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Leveson defends plan to curb jury trials
More sitting days and cash not enough to save the criminal justice system from collapse, Sir Brian Leveson tells MPs.
Victims commissioner Newlove dies after short illness
Firm's top earner collects £2.6m after profit surge
Chambers obtains £2.75m money judgment over alleged fraud
Attorney general launches programme to engage youth on justice
Longer Acas conciliation period won’t fix tribunal backlog, lawyers warn
Pogust Goodhead to face former legal chief's 'whistleblower' claim
Solicitor cleared of any wrongdoing over costs
MoJ to issue divorce reform consultation 'by spring'
'A degree of dual regulation' will follow AML reform, government admits
School must reconsider demand to reveal legal bill
First solicitor suspended in fallout from Liverpool firm's collapse
Partnership advisers sound alarm over LLP tax raid
Rugby group claimants argue against 'oppressive' order
PI firm branches out into family
AI-generated expert report a 'gross breach of duty'
Barrister wins £250 top-up for 'entire weekend' of work
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Trump lawyer’s letter to the BBC – comfortingly familiar to media editors everywhere
Such letters always have so many points in common.
Stopping the rule of law from becoming the rule of cliché
Nothing original is ever said on the topic of rule of law at international legal meetings. We can’t even agree what the phrase actually means.
Fighting talk over China spy case collapse
Asked to explain why prosecutors had dropped a high-profile case against two men accused of spying for China, the attorney general came out fighting.
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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.
Memory lane
An unsuccessful challenge to a parking fine, rights of audience and German inventions: a stroll down Gazette memory lane.
Criminal justice crisis cuts Leveson short
Justice committee chair forced to wrap up meeting after 73 minutes.
Flying visit
This year's motivational speaker at the IBA was Jeff Skiles, the veteran first officer of US Airways Flight 1549 which landed in the Hudson River.
RCJ's Banksy is screened off again
Scrubbed graffiti's shadow was attracting a steady stream of visitors.
Pro bono: Good, for nothing
Advice projects highlighted for UK Pro Bono Week showcase a legal profession increasingly focused on strategically important advice against a backdrop of soaring unmet need. Katharine Freeland reports.
Family court delays fail to surprise lawyers
Presumption of contact: 'We need evidence-based reform'
Repealing the presumption of contact
Pro bono: Good, for nothing
The case for a fixed percentage fee
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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: Litigation lawyer joins BTTJ
Firm hire: Gilson Gray welcomes residential conveyancing head
Firm hires: Thrings
Firm hires: Actons
Firm hires: mfg Solicitors
Firm hire: McHale & Co welcomes motorbike claims team lead
Firm promotion: Morrish Solicitors appoints employment associate
Firm hires: Six trainees join TWM Solicitors
Normative legal order for the common good
Simone Mamini reviews 'A Theory of Global Energy Governance'.
Capital punishment on celluloid
Kevin McVeigh reviews 'Imagining the American Death Penalty: The Cultural Work of Popular Visual Representations'.
Genie out of the bottle
David Pickup reviews 'AI on Trial (second edition)' by Mark Deem and Peter Warren.
A hard reset
James Wilson reviews 'AI and the Legal Profession: Transforming the Future of Law (second edition)'.
Populism and the plebiscite
James E Hurford reviews 'Understanding Referendums: The Comparative Politics of Direct Democracy'.
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