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IBA 2026: Law firms 'more profitable' with private equity on board
‘Underprofessionalised’ legal businesses are often held together with ‘Blu-Tack and staples’, global bar conference hears.
IBA 2026: Citizens could draw lots to contact lawmakers, says ex-Google head
Co-owners short-changed as solicitor favoured interests of loyal client
Litigation funder to close after posting £87m loss
Conservative conference: crime 'hotspots' and sentencing on justice agenda
Judge warns against unlawful commercial surrogacy deals
Rugby claimants ordered to pay £1.5m over non-compliance with orders
Wanted Down Under: Australian firm launches UK recruitment drive
Society fears new legal support grant will have 'limited impact'
Partial U-turn on jury trial reforms
Lawyers lament historic former office destroyed by fire
SRA eyeing role of solicitors amid Man City fallout
Legal 500 site taken down after negative review fiasco
In depth: A rare moment of clarity at the Labour party conference
Magistrate’s Facebook posts lead to sanction
‘I strongly believe in institutions’: new lord chancellor takes his oath
Society moves to protect legal professional privilege
'Strong message': Society bolsters wellbeing and pro bono support
Third in two years: Norris sworn in as lord chancellor
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Best of the blogs - 4 October 2026
Missed our blogs this week? Here’s our top five…
Politics, proportionality and Palestine Action
Was the ban on Palestine Action a proportionate interference with the rights to freedom of expression and assembly?
The opening of the legal year: heavy robes, tourist selfies - and that choir
The swearing in of a new lord chancellor and a service at Westminster Abbey provided an interesting start to term.
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Partnership
Lawyer in the news: Oliver Schneider-Sikorsky, BCL Solicitors
My legal life: Sabrina Parker
Lawyer in the news: Steven James, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
My legal life: Simon Bruce, Dawson Cornwell
My legal life: Baljinder Singh Atwal, West Midlands Police
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Private client roundtable: 'It feels like it’s devaluing our profession'
Clients’ use of artificial intelligence is changing how they interact with law firms – and not always for the better. Joanna Goodman reports from the Gazette’s latest roundtable
Memory lane
IBA's legal independence alarm, a likely slash in CMC numbers, and a survey of solicitors’ ethnic origins: a stroll down Gazette memory lane.
Sham contracts and a tonne of bundles in Man City epic
Premier League’s independent report says case was ‘hard fought on both sides’. That’s probably an understatement.
They’re off! Lady chief justice starts the great legal race
Solicitors, legal executives and regulators join the Bar v Bench race - all in a good cause.
Legal luminaries pound the streets
Early risers tomorrow can cheer on judges, barristers and solicitors running for a good cause.
An academy for general counsel
Children in need
Private credit’s liquidity crunch – a new frontier
Courts must stand firm on privilege
AI regulation: Resistance movement
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All the latest news from Solicitors Regulation Authority
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SRA publishes independent review into its pre-intervention handling of PM Law
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SRA cautions profession about safe and responsible use of AI in legal sector
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Applications open for government's Advisory AI Growth Lab in legal services
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SRA continues planned expansion of executive leadership team
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SRA seeks feedback on reforms as Business Plan published
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SRA responds to feedback on its 2026/27 business plan and compensation fund proposals
Firm hires: Trio of new starters at IFLG
Firm hire: Real estate partner joins Norton Rose Fulbright
Firm hire: Partner appointment at Morr & Co
Firm hire: Optimal Solicitors welcomes clinical negligence and serious injury solicitor
Firm hire: Flint Bishop recruits corporate partner
Firm hire: New partner opens FM Family Law office in Bishop's Stortford
Firm hire: Dual-qualified solicitor joins Thackray Williams
Firm hire: Greenwoods Legal Services strengthens residential real estate team
International law and climate change
Simone Mamini reviews 'Sea-Level Rise and the Legal Stability of Maritime Zones'.
Useful roadmap for cross-border challenges
Léa Maynard reviews 'How to Deal with International Estates'.
Mind over matters
Sean Gordon reviews 'Preparing Lawyers for Technology Transformation: The Exponential Age Mindset'.
Assisted dying – across the divide
Melinda Giles reviews 'Do We Have the Right to Die? (Think Again) One big question. Two alternative answers'.
Fascinating and chilling account of counterculture
David Pickup reviews 'Outlawed: Responding to the Global rise of Sovereign Citizens and Legal Conspiracies'.
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