and Criminal Justice – Essays in Honour of Julian V. Roberts.
Playing it safe with AI
Law, Death, and Robots: The Regulation of Artificial Intelligence in High-Risk Civil Applications.
An ecclesiastical game of thrones
James E Hurford reviews 'The Legal History of the Church of England: From the Reformation to the Present'.
From em-dash to comma, the art of legal prose
Tom Proverbs-Garbett reviews Jill Barton's 'The Supreme Guide to Writing'.
A moral claim to assisted dying
James E Hurford reviews 'What Kind of Death: The Ethics of Determining One’s Own Death'.
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