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Court of Appeal clears way for car finance group action
Buoyant claims firm predicts many will take the court route rather than join the FCA's redress scheme.
Victims’ rights ‘still exist only on paper’, warns commissioner
Low-income consumers shun class action payouts
Public-private 'policy lab' to investigate ways to stop reoffending
Double-digit profit growth at Simmons & Simmons
Financial head at PM Law banned for fabricating bank balances
In depth: AI slop - law's quiet epidemic
AG builds bonus pot after big profit increase
Silk summoned to court for contempt hearing
SRA’s transparency pause is misguided, says consumer champion
Lammy to close murder sentencing gap
UK's lit funding market ‘losing out to international rivals’
Concerns mount over Mahmood's asylum appeals plan
Top-50 firm insists finances are strong amid reports of aborted sale to private equity
Court of Appeal throws out Blur drummer's group claim
MP's motion on free court transcripts winning cross-party support
Trained members of the public to determine asylum appeals
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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.
Artificial lawyer in the news
Obiter subjects Garfield, 'the world’s first AI-powered law firm', to the Gazette’s regular ‘Lawyer in the news’ questionnaire.
AG stops Twittering
A shirt-sleeved attorney general last week received a rare cheer from the House of Commons justice committee. Lord Hermer (Richard Hermer KC) was answering questions about his role, the rule of law and, inevitably, the Chagos Islands deal. But, as the division bell signalled the end of the session, chair ...
Conservative MP makes Lammy blush
Father of the house tells lord chancellor to please PM-in-waiting Andy Burnham by scrapping jury trial reforms.
Conviction a hair raising reminder
A feeling of deja vu was prompted by the first case of a man convicted under the Public Order Act of harassment by stroking a woman’s hair.
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.
Advising entrepreneurs: In at the beginning
Consent in NHS maternity care
Mass claims beyond the courtroom
Acknowledging the trauma of court reporting
Employment tribunal: Labour pains
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All the latest news from Solicitors Regulation Authority
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SRA consults on strengthened notification requirements to help identify risk earlier
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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
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
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
Jeremy Bamber: Murder and Turmoil at White House Farm
What is it about this case that fascinates so many people?
A lacuna in our legal DNA
Michel Kallipetis KC and Susan Rodway KC reviews 'The Place of Mediation within the Modern Civil Justice System: Critical Perspectives'.
Tackling theocratic tensions
James E Hurford reviews 'Law and Religion in Colonial America: the Dissenting Colonies'.
Minding the gaps and reading between the lines
Max D Winthrop reviews 'McMeel on the Construction of Contract'.
A systematic analysis of contemporary international law
Simone Mamini reviews 'The Right to Self-Determination in International Law'.
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