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NewsManaging partner suspended after backdating letter
Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal also orders solicitor pay £24,885 in costs.
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NewsJudicial bullying: Harman probe finds ‘little accountability’
Independent review into bullying, harassment and sexual harassment at the bar makes 36 recommendations.
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NewsLammy is lord chancellor in Starmer’s reshuffle
Shabana Mahmood becomes home secretary in reshuffle following Angela Rayner's resignation from government over stamp duty underpayment.
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NewsLegal aid solicitor reprimanded over accounts rule breach
Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal also orders long-serving practitioner to pay £8,000 costs.
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NewsNews Focus: Reform UK’s plans for a ‘big beautiful reset bill’
A Reform government would take a wrecking ball to Blair-era reforms of the justice system, says Arron Banks.
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NewsCommercial leasehold, consent and corpses on law reform agenda
Law Commission unveils wide-ranging list of areas for potential reform, which will also include product liability and ownerless land.
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NewsFormer patients of disgraced amputee surgeon demand clarity
Surgeon carried out amputations but had a secret sexual fetish for body modification.
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NewsConveyancing firm denies giving Rayner tax advice
Deputy prime minister resigns after prime minister's ethics adviser reports on underpayment of stamp duty land tax.
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NewsAustralian lawyer who submitted fake AI cases allowed to stay in practice
Regulators in different jurisdictions must deal with lawyers submitting AI-generated authorities to court.
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News'Promising progress': Minister hails fall in civil justice delays
Sarah Sackman says drop in waiting times show ‘promising progress’ after extra investment.
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NewsCoA judgment 'cements London’s position as the divorce capital of the world'
Lawyers say judgment in Potanina v Potanin (No.2) could open door ‘for second bite of the cherry’ in overseas divorces.
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NewsConveyancing fraudster jailed over phantom home sales con
Fraudster sold supposedly repossessed properties that were still owned by other people.
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NewsBarrister named in tax avoidance first
Former solicitor designed four schemes which HMRC says 'do not work'.
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NewsRayner's stamp duty statement prompts conveyancing warning
Deputy prime minister and housing secretary says she relied on 'incorrect' advice when she underpaid stamp duty land tax on her flat purchase in Hove.
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NewsQuestioning judges' integrity is dangerous, Mahmood tells peers
Lord chancellor says recent political and media attacks on judges threaten their safety and undermine public confidence.
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NewsNew victims’ commissioner appointed
Claire Waxman will replace Baroness Newlove who was appointed on an interim basis.
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NewsJunior suspended over single alteration to email
Regulator accepts inexperienced solicitor acted in panic and haste.
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NewsAdministrators to probe payments by collapsing Liverpool firm
Insolvency experts consider applying for repayment of monies handed to third parties before 2024 closure.
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NewsSociety will make it harder for solicitors to trigger SGMs
Two special general meetings have been convened in the past 15 years - both of them costly and controversial.
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NewsMahmood defends sentencing veto
Lord chancellor asked at House of Lords Constitution Committee about row with Sentencing Council.