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MPs demand answers on asylum reform
Justice select committee queries need to establish new appeals body and where money to fund early legal advice is coming from.
Solicitor appeals SDT sanction over 'without prejudice' email
Non-legal tribunal member not a 'worker', employment tribunal finds
Payne Hicks Beach toasts record growth and profits
Ex-solicitor refused restoration 16 years after strike-off
Pakistan's 'structural assault' on judicial independence condemned
Budget 25: Government mulls ban on non-compete clauses
Budget 25: Chancery Lane welcomes LLP tax reprieve
Budget 2025 highlights and reaction: LLP members spared tax raid; no regulation of tax advisers
Judiciary not told of asylum changes, lady chief justice reveals
Exclusive: Lawyers urge Lammy - and the Law Society - to defend solicitor who brought Hamas case
Lammy's reported curb on jury trials 'a step too far'
CILEX wins permission to challenge Mazur ruling
Family hearing abandoned over father's death threats to barrister
Class action looms over LAA cyber attack
Consumers treated as 'collateral damage' in Mazur washup
Former prosecutor disbarred over 'dishonest' £44,000 invoices
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Menopause at work: Progress, challenges and the way forward
Legislative change is on the horizon. Organisations that act now won't just comply with tomorrow's law - they'll retain today's talent.
Just start nuclear: here's how
Two new reports propose measures to repair a dysfunctional regulatory system.
Kim Kardashian’s psychics and the digitalisation of justice
In due course, all justice will be digitalised and we will all be properly trained. But when, and with what resources?
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Partnership
My legal life: Alice Cutler, qualified solicitor and Miss GB
Behind the headlines: Remembering Simone White
My legal life: Simon Beccle, Payne Hicks Beach
Lawyer in the news: Jeremy Hertzog, Mishcon de Reya
My legal life: Rebekah Woods, Mackenzie Jones Solicitors
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Clinical negligence roundtable: Speaking up, speaking out
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.
Send in the clowns
Shakespeare’s sense of humour goes on trial before a High Court judge.
Naturist fears northern judges' 'unconscious bias'
Judicial review claim is believed to be only the second naturism case to reach the High Court.
A subtext for a moral crusade?
‘It’s a witch-hunt,’ said my friend Tony, referring to the Windsor-Giuffre saga.
Memory lane
An unsuccessful challenge to a parking fine, rights of audience and German inventions: a stroll down Gazette memory lane.
Whistleblowing and the in-house solicitor: facing the challenge
Whistleblowing is one of the clearest expressions of ethical integrity in action. It is also one of the most personally and professionally risky actions a solicitor can take.
Half a century of getting even
Damage limitation
A better legal framework for the Square Mile
Data protection and a disgraced prince
The rise of travel as a wellness benefit: Why time off isn’t enough
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All the latest news from Solicitors Regulation Authority
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SRA apologises and fully accepts recommendations of SSB review
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SRA calls for views to shape further robust action on claims
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SRA acts on concerns about law firm practices on high-volume claims
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SRA awards £360,000 for disadvantaged candidates to take SQE
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SRA and FCA warn law firms and claims management companies over poor practices in motor finance commission claims
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SRA appoints Sarah Rapson as new Chief Executive Officer
Firm hire: Shakespeare Martineau
Firm hire: Capital markets expert joins Trowers as partner
Firm hire: TWM Solicitors appoints commercial property partner
Firm promotion: Dispute resolution partner appointment at Machins Solicitors
Firm hire: Litigation lawyer joins BTTJ
Firm hire: Gilson Gray welcomes residential conveyancing head
Firm hires: Thrings
Firm hires: Actons
Addressing the elephant in the room
Dr Carlo Corcione reviews 'Elgar Concise Encyclopedia of Animal Law'.
Dispatches from the front
Anna Newport reviews 'Conveyancing Handbook (32nd edition)'.
What kings and queens can do
David Pickup reviews 'Royal Law: Prerogative Foundations' by Robert Craig.
'Brexit' US-style
James E Hurford reviews 'American Law in a Global Context: The Basics (2nd edition)'.
Nuremberg (2025)
Directed by James Vanderbilt.
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