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‘Public access barrister’ practised while suspended
Bar Standards Board says disbarment shows ‘seriousness of misconduct as well as repeated nature of failures to comply with regulatory obligations’.
New board to ‘modernise approach to open justice’
Post Office live: Solicitor dismissed disclosure request as 'fishing expedition'
SRA fines sole practitioner £5,000 over accounts failings
Firm to pay costs of hearing sought by confused LiP
Lawyer warned of giving ‘ammunition’ to Post Office victims
Losses mount at Rosenblatt owner after 'challenging' year
Oversight regulator promises ‘pro-innovation’ approach to AI
Competition watchdog unveils guidance for unregulated legal providers
Partner promotions dip at Clifford Chance
Bail hearings become remote by default
Post Office live: Barrister and former head of legal face questions
'Technical amendments' as government plugs gaps in PACCAR bill
CILEX enters homebuying information pack row
In depth: In conversation with the head of the GLD
Companies owned by Axiom Ince boss go down with £3m debts
Government hints at action on ‘unregulated experts’
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Bar watchdog in the red
Bar Standards Board accepts performance review findings and vows to raise its game.
Mother in Law: Rules of engagement with a hoarder
Diary of a busy practitioner, juggling work and family somewhere in England.
April is the SLAPP-iest month
The subject of strategic litigation against public participation continues to generate enormous publicity.
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Partnership
My legal life: Rachel Jaysan, Child & Child
Lawyer in the news: Ayesha Vardag, Vardags
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Lawyer in the news: Gerry Liston, Global Legal Action Network
My legal life: Monica Kapur, Isadore Goldman
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Double indemnity
Greater choice is driving a more competitive PII renewal round. Eduardo Reyes reports from the latest Gazette roundtable discussion.
Post Office probe gets intimate
Malapropism highlighted in last week’s hearing prompts snorts of amusement.
Judges primed for a turf war?
Did the prime minister’s statement on his plans to ‘stop the boats’ spark a constitutional row with HM Judiciary?
Disaplinary breach
The SDT needs to have a word with its sign-writer.
Memory lane
Heralding the ‘Wi-Fi era’, a supreme vision for a new court, and a solicitor in the Grand National: a stroll down Gazette memory lane.
In depth: Post Office Inquiry shocks even the cynical
Two former general counsel and a head of legal appeared at the Post Office Horizon Inquiry last week. What was revealed shocked even the cynical – and there is a lot more to come yet.
'Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success.' Henry Ford
Touching the void
Ghost in the machine
Maternity leave: My perspective as a deputy senior partner
TA6 Property Information Form update
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All the latest news from Solicitors Regulation Authority
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SRA finds firms are aware of SLAPP issues, but need to be clearer when instructing third parties
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SRA starts search for new Board Chair
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Year two review of SQE shows continued improvements
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SRA consults on potential regulation of CILEX students and paralegals
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SRA wants views on suite of support for in-house solicitors
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SRA launches review of consumer protection
Contentious probate specialist retires after 27 years at mfg Solicitors
Firm hire: Bridge McFarland welcomes commercial property partner
Firm hires: Actons recruits new family team
Firm promotions: Partner and associate appointments at Clough & Willis
Firm hires: Chartered legal exec and five paralegals join Johnson Law Group
Firm promotions: Four new partners at Gowling WLG
Firm promotion: Duncan & Toplis appoints head of legal services
Firm hire: Fieldfisher expands pensions practice
On Arbitration: VV Veeder QC, selected writings and contributions to the development of law
by Sam Wordsworth KC and Marie Veeder.
Vintage Crime: A Short History of Wine Fraud
by Rebecca Gibb.
Ethical Data Science – Prediction in the Public Interest
by Anne L Washington.
AI and the Legal Profession: Transforming the Future of Law
by Uwais Iqbal et al.
Clinical Negligence (6th edition)
by Michael Powers KC and Anthony Barton.
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