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Many law firms set to fail without interest income - benchmarking survey
Annual NatWest bellwether also finds that the post-Covid trading boom has stalled, which has squeezed profits.
No end in sight for strike by Legal 500 researchers
Lib Dem conference: party votes for tougher anti-SLAPP legislation
English law booming as exports reach almost £11bn
Magistrate warned for shouting at 'unprofessional' staffer
Jailed paralegal banned for intimidating ex-partner
Court cannot force secret commission disclosure, appeal judges rule
'Huge blow' for SRA as High Court rules on scope of privilege
Lib Dem conference: We need to 'win the battle' on ECHR
In depth: Legal aid lawyers can't even get paid for their petrol
Specialist rape courts to roll out across England and Wales
MPs call for independent body to run compensation schemes
Solicitor turned barrister struck off for duping bar watchdog
Defendants unsuccessful in medical fees battle now hit for costs
Litigant files 300-page skeleton generated entirely by ChatGPT
MoJ consults on higher standard of proof for 'short-form' inquest conclusions
Lawyers lament UK’s ‘backsliding’ on rule of law
Newly protected whistleblowers get on the phone to the SRA
Law Society seeks to abolish cap on president’s pay
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Ministers wake up to AI’s existential threat
Two developments have brought artificial intelligence to the top of the political agenda.
Breast cancer review must do more than find individual errors
An apology is important but cannot be the end of the process.
Indefensible: how lawyers failed to stop a scandal
The day former Post Office chief executive Paula Vennells gave evidence to the public inquiry was the day I knew there was a book to be written.
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Private client roundtable: 'It feels like it’s devaluing our profession'
Clients’ use of artificial intelligence is changing how they interact with law firms – and not always for the better. Joanna Goodman reports from the Gazette’s latest roundtable
Wrong law firm bitten by watchdog
Red faces at the Financial Conduct Authority, which this week maligned an innocent law firm.
Mutiny in the rankings
Staff at Legalease, publisher of the closely watched Legal500 rankings, are striking for two weeks ‘to win fairer pay’.
Divorce Day is dead, long live the September Split
A new alliterative hook has entered the room.
For sale: The Old Courthouse
A nine-bedroom home in Cambridgeshire includes a former courtroom and prison cells.
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Local government lawyers face 'period of uncertainty'
Housing secretary Angela Rayner wants to ensure local authority overhaul programme is robust and legally sound.
A shift in strategy from ‘hygiene’ to ‘hunter’
Regime change must strike the right balance
'We will ruin you. Think of your family'
Beyond the PII Premium: Rethinking Risk
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All the latest news from Solicitors Regulation Authority
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SRA publishes independent review into its pre-intervention handling of PM Law
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SRA cautions profession about safe and responsible use of AI in legal sector
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Applications open for government's Advisory AI Growth Lab in legal services
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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
Firm hire: Real estate partner joins Norton Rose Fulbright
Firm hire: Partner appointment at Morr & Co
Firm hire: Optimal Solicitors welcomes clinical negligence and serious injury solicitor
Firm hire: Flint Bishop recruits corporate partner
Firm hire: New partner opens FM Family Law office in Bishop's Stortford
Firm hire: Dual-qualified solicitor joins Thackray Williams
Firm hire: Greenwoods Legal Services strengthens residential real estate team
Firm hire: Thomson Hayton Winkley welcomes family solicitor
Twilight of the gods
Jo O’Sullivan and Sean Gordon review 'Frail Professionalism? Lawyers’ Ethics after the Post Office and Other Cases'.
A compelling account of a catastrophe
Sean Gordon and Jo O’Sullivan review 'Indefensible: How Lawyers Failed to Stop the Post Office Scandal' by John Hyde.
The Constitution of the United Kingdom: A Contextual Analysis
David Pickup reviews 'The Constitution of the United Kingdom: A Contextual Analysis' by Peter Leyland.
Fighting for the rule of law in Putin’s Russia
Kiron Reid reviews 'Suing the Kremlin: The Battle for Putin’s Billions'.
Turning down the heat over ‘sharia’
Naureen Shariff reviews 'Contemporary Trends in Sharia: Critical Debates in Historical Contexts'.
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