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OpinionParting shot
A degree of friction between regulators is perhaps healthy, but instances of outright hostility appear to be multiplying.
NewsOutgoing bar watchdog savages Legal Services Board
Bar Standards Board chair says regulatory structure established by Legal Services Act 2007 is ‘failing’.
NewsIn depth: Reeves spares justice – but no quick fix
The chancellor’s Spending Review pledged more cash for the criminal courts, the CPS and the probation service. Justice has been a ‘cinderella’ department for years, so is this finally changing?
OpinionCivil question
The Ministry of Justice budget will be over a third higher this year than in 2019–20 - and it is going to keep increasing. So what is there for lawyers to cavil about?
NewsReeves announces modest rise in justice spending
Extra money for the courts and to fund prison places as chancellor unveils her Spending Review.
News‘Fake’ citations: Civil Justice Council sets up AI working group
Lawyers need to actually read documents that they use artificial intelligence to summarise, stresses Lord Justice Birss.
OpinionSchooled by scandal
Shabana Mahmood demands changes to address SRA failures and prevent scandal akin to Axiom Ince from recurring. But how interventionist is the regulator now mandated to be?
NewsLIDW: Cherie Blair laments 'weaponisation' of conflict resolution
Omnia Strategy founder also wants arbitral tribunals to get tough on parties who play ‘fast and loose’ with their financial obligations.
NewsBarristers to be forced to come clean on client complaints
Information could be collected direct from chambers to improve oversight of complaints-handling, watchdog says.
NewsAxiom Ince collapse has ‘negatively affected trust in solicitors’, says lord chancellor
High-profile implosion dented public confidence in solicitors and brought ethics into the spotlight, says Shabana Mahmood.
OpinionSell-by dates
SME law firms are losing their appetite for mergers. Buyouts? That’s a different story.
NewsFast-expanding Knights forecasts higher profits as margins improve
Stockmarket-listed group has stepped up its acquisition strategy with a number of eye-catching buys.
NewsRussian litigants flood back to London courts
Some 93 nationalities were represented in commercial courts in 2024-25, a new record, with United Arab Emirates also climbing the charts.
OpinionMerger mania subsides
Appetite for mergers and acquisitions has ‘plummeted’, LexisNexis report finds.
NewsUK-EU summit: Law Society calls for talks on mutual recognition
'Dedicated dialogue' to take place on mutual recognition of professional qualifications.
NewsBreakthrough at last as India partially liberalises legal services
Foreign law firms will be permitted to practise - but not in Indian law, Bar Council of India announces.
OpinionCalling in the experts
Have you completed the Gazette’s pioneering joint survey with Bond Solon of how solicitors work with expert witnesses?
NewsMail sting solicitor 'destroyed' by disciplinary proceedings
SRA interventions should be sanctioned by the High Court, argues Gregory Treverton-Jones KC.
NewsA dollar a second? Hourly rates rocket at top global firms
Billing rates for senior lawyers are already 'exceptionally high' and fee inflation is rampant, new study finds.
NewsLondon legal giants unveil new partners - but don’t mention the ‘D’ word
Statistics and commentary on gender and ethnicity are absent from Freshfields and A&O Shearman announcements to the media.