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Two more firms acquired by growing consolidator
Orwins Group takes on established Yorkshire firm and boutique London practice.
MoJ reveals £1.5m cashpot to fund criminal bar pupillages
Prison laundry rooms to be converted into cells
Trainee jailed for cyberflashing court client
Firm vows to scrap billable fee model and charge based on output
Divorce order finally made after 15 listed hearings
'Women will suffer' in criminal bar sustainability plan
Generation game: Firm ownership passes from father to son
Court of Appeal throws out 'wasteful' data protection claim against DWF
Supreme Court opens immersive exhibition
Solicitor claimed to fear for his job as he backdated letter
Inspectors praise 'unseen' military court operation
In-house lawyer representatives seek to defend privilege at European court
Appeal for housing lawyers to continue late solicitor's 'invaluable' blog
Ombudsman defends fairness of publishing cases in full
Home Office caseworker wrongly accessed files in second job as trainee
Indemnity costs should follow council's compulsory purchase defeat, rules tribunal
Separating COLP and COFA roles could force firms to close, SRA warned
Moonlighting solicitor struck off for lying to boss
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The independence of in-house lawyers - again
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All the latest news from Solicitors Regulation Authority
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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
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SRA consults on new proposals to strengthen requirements for solicitors using or arranging third-party litigation funding in consumer claims
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
Firm hires: Employment trio joins Doyle Clayton
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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'.
Do good buildings make good law?
Tom Proverbs-Garbett reviews 'International Law and Architecture'.
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