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Go to law and you’re out of our scheme, FCA tells motor finance claimants
Financial Conduct Authority tightens eligibility rules for people mis-sold motor finance between 2007 and 2024.
Civil legal aid providers given 'greater flexibility' on how to carry out work
Costs judge refuses detailed assessment of £174,000 invoices
Judge orders naming of barrister who cited AI-faked cases
Magistrate sanctioned for addressing colleagues 'discourteously'
Law firms brace as FCA prepares to unveil motor compensation scheme
In depth: Mesh scandal victims seek compensation after solicitor struck off
Former employee posted defamatory reviews of solicitor
Consultant labelled 'dishonest fraudster' struck off the roll
Community sentences need investment, magistrates say
In depth: Gaming tokens 'theft' case stakes out new legal terrain
Family pet campaign secures parliamentary bill
Senior partner's evidence 'lacking credibility' in client dispute
Call for training and appraisals to improve treatment of defendants
Palantir primed to access law firm AML data
SRA defends zero tolerance approach to Dentons AML case
Ethics first, client second: Lawyers told to prioritise wider duties
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Lawyers and migration: a landmark case
Regvar v Slovenia may not be a classic case of deportation, but the court may still struggle to resist the campaign to give member states more say over migration matters.
Best of the blogs - 29 March 2026
Missed our blogs this week? Here’s our top five…
Courts and Tribunals Bill: unexpected day of drama
Line-by-line scrutiny was replaced with action-packed day of evidence sessions featuring impressive lineup of witnesses.
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Partnership
My legal life: Matthew Vernon, Hill and Company
Lawyer in the news: Chris Hoole, Appleyard Lees
My legal life: Lewis Roberts, Rayden Solicitors
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Professional indemnity insurance: Playing hide and seek
Stable prices and ample capacity remain benign characteristics of the PII market, but some experts fear that cost does not reflect risk. Eduardo Reyes reports from the latest Gazette Roundtable
Memory lane
Land Registry for sale, personal injuries litigation, and Telex installation at Chancery Lane: a stroll down Gazette memory lane.
Battle of the brands
The propaganda war over the collective action regime can be a little hard to follow.
Transparency champion LSB forgets to open its own files
There is no mention of last month's board meeting on PM Law anywhere on the oversight regulator's page.
KC Day questions
Why bother with a process predisposed to ignore applications from outside the bar?
Novice solicitor lied about university career to get City job
Former in-house practitioner ‘created a persona that he thought was required for a role in private practice’.
'Lipstick is my armour'
National advice scheme for rape complainants
Remote controllers?
New act aims to streamline UK GDPR rules
Legal apprenticeships – a progress report
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All the latest news from Solicitors Regulation Authority
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Regulators launch joint taskforce to crack down on poor practice in motor finance claims
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Chief executive sets out priorities for change in 2026
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Update on the Solicitors Regulation Authority investigation on the Post Office Horizon IT scandal
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Ten-year diversity data shows improvements but more to be done
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SRA intervention into PM Law Ltd
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Update on the SRA's investigation into PM Law Ltd group
Firm hire: Penningtons Manches Cooper appoints partner
Firm hire: Medical negligence partner appointment at Stewarts
Double hire at Emsleys Solicitors
Firm hire: Agricultural team expands at Harrowells
Firm hire: Doyle Clayton appoints regulatory partner
Firm hire: Personal injury team leader joins Optimal Solicitors
Firm hire: Capsticks welcomes claims partner
Firm hire: Medical negligence partner joins Stewarts
Reaching across the divide
Michael Mansfield KC reviews 'How do we even talk about Palestine and Israel? One group's experience in unspoken territory'.
A doomed teenager who changed the course of justice
David Pickup reviews 'Failed Justice: the Craig and Bentley Case Revisited'.
From Kiszko to Dando – cases that went wrong
The World’s Biggest Miscarriages of Justice: When Justice Fails
Reverse MIDAS touch?
Sally Azarmi reviews 'Outsourcing Crimmigration Control'.
Shaping and shaped by 250 years of history
James E Hurford reviews 'The U.S. Supreme Court in American Society: Historical Perspectives'.
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