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Dozens of litigation assistants face threat of redundancy at national firm
Irwin Mitchell planning to reduce paralegal headcount and increase use of AI in restructure of support staff.
Ashurst transatlantic merger creates top-20 global firm
Top-200 Midlands firm acquired in pre-pack deal
Costs budgeting applies in £340m group claim, Uber told
No separate route for LAA cyber attack compensation
Rightmove targeted in £1bn competition class action
Brazil judgment 'vindication', says Goodhead as solicitors consider court's findings
Sara Sharif review reveals family court failings
Dam collapse 'could have been averted' by BHP, judge finds
Father's £1.8m demands against lawyers 'tantamount to blackmail'
In depth: Criminal courts system cannot survive as it currently stands, says Leveson
Aspiring solicitor hit with costs over 'doomed to fail' ET claim
BHP 'strictly liable' for Brazil dam collapse pollution
Investment in tech sees City surge ahead of regional firms
Letby lawyer calls for expert witness regulation
Judgment day for Brazil dam collapse mega-claim
Judges' safety a growing concern, lady chief justice reports
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Why Mazur is 'interfering with play'
According to Andrew Roy KC, the offside rule is how we need to think of things in the post-Mazur world.
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Mother in Law: Autism in girls
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Clinical negligence roundtable: Speaking up, speaking out
Health outcome statistics for women expose a ‘gender pain gap’. With a sky-high clinical negligence bill, how can law and lawyers work with patients, clinicians and health trusts to narrow the divide? Eduardo Reyes reports from the latest Gazette roundtable.
A subtext for a moral crusade?
‘It’s a witch-hunt,’ said my friend Tony, referring to the Windsor-Giuffre saga.
Memory lane
An unsuccessful challenge to a parking fine, rights of audience and German inventions: a stroll down Gazette memory lane.
Criminal justice crisis cuts Leveson short
Justice committee chair forced to wrap up meeting after 73 minutes.
Flying visit
This year's motivational speaker at the IBA was Jeff Skiles, the veteran first officer of US Airways Flight 1549 which landed in the Hudson River.
Pro bono: Good, for nothing
Advice projects highlighted for UK Pro Bono Week showcase a legal profession increasingly focused on strategically important advice against a backdrop of soaring unmet need. Katharine Freeland reports.
Comparing the FIRS and FARA regimes
Why the language of divorce must change
Balancing transparency with commerciality
Family court delays fail to surprise lawyers
Presumption of contact: 'We need evidence-based reform'
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All the latest news from Solicitors Regulation Authority
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SRA apologises and fully accepts recommendations of SSB review
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SRA calls for views to shape further robust action on claims
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SRA acts on concerns about law firm practices on high-volume claims
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SRA awards £360,000 for disadvantaged candidates to take SQE
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SRA and FCA warn law firms and claims management companies over poor practices in motor finance commission claims
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SRA appoints Sarah Rapson as new Chief Executive Officer
Firm hire: TWM Solicitors appoints commercial property partner
Firm promotion: Dispute resolution partner appointment at Machins Solicitors
Firm hire: Litigation lawyer joins BTTJ
Firm hire: Gilson Gray welcomes residential conveyancing head
Firm hires: Thrings
Firm hires: Actons
Firm hires: mfg Solicitors
Firm hire: McHale & Co welcomes motorbike claims team lead
On the fence: autonomy versus the highest good
James E Hurford reviews 'Embodiment and the Law: A New Approach to Analysis, Discourse and Reasoning'.
Invaluable guide to CoP
Stephen D Sutton reviews 'Court of Protection Practice 2025'.
Normative legal order for the common good
Simone Mamini reviews 'A Theory of Global Energy Governance'.
Capital punishment on celluloid
Kevin McVeigh reviews 'Imagining the American Death Penalty: The Cultural Work of Popular Visual Representations'.
Genie out of the bottle
David Pickup reviews 'AI on Trial (second edition)' by Mark Deem and Peter Warren.
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