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LiPs set for uplift on £19 hourly rate
Rule committee looking into hourly rate that has been unchanged for 10 years.
Coroner calls for restriction on young drivers
Judicial review ‘speedy and simple’, Supreme Court rules
SRA goes after another City firm over historical payments
Magistrate advised over comments betraying ‘unconscious bias’
Solicitor who made misleading declaration ordered to pay £40,000
Equality duty will not undermine cab rank rule, says BSB chief
Campaigners call for resurrection of standalone SLAPPs bill
National firm reports £14m loss on £19m turnover
Human oversight of AI is doomed, master of rolls predicts
Judge stops mother’s court action after children refused to see her
Lawyers still waiting for outcome of whiplash tariff review
Managing partner asked junior to lie in client email
Quinn Emanuel ordered to reveal ‘middleman’ in alleged arbitration forgery
Metamorph chief back in business with new director post
Fresh legal risk guidance for government lawyers
Slater and Gordon in court over settlement deduction claim
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Post Office Inquiry: Five key questions for the GC to answer
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Roundtable: Sale agreed?
Modern conveyancing has ‘specialisms within itself’, reflecting the complexity of a process that is too often assumed to be simple or capable of being ‘standardised’. Eduardo Reyes reports from the latest Gazette roundtable discussion.
Memory lane
Government help for LiPs, police checks for child law solicitors and the Post Office goes metric: a stroll down Gazette memory lane.
£150k job vacancy: relevant skills optional
The Law Commission is on the hunt for two new commissioners.
Cruel summer: attorney general asked about Taylor Swift
Richard Hermer KC tells journalists he can't say if he advised government on the singer - let alone what that advice might have been.
Court stats? 404 error page. Just keep waiting
'Concerns about the quality' of court statistics may be more serious than first admitted.
Post Office Inquiry: Five key questions for the GC to answer
Legal sector set to follow general counsel’s extended appearance before the inquiry on Friday.
Lessons from solicitor apprenticeships and the SQE
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Shining a light on domestic abuse in financial remedy proceedings
ESG regulation – and litigation
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All the latest news from Solicitors Regulation Authority
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Revised 2024/25 Business Plan published
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Updated resources to help firms comply with transparency rules
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Asylum seeker review highlights general good practice and areas for improvement
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Compensation fund increases confirmed, while practising fees to remain unchanged
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SRA named one of Britain's top 20 LGBT-inclusive employers
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Board gives go-ahead for CILEX change
Firm hire: Freeths recruits real estate partner
Firm hires: Trio of solicitors join Bond Turner
Firm hires: Two NQs join Furley Page
Firm hire: Banking and finance partner joins Howard Kennedy
Firm promotions: Osbornes Law appoints three partners
Firm hires: Senior associate and NQ join Debenhams Ottaway’s corporate and commercial team
Reeds Solicitors opens office in Exeter
Firm hire: Planning specialist joins Weightmans as partner
Safe as houses – avoiding common pitfalls
Anna Newport reviews 'Post-completion: A Conveyancer’s Guide to Process, Risk and Compliance'.
A new theory of human rights
James Wilson reviews Christian H Kälin's 'Citizenship and Human Rights'.
The origins of a court where political bias holds sway
Michelle Gresty reviews 'The U.S. Supreme Court: A Very Short Introduction'.
Charting the LPP journey
Martin Rackstraw reviews 'Legal Professional Privilege in Criminal Investigations and Proceedings'.
It’s all in the execution
Paul Bennett reviews Execution of Documents: A Practical Guide (4th edition) by Mark Anderson and Victor Woroner.
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