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Unmasking law: The woman aiming to reshape the profession for neurodivergent minds
Innovative conference will this month bring together neurodivergent people to help them thrive.
SFO secures first deferred prosecution agreement for four years
Attorney general spearheads public legal learning
MoJ stonewalls on reports of High Court shakeup
Super-silk’s hourly rate slashed by more than half in Nigeria case
Work experience to equity: Solicitors cap long stay by buying stake in the business
Litigation trends survey: One in six top lawyers using AI to profile judges
Property solicitor banned for signing leases as 'favour' to client
Clyde & Co Hamburg office goes it alone
Devolve justice to the 'left-behind' north, says thinktank
Jewish lawyers call for action following latest Golders Green attack
Stagger implementation of commonhold, Society advises government
One woman among nine new City partners at Clifford Chance
Recruitment up as fee-sharer Keystone records profit leap
SFO instructions to counsel 'not always clearly set out'
Six-office law firm announces shock closure
Struck-off solicitor wrote 'incendiary' letters in client's business dispute
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Shakespeare's sister and women's legal history
Sisters (whether or not they happen to have a famous brother) matter: the lives and words of women are vital to our understanding of the past. We must amplify their voices.
Truncheons, trade unions and the law: 100 years since the General Strike
The question of legality emerged surprisingly late in the nine-day national walkout which began a century ago this week.
Lawyers feeling the impact of Iran war
There have been various articles on the impact of the Iran war, but I have not come across any that considers the overall impact on law globally.
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Partnership
My legal life: Peter Kandler, co-founder of North Kensington Law Centre
Lawyer in the news: Toby Wilton, Hickman & Rose
My legal life: Simon Bassett, RWK Goodman
Lawyer in the news: Anna Sari, Morrish Solicitors
My legal life: Sangita Manek, Irwin Mitchell
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Professional indemnity insurance: Playing hide and seek
Stable prices and ample capacity remain benign characteristics of the PII market, but some experts fear that cost does not reflect risk. Eduardo Reyes reports from the latest Gazette Roundtable
Goalscorer's art
Art Not Evidence, which has been campaigning to restrict the use of creative expression as evidence in criminal trials, takes part in an important football tournament.
Baronesses love-in takes a turn as Hale talks jury reform
Obiter was in the audience for the JUSTICE North event in Liverpool on Thursday, which culminated in a fireside (minus the fire) chat in the resplendent town hall between Baronesses Hale and Chakrabarti.
What Not to Wear? Court bars bikinis and Batman costumes
New HMCTS guidance released on dressing appropriately in court.
Memory lane
Co-op Group move into legal services, an education shake-up, and a legal electronic network: a stroll down Gazette memory lane.
Novice solicitor lied about university career to get City job
Former in-house practitioner ‘created a persona that he thought was required for a role in private practice’.
Clinical negligence: Bills of Health
Mazur must be a catalyst for change
Why reform of surrogacy law cannot wait
Chabra and the limits of freezing orders
Have the legal directories had their day?
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All the latest news from Solicitors Regulation Authority
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SRA consults on proposals to strengthen continuing competence requirements
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Reports find SQE to be robust with improvements made
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Update on support for clients of PM Law
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SRA to expand executive leadership team as part of operational excellence drive
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Regulators launch joint taskforce to crack down on poor practice in motor finance claims
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Chief executive sets out priorities for change in 2026
Firm hire: Irwin Mitchell strengthens military team
Firm promotion: First managing partner at Arbor Law
Firm hire: New residential property head joins Thomson Hayton Winkley
Firm hire: Trowers welcomes banking and finance partner
Firm promotion: International Family Law Group appoints partner
Firm promotion: Private client partner appointment at Clough & Willis
Firm promotions: Directors appointed at Switalskis
Firm hire: RWK Goodman welcomes real estate partner
Champion of the underdog
Jon Robins reviews 'Good Fortune: Recollections of a Grateful Lawyer'.
Useful reference point on Islam and UK law
Naureen Shariff reviews 'Annotated Legal Documents on Islam in Europe: United Kingdom (volume 25)'.
Drafts, Disclaimers and Deaths
David Pickup reviews 'Drafts, Disclaimers and Deaths'.
Killer or wronged victim?
David Pickup reviews 'The Stranger on the Stairs'.
An 'all-encompassing moral ideology'? Not quite
Jonathan Goldsmith reviews 'Survival Codes: World Law and the Future of Humanity'.
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