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Former criminal bar chair Sidhu 'not a predator', tribunal hears
Bar Tribunals & Adjudication Service enters deliberations after hearing closing submissions from counsel for Bar Standards Board and Jo Sidhu.
Mahmood confirms whiplash tariff uplift - but lawyers left disappointed
More ‘dither and delay’? Government issues timetable for leasehold reform
Firm denies profiting from Post Office victims’ misery
Sidhu sees off some misconduct charges - but others remain
Government rules out immediate SLAPP legislation
Firm’s tribute to gifted young lawyer who died after car crash
Judge attacker given extra five months for contempt
Barrister who ignored suspension 'not fit' to stay in profession
Judge throws out solicitor's claim over 'AVOID AVOID' Google review
Credit hire reform could take 100,000 cases out of court
Court interpreting inquiry: government contractor corrects profit 'assumption'
Judge approves GLO to control mass Jaguar claims
'Immovables rule' has not moved, Supreme Court rules
SRA tells in-house lawyers they must report wrongdoing
Firm to pay solicitor £11,500 over unfair dismissal
Firm targets more acquisitions despite debts of £50m
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Stuck in the middle?
Mid-sized law firms are very far from being also-rans. Eduardo Reyes finds that they are dynamic actors, finding ways to innovate and endure by utilising service, structure, technology – and even a sense of mission.
Crimes changing with the seasons
January and February were for burglary, summer months were reserved for hotel theft, while October was the lorry hijack season.
TV lawyers: which show is the least authentic?
Obiter's piece on how wills are executed in EastEnders hit a nerve with readers.
Kemi Badenoch appears at the Post Office Inquiry
The Post Office Inquiry has gone on so long that Kemi Badenoch, a junior minister when it started, is now leader of the opposition.
Law firm ringside for Paul v Tyson
US firm spends big for the most exclusive seats in the house as Mike Tyson fights YouTuber Jake Paul.
SRA tells in-house lawyers they must report wrongdoing
Post Office scandal fallout prompts new ethical guidance for the 34,500 in-house solicitors.
Data page – November 2024
Europe’s pincer movement to combat SLAPPs
Are physically disabled people being excluded?
Succession planners
A safe way to die?
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All the latest news from Solicitors Regulation Authority
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Dedicated guidance issued to support in-house solicitors
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Consultation on potential changes to how client money is handled in the legal sector
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Report shows more AML action driving improvements
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Independent report finds complex picture behind overrepresentation of Black, Asian and minority ethnic solicitors in our enforcement processes
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Response to Legal Services Board's (LSB) review of events leading up to our intervention into Axiom Ince
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Research shows trust in legal services high
Firm hire: TWM Solicitors expands family team
Firm hires: Hodge Jones & Allen appoints three partners
Firm hire: Competition disputes partner joins Austen Hays
Firm hires: Glaisyers ETL welcomes trio of new starters
Owen White Catlin appoints new managing partner
Firm hires: Lodders recruits trio of trainees
Firm hire: Corporate tax specialist joins Charles Russell Speechlys
Firm hire: Freeths recruits real estate partner
Breaking bard: legal interpretation on a field of pain
Christopher Stanley reviews 'Descent into Darkness: An Explanatory Guide to Shakespeare’s Macbeth'.
Validity in the idea of the good
Max D Winthrop reviews Sean Coyle’s 'Natural Law and Modern Society'.
Setting the boundaries
Charles Clark reviews 'Borderlines in Private Law'.
Pedagogy reduced to the level of the nursery
James E Hurford reviews 'How to Account for Trauma and Emotions in Law Teaching'.
Horror faced by refugees unfolds in pacy thriller
David Pickup reviews William Kinread's 'Refuge'.
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