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Magistrate’s research into defendant leads to formal warning

2023-11-29T18:35:00+00:00By Bianca Castro

Judicial Conduct Investigations Office says the ‘relatively inexperienced magistrate’ apologised for his error.

A&O silent on whether it paid ransom to cyber-criminals
2023-11-29T18:29:00+00:00By John Hyde
Two solicitors among lady chief justice’s first High Court list
2023-11-29T16:33:00+00:00By Ben Rigby3 comments
Stay on proceedings for mediation is lawful, Court of Appeal rules
2023-11-29T14:37:00+00:00By Bianca Castro9 comments
Axiom Ince: SRA rules out immediate levy as £33m claims come in
2023-11-29T12:44:00+00:00By John Hyde25 comments
MoD’s £20m legal costs bill ‘shows system is flawed’
2023-11-29T12:16:00+00:00By John Hyde5 comments
Holiday sickness claimant denied a fair trial, Supreme Court finds
2023-11-29T11:27:00+00:00By John Hyde10 comments
Ignored solicitor did not suffer age discrimination, tribunal finds
2023-11-29T11:09:00+00:00By John Hyde

Bar calls for more investment in RASSO cases
2023-11-29T10:41:00+00:00By Bianca Castro1 comments
MP accuses CILEX of trying to 'destroy' solicitor profession
2023-11-29T10:10:00+00:00By Monidipa Fouzder33 comments
Law Society wins disclosure bid before legal aid challenge
2023-11-29T00:01:00+00:00By Bianca Castro
Cyber incident: Top conveyancer says completions starting to happen again
2023-11-28T16:36:00+00:00By John Hyde8 comments
Struck off solicitor and unregistered barrister disbarred
2023-11-28T16:14:00+00:00By Bianca Castro
Solicitor rebuked for losing independence in support of client
2023-11-28T15:51:00+00:00By John Hyde
Veteran barrister reprimanded for raising hand in Nazi salute
2023-11-28T12:31:00+00:00By Monidipa Fouzder

Ukraine crisis

IBA 2023: Ukraine seeking watertight 'evidentiary base' for genocide charge

2023-10-31T00:01:00+00:00By Paul Rogerson

‘They want to dehumanise us’: conference also hears emotionally charged exchange between Ukraine’s chief prosecutor and the head of Israel’s bar on dealing with alleged perpetrators of atrocities.

New Russia sanctions target legal services
2023-06-29T11:40:00+01:00By Michael Cross5 comments
Family court praises parents who 'put aside conflicts' in face of Ukraine war
2023-03-22T16:19:00+00:00By Bianca Castro
Prominent Russian lawyer sanctioned by UK
2023-02-21T10:55:00+00:00By Ben Rigby2 comments

Ukraine-born solicitor offers pro bono help to war refugees
2023-02-21T10:04:00+00:00By John Hyde2 comments
Job cuts and no parties - but Ukraine's legal services sector survives
2022-12-13T15:20:00+00:00By Bianca Castro

Obiter

From shoplifting to much worse?

2023-11-30T00:01:00+00:00By James Morton

Not all thieves will move on to worse, but there is sufficient evidence to show that many of them will graduate.

Yule’s out

2023-11-29T11:52:00+00:00

LawWorks (the Solicitors Pro Bono Group) invites you to its annual Christmas carol concert ‘Carols for Pro Bono’.

SRA conference call

2023-11-28T11:45:00+00:00

Local government lawyers may struggle to attend the regulator's next in-house conference.

Pod willing

24 November 2023

Almost everybody these days has a podcast. But there is always room for one more.

Isn’t it Ironic?

2023-11-23T12:50:00+00:00

Contested application for an eight-month adjournment is listed. For 10 months’ time.

Memory lane

2023-11-23T00:01:00+00:00

'Failure to embrace' flexible work, a cull on crime firms and dealing with shoplifters: a stroll down Gazette memory lane.

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