Employment tribunal videos get five stars for effort
While lacking in razzle-dazzle, judge-produced clips are packed with useful detail for LiPs.
Ex-client loses negligence appeal over 17-year-old divorce advice
Judges agree that former divorce client's claim had been time-barred because she had enough knowledge to have made it earlier.
Government claims progress on county court delays
Figures suggest on the surface that the post-Covid trend of increasing delays is being turned around.
In depth: The bench is failing to diversify as it struggles to recruit
Evidence to the Senior Salaries Review Body highlights worrying recruitment shortfalls among the judiciary, including on the district bench. Practical and cultural factors deter strong solicitor applications.
Midlife crisis: lawyers urge people in their 40s and 50s to make a will
Research on people with up-to-date wills suggests a wave of inheritance disputes looms.
Global firm fined after client account used as banking facility
SRA opts against bigger financial penalty on firm with £428 million annual revenue.
Solicitors escalate fight over jury curbs
Solicitors will march to parliament and lobby MPs ahead of first parliamentary debate on Courts and Tribunals Bill.
In depth: Mazur madness? Court bars senior lawyer
A judge has barred a senior family lawyer from conducting litigation, highlighting the urgency of a decision in the Mazur appeal. Lisa Burton-Durham says CILEX has many questions to answer.
How to succeed – don’t be flash
Advocacy is almost as much about what you don’t do as what you do.
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Post Office scandal takes centre stage
'Glitch – The True Story of the Post Office Scandal' may be coming to a theatre near you.
TV host Rob Rinder urges MPs to oppose jury curbs
Barrister says offences that will be heard by judge alone are not minor and require public participation.
SRA returns £9m to clients of closed firm PM Law
Regulator has received more than 250 applications to the compensation fund and paid out on 38 of the most urgent.
Government makes legal services pledge on India
Last year’s UK-India free trade agreement made no mention of legal services, allowing India to continue to restrict UK lawyers’ practising rights.
Consumer watchdog debates corporate law firm levy
Legal Services Consumer Panel resurrects controversial proposal of imposing a levy on large law firms to help fund justice.
To lose one phone is careless, to lose 475...
A cringe-inducing number of electronic devices have gone astray at the Ministry of Justice.
Employment judge's conduct showed 'apparent bias', EAT finds
Barrister’s claim against his former chambers will continue without involvement of first instance judge.
Claimant late to accept Part 36 offer restricted to fixed costs, rules Court of Appeal
Defendant's lawyers say decision will 'resonate across personal injury litigation' and strengthen FRC regime.
Class action champion Merricks pulls out of rail fares case
Competition Appeal Tribunal orders solicitors to provide details of any replacement class representative.
Hamas solicitor fails to force disclosure after mobile seized
Fahad Ansari will have ‘full panoply of procedural protections’ if police search of his phone leads to criminal proceedings, says judge.
Mazur fallout: Court bars senior family lawyer from children case
Brighton legal executive of 20 years told she cannot have a shortcut to authorisation.
SRA reprimanded for SSB Law blunders
New chief executive says organisation must learn from multitude of failings in run-up to collapse of no win, no fee firm.
SRA shuts down multi-office firm and suspends three solicitors
Regulator moves in to close firm based on suspicions of compliance officer's dishonesty.
Supreme Court dismisses state immunity arguments on arbitration awards
Judgment on challenges by Spain and Zimbabwe demonstrates the 'pro-arbitration approach of the English court'.
Trump administration u-turns on suits against law firms
Justice department will seek to enforce executive orders, hours after moving to drop the plan.
Hale: Labour should listen to Greens on 'real people'
Former Supreme Court president says European Convention on Human Rights wrongly blamed for issues bothering politicians.
Millions will receive car finance compensation this year, says FCA
Claimants who use CMC or law firm could lose over 30% of their compensation, regulator warns.
Midlands legal network makes first move in ambitious growth drive
Family business will be brought under the FBC Manby Bowdley umbrella through deal.
Law firms face higher AML fines and more inspections than accountants
Latest oversight body report reveals that fines imposed on law firms have reached a record high.
Veteran silk denies tax evasion charges
KC spoke only to confirm his name and deny the charges against him.
MoJ lays bare solicitor disparity in judicial appointments
Evidence to the Senior Salaries Review Body’s review of the judicial pay structure reveals recruitment difficulties.
Director exits triggered collapse of Chinese satellite firm
Zhong Lun Law Firm was wound down at the end of last year after failing to secure insurance.
Trump abandons attempts to punish law firms
US Justice Department drops efforts to appeal court rulings finding executive orders unconstitutional.
SRA told to reveal what it knew in build-up to PM Law collapse
Oversight regulator acting swiftly in response to sudden closure of law firm network.
It's a wonderful language
Claimants' closing submissions in the dieselgate claim run to 721 pages.
Asylum reforms 'stand in tension' - Law Society
Home secretary makes refugee status subject to review every 30 months.
LinkedIn 'like' leads to sanction for magistrate
Office holder apologised and promptly deleted the 'like', JCIO says.
Memory lane
Super-exam, e-conveyancing trial, divorce bill and the Solicitors Acts: a stroll down Gazette memory lane.
Six years on, Gazette Towers rises from the ashes
Restoration of Grade 11* listed building is finally complete.
'Dieselgate': Three weeks of closing submissions begin
Claim brought on behalf of more than 1.6 million vehicle owners is one of the largest group actions ever.
'Stay away from windows': Gulf law firms batten down
Thousands of lawyers in United Arab Emirates advised to stay put - and register their presence with the FCDO.
Irwin Mitchell reaffirms commitment to Sheffield with office move
Firm now has 24 offices nationwide - but none bigger than in the city where it was founded in 1912.
Shoosmiths staff compete to win £25,000 or new car
National firm offering prize for the best ideas to build better client relationships or results.
North-west claims firm closes as key funder pulls capital
Director says AWH Solicitors was unable to secure funding for ongoing caseload: ’the market simply isn’t there’.
Suspension for running unauthorised sole practice
The SDT also placed conditions on the solicitor’s practise after her suspension ends and ordered she pay £22,140 costs.
Save the date: MPs to debate jury curbs on 10 March
Justice committee issues call for evidence ahead of second reading of Courts and Tribunals Bill.
In depth: Lord chancellor stands firm on jury trial curbs
Criminal lawyers have united to oppose jury trial curbs, but David Lammy is refusing to budge. Backbench MPs may yet pitch an eleventh-hour compromise plan.
DPM deadbats curveball
David Lammy is wily enough to have expected a curveball or two following his speech at London’s Excel centre.
Mazur mania at the RCJ
The Court of Appeal rarely attracts such a swarm that an overspill room has to be allocated.
‘Unfair and unlawful’ SEND consultation facing challenge
A letter before claim has been sent to education secretary Bridget Phillipson
Appeal over Qur’an burning acquittal dismissed
Lord Justice Warby and Ms Justice Obi did not consider the Crown court’s reasoning to contain ‘any logical flaw’.
AI pioneer brands 'probabilistic' tech as unsuitable for law
Use of generative artificial intelligence in legal services has come under attack - from the founder of an AI-based law firm.
'Game changing' AI listing to help clear court backlog
Criminal Courts Improvement Group hears from the lady chief justice and courts minister Sarah Sackman.
Court of Appeal hears from Julia Mazur
Claimants in original case make submissions as this week’s hearing of CILEX appeal reaches its conclusion.
In depth: Mazur landmark appeal concludes
Julia Mazur’s spouse criticises law firms and regulators for ‘losing sight of the interests of the public’ amid fight to decide who can conduct litigation.
Land Registry tells PM Law clients to quickly instruct new solicitors
HM Land Registry acknowledges complexity of land registration in guidance for clients of firm that suddenly closed.
Jury curbs could price defendants out of legal aid
Crown court has a higher income threshold for legal aid eligibility than the magistrates' court.
Witnesses and experts could be required to come clean on AI
New rules by the Civil Justice Council propose that reports submitted to court may need to be accompanied by declarations they are not generated with artificial intelligence.
Magistrate given formal advice for 'shouting'
Office holder denied shouting but said his behaviour had been ‘out of character’, JCIO says.
Mazur Day Three: SRA submits decision should stand; Julia Mazur addresses court
Our minute-to-minute coverage from the Royal Courts of Justice.
Tick-box error not fatal to costs bill, Court of Appeal rules
Judge rules that bill can still be valid in spite of minor defect on the costs form.
Lammy unveils Courts and Tribunals Bill
Lord chancellor promises 'serious reform and practical modernisation to get cases heard faster'.
Ex-solicitor jailed for 13 years over cell assaults
Lawyer was ‘supposed to help defendants navigate the criminal justice system, not sexually abuse them in the midst of it’.
Campaign calls on solicitors to share their knowledge in schools
Big Legal Lesson helps pupils aged five to 18 to understand the rule of law.
Magistrate sanctioned over campaign leaflet
JCIO spokesperson says office-holder's conduct ‘was a failure to exercise due diligence’.
MPs hear new plea for mandatory pro bono
Firms doing a lot of government work should expect to give something back, law professor tells Commons justice committee.
LIVE: Court of Appeal hears submissions on day two of crucial Mazur case
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Mazur day two: Law Society to urge court to reject CILEX appeal
Crucial case set to resume in the Court of Appeal as Law Society and SRA prepare interventions.
Cricket club on the stump
What portends the arrival of lazy summer days and daze better than the dull thwack of leather on willow? Soon it will be time to dig out those battered old pads from the loft for another cricket season. If it ever stops raining.
Society lambasts Lammy on jury reform
Government pressing ahead with 'swift courts' in which judge alone hears cases carrying a sentence of up to three years.
'Vile' defence solicitor used his power to prey, sentencing judge hears
Court hears victim impact statements about retired lawyer convicted last year of five counts of sexual assault.
Lammy hints at lifeline for LawtechUK
Government to invest £4.5m in promoting legal technology sector, lord chancellor announces.
Lammy berates ‘conservative’ bar as he commits to jury trial curbs
Justice secretary says there is no automatic right to a jury trial and 'governments of all stripes' have changed the threshold.
Court backlog will top 200,000 without 'throwing the kitchen sink'
Curbs on jury trials will apply to cases in the current backlog, minister says.
Immigration solicitors face SRA probe over AI-generated cases
Judge also warns of the dangers of uploading confidential information into open AI tools.
Mazur day one: CILEX tells Court of Appeal that delegation is lawful
Court is warned that it could open a ‘can of worms’ by upholding findings of Mazur decision.
In depth: ‘Buildings alone will not deliver justice’
The UK’s biggest dedicated tribunal centre is a welcome addition to our beleaguered courts estate, but still insufficient without the right people to fill it.
Lammy to fund unlimited sitting days - but still curb jury trials
Judges will be free to hear as many cases as the court system can support in the 2026/27 financial year.
SRA warned not to go ahead with compliance officer split
Regulator says it wants more accountability and information to reduce the chances of high-profile failures.
Government will strip key power from SEND Tribunal
Special educational needs and disabilities court will lose the ability to name an educational setting.
LIVE: Court of Appeal hears submissions in crucial Mazur case
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Family courts warned over unqualified experts
Individuals who ‘hold themselves out to be psychologists’ but who are not registered or chartered should not be instructed.
Banker who gave false evidence under oath has sentence reduced
Court of Appeal judges say the former analyst ‘made false allegations…and fabricated evidence in order to obtain damages’.
Solicitor struck off over indecent image conviction
No sanction less than a strike off would be sufficient to protect the public and the reputation of the profession, SDT rules.
Court of Appeal blocks live stream of Mazur hearing
Court says decision to restrict online access was taken to manage expected demand.
High Court dismisses contempt applications against lawyers
Mr Justice Cotter also imposed an extended civil restraint order against the litigant in person following ‘totally without merit’ claims.
Barrister accused of inflating claimant’s losses reported to BSB by judge
Judge says particulars of claims contained multiple mistakes and wrongly overstated pleaded losses.
Sorry Sir Brian, it’s thumbs down
I see that an upskirting case scheduled for four days before a district judge has been fixed for December 2027. How on earth has this been allowed to happen?
Mazur Monday: CILEX reveals its arguments as Court of Appeal case set to start
Representative body set to argue that Mazur ruling runs contrary to core purpose of Legal Services Act.
Receding into the distance
Forward planning is important, but the courts are forced to take this to extremes.
Iron law of marketing
Obiter is all for law firms supporting their local football teams by chucking some money their way. But choosing to sponsor a club’s full-time result tweet is always going to be tricky.