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Essex legal chief advises councils to audit for Mazur risks
SEND, debt recovery and traffic enforcement identified as risky areas in relation to conduct of litigation and supervision.
Leading sports law solicitor awarded OBE
Barrister suspended for helping breach injunction on daughter
Solicitor and asbestos campaigner awarded OBE
Solicitor struck off over dishonesty to SRA
Convicted stalker solicitor faces new practice condition
Legal academic who championed Post Office victims is honoured
In depth: Justice to lead government's AI master plan
LSB study points to gaps in AI regulation
Kaplan wins industry award for SQE
High Court to test SRA privilege rights
Tribunal backlog 'alarming' says Society
SRA sets out post-Mazur guidance
Minister blames 'atrocious' IT systems for legal aid fee setback
Claimant whose £50,000 claim was cut to £3,609 not dishonest
Lawyers who fight complaints to face massive rise in fees
Lady chief justice commends AI usage by litigants in person
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Lawyer in the news: Lucie Audibert, AWO
My legal life: Guy Forster, Association of Personal Injury Lawyers
Lawyer in the news: Catherine Knight, Good Law Project
Lawyer in the news: Jenny Wiltshire, Hickman & Rose
My legal life: Maddy Nicholl, University of Southampton Global Legal Clinic
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AI for mid-size firms: 'It’s about not wanting to be left behind'
The global elite’s development of proprietary artificial intelligence tools dominates legal tech headlines, but AI is also transforming law’s mid-market. Joanna Goodman reports from the Gazette’s latest roundtable discussion.
Lawyer referee warms up for World Cup debut
Obiter’s desperate attempts to shoehorn the World Cup into these pages had proved fruitless, until now.
Gallery: London Legal Walk 2026
The sun shone last night on the thousands of lawyers and others taking part in the 2026 London Legal Walk.
Memory lane
Super-exam delay, £27m reform bill and legal aid for the poor: a stroll down Gazette memory lane.
Acumen (and make yourself comfortable)
Solicitors Regulation Authority thrusts its hand out again.
Essex legal chief advises councils to audit for Mazur risks
SEND, debt recovery and traffic enforcement identified as risky areas in relation to conduct of litigation and supervision.
Unruly defendants: tricks of the trade
Energy brokers left on the back foot
Breaking the deadlock
My legal life: Sarah Dodd, Tree Law
Legal AI: Battle lines
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All the latest news from Solicitors Regulation Authority
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SRA updates supervision guidance to aid litigation work
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SRA joins Advisory AI Growth Lab to support responsible AI adoption in legal services
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SRA strengthens safeguards to protect client money and reduce consumer harm
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Whistleblowers to benefit from extra protection when reporting to SRA
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SRA begins formal process to hire new Board Chair
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New data reveals significant rise in reports and investigations
Firm hires: WSP Solicitors strengthens commercial property and child law teams
Firm hire: Senior associate appointment at Olliers Solicitors
Firm hire: Mackenzie Jones welcomes family law solicitor
Firm hire: CM Murray appoints former Hill Dickinson CEO as strategic adviser and consultant
Firm hire: Switalskis appoints head of commercial property
Firm hire: Associate joins Johnson Law Group
Firm hire: Insurance disputes partner joins Norton Rose Fulbright
Firm promotion: Residential property lawyer joins Ellisons partnership
Lawyers with winning ways
Mark Anderson reviews 'Decision Making in Law Firms'.
Murders on the railway
David Pickup reviews 'The Railway Murders: Significant Cases in British Railway History'.
Well-timed guidance
John Denis-Smith reviews 'Arbitration of Commercial Disputes'.
Four 'Ds' of energy transition
Simone Mamini reviews 'Sustainable Distributed Energy Resources: Law and Policy'.
The right to know and the public interest
Tom Proverbs-Garbett reviews 'The Crimes of Others: Criminal Records, Publicity, and Crimes of Abuse'.
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