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Offshore giant sells stake to private equity
Existing owners of Mourant will remain in charge of professional services group.
Climate change: Society guidance for in-house
Prison release policy shift offers ‘long-term security’, says justice secretary
Solicitor who impersonated police officer sentenced
Keyboard warrior's claim against solicitor struck out
Private equity-boosted firm posts big profit jump
Courts listing data opened up for (some) re-use
Claims industry hits back at FCA motor claim campaign
SSB funders sue insurers for £19.5m over ATE policies
Medico-legal chambers aims to address expert witness shortage
Ashurst takes ABS route to consolidate transatlantic merger
In depth: LSB's Mazur postscript prompts new bout of mudslinging
Ex-Liverpool footballer hit with civil restraint order over litigation against firm
In depth: Former rugby pros left in limbo as group claim falters
Burnham hints at dumping jury trial curbs
Supreme Court state immunity ruling could lead to 'tidal wave of cases'
West End firm shut down by SRA to protect client interests
Lawyers make plain their distaste for new disclosure rules
Sole practitioner hit for costs over failed appeal against AML fine
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'The legal profession continues to benefit from greater diversity'
Nazmin Choudhury on her journey into the profession and how her South Asian heritage has influenced her approach to work.
City firms must be alive to profit levy threat
What are the consequences of economic inequality in the profession?
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Partnership
'Legality illusions': An interview with Richard Moorhead
My legal life: Alexandra Steffensen, Stone King
Lawyer in the news: Nathan Eastwood, Watson Farley & Williams
My legal life: Esther Gunaratnam, Wedlake Bell
Lawyer in the news: Tom Snelling, Signature Litigation
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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.
Rumour mill led to murder charge
75 years before solicitors Harold Greenwood and Major Armstrong were accused of murder, Edmond Edmonds was charged with the murder of his wife.
CEO brushing away cobwebs at the Cube
New broom wielded by SRA chief executive is sweeping in some impressive-sounding new hires.
Schrödinger’s lord chancellor
A constitutional conundrum.
Truth and consequences
The Royal Courts of Justice was packed for this week’s consequentials hearing following the demolition of the claim against the Daily Mail’s publisher.
Climate change: Society guidance for in-house
New publication suggests how to balance legal duties against institutional pressures.
Journalistic exemption and data protection
Presumption of parental involvement repeal
It's debris, but not as we know it
Licensed firearms: preparing for the inevitable
Claimant personal injury: Pain points
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All the latest news from Solicitors Regulation Authority
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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
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SRA consults on new proposals to strengthen requirements for solicitors using or arranging third-party litigation funding in consumer claims
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SRA consults on additional rules on how firms handle complaints
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Research highlights risks in high-volume consumer claims sector
Firm hire: Maternity clin neg specialist joins Irwin Mitchell
Firm hire: Wrigleys welcomes managing associate
Firm promotions: Trio of partner appointments at Osbornes Law
Firm hires: Four senior appointments at Schofield Sweeney
Firm hire: Constantine Law appoints employment senior partner
Firm hires: Residential development duo joins Gateley Legal
Firm hires: WSP Solicitors strengthens commercial property and child law teams
Firm hire: Senior associate appointment at Olliers Solicitors
In search of the self to improve welfare decisions
Tony Roe reviews 'Children’s Right to Identity, Selfhood and International Law'.
Church, state and the fracturing liberal consensus
James E Hurford reviews 'Politicized Religion and the Reframing of Fundamental Rights'.
Real coppers and their narks
Scotland Yard’s Supergrass Years: The Flying Squad’s War Against Armed Robbers
Judgement call
Joanna Goodman reviews 'Ambiguous Proposition', performed at Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer’s London office.
Spies like us – entertainingly different solicitor stories
David Pickup reviews 'Room Four' and 'Long Weekend at Niagara'.
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