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Solicitors braced for potential changes to client account
SRA planning to open consultation next week in response to consumer protection review.
Surrey magistrates' 'standard practice' declared unlawful by High Court
Act now on new ‘failure to prevent’ offence, GCs warned
French court 'wholly responsible' for 20-year delay in arresting Welsh man
Firm loses appeal against directors who quit to run their own business
Solicitor Harman honoured with lifetime achievement award
Mexico: Supreme Court fails to halt reform
'Changing lives': Pro Bono Week gets under way
Minister pledges to 'fundamentally reform' SJP system if poor practice continues
Phase out the word 'shoplifting', Lords committee tells Home Office
Drug baron sacked solicitors to 'manipulate' trial process
SRA chair says Axiom Ince issues are 'history for us'
New MPs urged to 'travel to the legal aid coalface'
Judge's 'swearing in the north' remarks make national headlines
IP renewal commission claim settles ahead of hearing
Mexico: 'Constitutional crisis' looms over judicial elections
Professional bodies should regulate legal AI, say lawyers
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SRA wants profession to move on from Axiom Ince - but won’t apologise
The regulator chair’s argument that issues are 'history' will infuriate those waiting for answers.
Doing the right thing
What happens if a regulator which has been publicly exposed does not respond in the way in which it expects those whom it regulates to behave?
Are solicitors blinded by an ‘ideology of zeal’?
Two leading academics specialising in professional ethics have raised the question.
My legal life: Dona Awano, Amphlett Lissimore
Lawyer in the news: Joel Leigh, Howard Kennedy
My legal life: Dr Emma Ireton, Nottingham Law School
Lawyer in the news: Jess Alden, Slateford
My legal life: Dion Calder, Bailey Wright & Co
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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.
Shadow of a colossus
Obiter has been keeping an eye on the omnivorous mega trial in Municipio de Mariana, Rodovia Juscelino Kubitschek and others v BHP Group Ltd and another.
Quires invisible
A pleasing reduction in paper consumption at the Supreme Court.
Waiting game
Chronology in last week's Axiom Ince report provides intriguing hints about why it all took much longer than expected.
Picture of a pioneer
Official portrait unveiled of Law Society’s first president of colour.
Act now on new ‘failure to prevent’ offence, GCs warned
Government publishes guidance on offence created under the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act.
Climate litigation: A change in the weather
Trauma training should be mandatory
Building bridges
Fitness to drive and mandatory testing
Ethics of in-house
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All the latest news from Solicitors Regulation Authority
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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
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Revised 2024/25 Business Plan published
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Updated resources to help firms comply with transparency rules
Firm hire: Freeths recruits real estate partner
Firm hires: Trio of solicitors join Bond Turner
Firm hires: Two NQs join Furley Page
Firm hire: Banking and finance partner joins Howard Kennedy
Firm promotions: Osbornes Law appoints three partners
Firm hires: Senior associate and NQ join Debenhams Ottaway’s corporate and commercial team
Reeds Solicitors opens office in Exeter
Firm hire: Planning specialist joins Weightmans as partner
Examining how judges think
Tom Proverbs-Garbett reviews 'Universals of Legal Reasoning by Judges: A Plea for Candour in Decision-Making' by Thomas Lundmark.
Four stories of the criminal courts
David Pickup reviews Her Honour Wendy Joseph KC’s ’Rough Justice’.
When legal worlds collide
David Glass reviews Adrian Briggs' 'The Conflict of Laws – Fifth Edition'.
Shame, blame and social control
Kevin McVeigh reviews 'Canceling Lawyers: Case Studies of Accountability, Toleration, and Regret' by W. Bradley Wendel.
Handy legal primer for aspiring lawyers
David Pickup reviews Ronald and Daniel Sokol's 'A Young Person’s Guide to Law and Justice'.
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