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An open letter to the SRA from an SSB Law whistleblower
2025-10-24T08:00:00+01:00By Barrister B1
SRA chair Anna Bradley favours continuity at the top, but this simply won’t do.
Mother in Law: Growing up too fast
2025-10-24T07:00:00+01:00By Anonymous
Diary of a busy practitioner, juggling work and family somewhere in England.
SSB saga has proved the case for radical regulatory reform
2025-10-23T08:00:00+01:00By Susanna Heley
It is tempting to look at SSB in isolation and cast aspersions, but there is a wider picture here.
Why digitisation will support, not replace, conveyancers
2025-10-23T00:01:00+01:00By Beth Rudolf
Let’s not fall for the idea that digitisation is a threat. Reform is long overdue, and it’s designed to elevate the conveyancing profession, not eliminate it.
NOT PASS – how to navigate SQE failure
2025-10-21T15:14:00+01:00By Katy Boyle
Failure can, at first, feel like a fatal blow to an aspiring solicitor’s career.
A scandal waiting to happen
2025-10-20T15:03:00+01:00By Jonathan Goldsmith
A case almost unknown to the British public raises profound questions of justice in the UK.
A culture of inertia
2025-10-20T13:31:00+01:00By Paul Rogerson
Incoming SRA chief executive Sarah Rapson will need to get to grips with the organisation’s cultural flaws as soon as she arrives.
Judge sends clear message on blasphemy
2025-10-20T10:02:00+01:00By Joshua Rozenberg
Mr Justice Bennathan’s robust approach tells prosecutors and magistrates that freedom of expression includes the right to cause offence.
Best of the blogs - 17 Oct 2025
2025-10-18T12:26:00+01:00
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SSB scandal is worse than Axiom Ince - this time there’s no excuse
2025-10-16T15:08:00+01:00By John Hyde
A culture of complacency and arrogance has created this self-inflicted mess.
Solicitors should not fear citizen-facing lawtech tools
2025-10-16T10:08:00+01:00By Christina Blacklaws
Only technology can fill the need for affordable legal assistance.
Post-Mazur, we should think big
2025-10-15T09:59:00+01:00By Jonathan Goldsmith
Welcoming CILEX members into the solicitors’ profession would resolve two problems that confront us.
China 'spy' prosecution: perplexing questions
2025-10-14T10:30:00+01:00By Nick Vamos
Crown Prosecution Service statement on the abandoned case has baffled most legal observers.
Kite shot down
2025-10-13T14:28:00+01:00By Paul Rogerson
When the Employment Rights Bill’s champion Angela Rayner quit, speculation grew that the government would dilute the legislation.
What the Law Society has done to get TA6 right
2025-10-13T09:44:00+01:00By Law Society president Mark Evans
The latest version of the property information form has been tested with sellers and conveyancers to make sure it is clear and logical.
'Simpler' property information form unveiled
By Monidipa Fouzder
A new costs war begins
10 October 2025By Rachel Rothwell
Paying parties have wasted no time in citing Mazur in their points of dispute.
Best of the blogs - 10 Oct 2025
2025-10-11T12:28:00+01:00
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Black History Month: 60 Years Since the 1965 Race Relations Act
2025-10-10T10:26:00+01:00By Professor Leslie Thomas KC
The Act was a modest and imperfect start to a journey that is still unfinished.
Conservatives court controversy with attacks on judicial independence
2025-10-08T12:05:00+01:00By John Hyde
Robert Jenrick led the attacks on 'activist' judges this week. He really should know better.
ECHR: 'Mamma Mia, here we go again'
2025-10-06T10:51:00+01:00By Jonathan Goldsmith
Arguments about leaving the European Convention on Human Rights have become the focus of political attention once more.
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