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Foreign lawyer produced AI-generated false citations at SDT
Tribunal says that misleading use of cases produced through AI should lead to ultimate sanction.
No date yet for PACCAR legislation
'Normal person language': one in six consults AI for legal help
Employee-owned firm increases all-staff payment by 25%
Minister urged to move quickly on cohabitation reform
In depth: SRA beats partial retreat on compliance officer split
Enforcement action against SRA intensifies after latest failure
SRA missed numerous chances to halt PM Law losses, report finds
Axiom Ince: SRA making 'timely progress' on raising its game
Top 50 firm named and shamed for not paying minimum wage
Ombudsman fee hikes 'unfair and excessive', Law Society complains
SRA amends COLP/COFA rules following backlash
Decade-long saga ends with ENRC-SFO settlement
IPP sentences to be abolished 'by end of this parliament'
Milne SDT case to proceed despite conviction appeal
Minister promises to look at SRA’s anti-SLAPP powers
Firm hands staff 3% bonus despite dip in profits
Tug-of-war over Mariana dam claim as rivals claim leadership
SRA risks creating perverse incentive to pay off unhappy clients - Society
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PM Law mess was foreseeable, but the SRA wouldn't listen
Profession is likely to end up paying £30m for the PM Law client losses. But the warning signs were all there.
Not just the prison system in crisis
The government needs to give the same emergency treatment to legal aid as it is currently giving to prisons.
The independence of in-house lawyers - again
It was not a quiet August for in-house lawyers.
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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 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
Firm hire: Thomson Hayton Winkley welcomes family solicitor
Firm hire: Commercial property partner appointment at Machins Solicitors
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Simone Mamini reviews 'Polar Law' by Yoshifumi Tanaka.
How do we know what the River wants?
Michael Smith reviews 'Is a River Alive?' by Robert Macfarlane.
A story far rarer than revenge and redemption
Rebecca Ward reviews 'Picking Cotton'.
A legal thriller with a difference
David Pickup reviews 'The French Vendetta'.
Sequana and corporate governance
Zainab Zaeem reviews 'Directors and Creditors: Law and Liability'.
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