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SRA investigating potential fraud at collapsed PM Law
Regulator sharing results of its investigation with police and other authorities.
MoD to pilot free legal support for rape complainants
Court of Protection declines to replace single joint expert in capacity case
In depth: Lammy's plan to seize client account interest faces bitter opposition
Solicitor convicted of stalking faces SRA probe over leasehold 'threats'
Former employee secures unfair dismissal award against collapsed firm
SFO investigates 'troubling' disclosure issues
Expelled law student made 'bomb' threat to university
High Court dismisses JR over EHRC trans guidance
Firm launches scholarship in memory of much-loved late colleague
Private equity house shuns sale option to hold on to fast-growing firm
Profits surge at global outfit Kennedys
Judges slash dieselgate costs amid 'over-lawyering' concerns
New blow to SRA as solicitor cleared of 'SLAPP' behaviour awarded costs
Firm's trusted cashier barred over £200,000 theft
SRA makes emergency compensation payments to PM Law clients
MoJ cautions against proposed 'drill music' safeguard
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Health outcome statistics for women expose a ‘gender pain gap’. With a sky-high clinical negligence bill, how can law and lawyers work with patients, clinicians and health trusts to narrow the divide? Eduardo Reyes reports from the latest Gazette roundtable.
King’s councillor
Waltham Forest Council’s principal lawyer has a notable meeting with the monarch.
Email is just phoning it in
A generational divide appears over the willingness to get on the ‘dog ’n bone’.
Roses are red, lawyers are grey
Here’s a grim press release for Valentine’s Day.
Getting away with murder
Sleepwalking used as a defence.
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’.
Sarah Rapson: 'There is a reset to do at the SRA'
Raising the age of responsibility
Digital access to court files
Office politics: commercial property
A world of difference: Alternative careers in law
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All the latest news from Solicitors Regulation Authority
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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
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SRA intervention into PM Law Ltd
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FCA and SRA issue joint warning to firms representing motor finance commission claims
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The SQE: Four Years On - new report highlights diversity and assesses factors affecting performance
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SRA warning notice over 'no win, no fee' practices
Firm hire: Real estate appointments at Addleshaw Goddard
Firm hire: Harrogate Family Law welcomes senior lawyer
Firm hire: Senior employment lawyer joins Blandy & Blandy
Firm hire: Grosvenor Law welcomes white collar crime lead
Firm hire: Maguire Family Law appoints Manchester head
Firm hire: Family law specialist joins mfg Solicitors
Firm hire: Residential property partner appointment at Ramsdens
Firm hire: Clinical negligence team strengthened at Medical Solicitors
Polar exploration
Dr Carlo Corcione reviews 'Elgar Concise Encyclopedia of Polar Law'.
The ruling classes
David Pickup reviews 'Judging' by Ross Cranston.
Managing the immigration paradox
'In Our Interest: How Democracies Can Make Immigration Popular'
A pandemic of inhumanity
Christopher Stanley reviews 'Law and Inhumanity: Dehumanization, Silent Claims and Atrocity Crimes'.
Giving political cover to legal decisions
James E Hurford reviews 'Rethinking Legitimacy: Courts, Constitutions and Politics'.
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