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Homebuying: MPs demand mandatory upfront information
Select committee says lessons can be learned from Scotland's home reports.
Clin neg lawyers say cost-cutting collaboration needs more time
Majority of court users raise concerns over early disclosure rules
Solicitor on written warning tried to cover up missed deadline
Menon contempt action 'novel and without historical precedent', says chambers
In depth: LAA cyber-attack - a year on
MoJ proposals on judicial terms and conditions 'constitutionally flawed'
Family solicitor who hired private investigator fined £17,500
Legal aid to be simplified for inquests
JR challenge to SEND reforms consultation
Sarah Rapson: ‘I know it is not going to go down well’
SRA plans shock budget raid on profession
'Increasingly unlikely' anyone will buy online legal advice firm LawBite
Litigant in person restrained from TikTok harassment of lawyers
Business team redundancies at A&O Shearman
NAHL shares climb as company returns to the black
Solicitor who wrote false client note avoids strike-off
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SRA failures: content or structure, or both?
We are approaching a crossroads with the regulator, and decisions will soon have to be made. First, we need urgently to decide what has gone wrong.
Mental Health Awareness Week: Legal education, wellbeing and the workplace
If we start early, we can foster healthy environments for aspiring and junior lawyers.
Best of the blogs - 10 May 2026
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Lawyer in the news: Connie Atkinson, Kingsley Napley
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AI for mid-size firms: 'It’s about not wanting to be left behind'
The global elite’s development of proprietary artificial intelligence tools dominates legal tech headlines, but AI is also transforming law’s mid-market. Joanna Goodman reports from the Gazette’s latest roundtable discussion.
Never make fun of a witness
Cheap gibes are both unkind and unlikely to benefit you.
Good law goes offshore
Founder announces transfer of ownership to a Jersey 'purpose' trust.
Great Leap forward
Law Society Art Group’s annual exhibition of members’ work kicks off ‘The Season’.
Memory lane
PI reforms battle, Dibbs' steps to incorporate and a leap into the light for conveyancing: a stroll down Gazette memory lane.
In depth: SFO struggles to hire lawyers – but is it getting value for money from external counsel?
Last year the SFO spent millions on external counsel as it struggled to recruit. The agency had little option, inspectors concede, but it could still improve the quality of its instructions and record-keeping.
When collaborative law works best
Legislation must do more than reverse PACCAR
Is the CJC’s radical masterplan workable?
Dispelling the myths about boutique firms
Children in need
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All the latest news from Solicitors Regulation Authority
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SRA seeks feedback on reforms as Business Plan published
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SRA consults on proposals to strengthen continuing competence requirements
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Reports find SQE to be robust with improvements made
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Update on support for clients of PM Law
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SRA to expand executive leadership team as part of operational excellence drive
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Regulators launch joint taskforce to crack down on poor practice in motor finance claims
Firm hire: Insurance disputes partner joins Norton Rose Fulbright
Firm promotion: Residential property lawyer joins Ellisons partnership
Firm hire: Irwin Mitchell welcomes agricultural and rural property specialist
Firm hires: Family lawyer duo join Hedges Law
Firm hire: Kuits Solicitors strengthens intellectual property team
Firm hire: Real estate and construction energy lawyer joins Winckworth Sherwood
Firm hire: Farrer & Co appoints senior counsel
Firm hire: Irwin Mitchell strengthens military team
Everything, from the antique to the modern
Anna Newport reviews 'Land Registration Manual'.
A book that challenges attitudes
David Pickup reviews 'Why Daddy’s Law Firm works with the Nice Oil Men'.
Adding to the energy transition debate
Dr Carlo Corcione reviews 'Hydrogen Regulation in Europe: Emerging Issues and Best Practices for the Clean Energy Transition'.
First book dedicated to a narrow subject
V. Charles Ward reviews 'Right to Manage: Law and Practice'.
A towering work of scholarship
David Glass reviews 'The Oxford Handbook of Jewish Law'.
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