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Funders must wait for PACCAR solution - Sackman
Any legislation to deal with litigation funding uncertainty will not be retrospective in effect, minister suggests.
Court of Appeal attacks council's 'radical interference with family life'
Society welcomes extension of Swiss access deal
Tribunal member sanctioned for using phone in hearings
Government seeks evidence for whiplash review
Scrapping class actions would fuel anti-competitive behaviour, bar warns
NHS trusts cannot reclaim car parking VAT, Supreme Court rules
In depth: Parental alienation in child custody cases
Family president announces departure as he highlights value of solicitors
Solicitor who advised both prosecution witness and defendant suspended
Post Office victims' compensation battle 'worse than original injustice'
Solicitor judge reappointed as senior judicial commissioner
Society welcomes renters' rights legislation
Former trader Hayes returns to court seeking $400m in damages
Firm boss struck off for taking client money and issuing bad cheques
No offers to buy ‘Ping your Lawyer’ app which cost millions
New whistleblowing guidance for in-house lawyers
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How junior and mid level solicitors can advance their careers
Advancing as a solicitor isn’t just about clocking up years of experience.
We are not alone
Immigration through the lens of the legal profession.
The ECHR: legal and political fault lines
The question is not whether the European Convention on Human Rights is outdated, but if the political narrative around it is eroding the very trust it was designed to uphold.
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My legal life: Elizabeth Duan, DR Solicitors
Lawyer in the news: Jess Steele, Freshfields
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My legal life: Helen Bunker, Blake Morgan
Darragh Mackin, Phoenix Law
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Roundtable: Coming forward - supporting profitability and growth
In seeking business success, law firms lean ever harder on functions that were traditionally ‘back office’ – and clients are noticing. Eduardo Reyes reports from the Gazette’s latest roundtable discussion, sponsored by Travelers.
Memory lane
Lifting ban on lawyer adverts and celebrating 25 years of legal aid: a stroll down Gazette memory lane.
Week link
Gird your loins for London Arbitration Week, five days and nights of brainstorming and networking.
Name dropping
Lawyer cuts through the flummery of stripping titles.
SRA sorrows come not in single (s)pies
History repeated itself at the SRA’s compliance conference. As tragedy or farce. You be the judge.
New whistleblowing guidance for in-house lawyers
Latest version of ethics framework considers how a solicitor’s duty to whistleblow could conflict with client confidentiality.
Mona Rigsby: A pioneering woman in Caribbean law
Commercial property: Space race
Skeleton arguments
Chatting with AI: practice, privilege and problems
Risk of unfairness in historical prosecutions
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All the latest news from Solicitors Regulation Authority
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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
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SRA awards £360,000 for disadvantaged candidates to take SQE
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SRA and FCA warn law firms and claims management companies over poor practices in motor finance commission claims
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SRA appoints Sarah Rapson as new Chief Executive Officer
Firm hire: Litigation lawyer joins BTTJ
Firm hire: Gilson Gray welcomes residential conveyancing head
Firm hires: Thrings
Firm hires: Actons
Firm hires: mfg Solicitors
Firm hire: McHale & Co welcomes motorbike claims team lead
Firm promotion: Morrish Solicitors appoints employment associate
Firm hires: Six trainees join TWM Solicitors
Act of inhumanity that heralded the end of slavery
Michael Cross reviews 'The Zorg: A Tale of Greed, Murder and the Abolition of Slavery'.
A lower tier of rights?
James E Hurford reviews 'Rethinking the Law of Private Property' by Jan G Laitos.
No mere legal shapeshifter
Christopher Stanley reviews 'The Reasonable Person: A Legal Biography' by Valentin Jeutner.
Hale goes back to her roots
With the Law on Our Side: How the Law Works for Everyone and How We Can Make it Work Better.
Fighting for the right to say your piece
David Pickup reviews 'On the Law of Speaking Freely' by Adam Tomkins.
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