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Third solicitor faces SDT over Mail sting
Immigration practitioner denies telling undercover reporter that marriage would help asylum claim.
Action needed to save City, says lobby group
In-house lawyers say whistleblowing guidance is 'unworkable'
LAA cyber attack: MPs demand answers on compensation
In depth: SRA on the ropes over alleged SLAPPs after third defeat
'Impecunious' former Fieldfisher clients must pay £1.5m in fees
Magistrate 'aggressively criticised' judicial training course
High Court splits ex-postmaster Castleton’s fraud claim
No solicitors in latest annual silk round
Law lecturer brings action against student over 'sex-for-marks' defamation
Day of the Endangered Lawyer focuses on United States
Wheelchair user inspired by his own case to pursue law career
Treasury urged to rethink on tax adviser registration
Motor injury claims fall to lowest level on record
Judicial diversity strategy targets High Court and Court of Appeal
Former minister joins bar as conduct commissioner
Legal executives in limbo amid authorisation delays
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Clinical negligence roundtable: Speaking up, speaking out
Health outcome statistics for women expose a ‘gender pain gap’. With a sky-high clinical negligence bill, how can law and lawyers work with patients, clinicians and health trusts to narrow the divide? Eduardo Reyes reports from the latest Gazette roundtable.
'Don’t laugh, he’s better than you'
I heard some great (and lesser) solicitor advocates in magistrates’ courts.
MBE for legal aid royalty
The Solicitors’ Charity trustee Audrey Ludwig collects her MBE from Princess Anne at Windsor Castle.
'Hotshot' hair and the spare
Press photographers camped outside the side entrance to the Royal Courts of Justice this week, to catch a glimpse of Prince Harry.
Exhibition showcases frontline lawyers
'On the Front Line for Justice', in the Law Society library, is open until 20 March.
In-house lawyers say whistleblowing guidance is 'unworkable'
Advice issued last October 'falls short in a number of areas and risks exacerbating current problems'.
Split decisions
Glass half empty or full? Where now for the SFO?
Going native at law’s next frontier
Sound judgement needed in specialist claims
Equity by design: integrating EDI
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All the latest news from Solicitors Regulation Authority
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SRA strengthens executive team with new Executive Director for Transformation
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New report charts perceptions of Solicitors Qualifying Examination
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SRA consults on new proposals to strengthen safeguards for client money
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SRA apologises and fully accepts recommendations of SSB review
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SRA calls for views to shape further robust action on claims
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SRA acts on concerns about law firm practices on high-volume claims
Firm hire: Senior employment lawyer joins Blandy & Blandy
Firm hire: Grosvenor Law welcomes white collar crime lead
Firm hire: Maguire Family Law appoints Manchester head
Firm hire: Family law specialist joins mfg Solicitors
Firm hire: Residential property partner appointment at Ramsdens
Firm hire: Clinical negligence team strengthened at Medical Solicitors
Firm hire: mfg Solicitors welcomes corporate partner
Firm hire: Construction disputes expert joins HCR Law
Tools of the trade
Jasper Wong and James E Hurford review 'Law’s Sources'.
A Vienna whirl through the treaty maze
Simone Mamini reviews 'The Vienna Conventions on the Law of Treaties (2nd edition)'.
Witness wellbeing framework
HHJ Damien Lochrane reviews 'The Conscious Witness Handbook'.
Standard bearers
James Wilson reviews 'Global Standards and EU Law: Challenges for the EU Principles of Good Governance'.
Being a Trainee Solicitor: How to Survive and Thrive
Elizabeth Tarling reviews Tom Proverbs-Garbett's guide.
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