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• UK parole hearing for notorious prisoner Charles Bronson to be held in private

  06-05-2025 23:35
  Bronson’s last parole hearing, in 2023, was one of the first to be held in public, but the board did not grant his latest applicationThe parole hearing for Charles Bronson, one of the UK’s longest serving and most notorious prisoners, will be held in private, a judicial Parole Board member has decided.The decision comes after the 72-year-old – who later changed his name to Charles Salvador – took part in one of the country’s first public parole hearings in 2023. Con
  
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• Rebekah Vardy told to pay £1.4m of Coleen Rooney’s legal costs

  06-05-2025 18:44
  Long-running legal battle comes to end as judge highlights ‘extraordinary expenditure of costs’ incurred by both sidesA judge has criticised Rebekah Vardy over a torturous finale to the high-profile “Wagatha Christie” libel battle against Coleen Rooney, as he ruled she must pay Rooney at least £1.4m in legal costs.Costs judge Mark Whalan said that Vardy’s negotiations on the final settlement were “the definition of bad litigation”. Continue reading
  
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• National firm's former employment chief loses tribunal claim

  06-05-2025 18:02 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Solicitor's expectation that he should have been promoted to equity partner was 'unrealistic'.
  
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• Former employment head’s claim against firm dismissed

  06-05-2025 18:02 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Employment tribunal dismisses two claims by solicitor who claimed he was overlooked for promotion.
  
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• Minority shareholders condemn Anexo buyout plan

  06-05-2025 16:45 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Minority shareholders say proposed takeover lacks fairness, transparency and cash value.
  
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• 'Missed opportunity': India trade deal leaves out legal

  06-05-2025 15:57 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Deal following three years of negotiations will cut tariffs on goods but does not mention legal services.
  
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• 'Missed opportunity': India deal leaves out legal

  06-05-2025 15:57 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Deal following three years of negotiations will cut tariffs on goods but does not mention legal services.
  
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• Judge blocks Perkins Coie order as veteran Washington attorney takes fight to Trump

  06-05-2025 12:15 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  President ordering lawyers to ‘stick to the party line or else’ is unconstitutional, District Judge rules.
  
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• Knights splashes £16.6m on another acquisition

  06-05-2025 12:02 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Stockmarket-listed business will absorb a team of 91 fee-earners from Birkett Long.
  
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• 'Urgent' review of protest cases following CoA ruling

  06-05-2025 11:47 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Court of Appeal dismisses government’s appeal over protest legislation as Liberty celebrates ‘huge victory’.
  
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• In depth: Ukraine - fears grow that justice could be traded away

  06-05-2025 09:00 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  During the first Ukraine Law Day, participants discussed how Russia can be made to pay for its war. But fears were also voiced that justice could be traded away as part of any peace deal.
  
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• SRA approves '£2 letter' AI law firm

  06-05-2025 07:57 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  AI-powered 'litigation assistant' a breakthrough in legal services, regulator says.
  
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• ‘Whipped in front of everyone’: three women on being flogged by the Taliban

  06-05-2025 07:00
  
  Hundreds of women forced to confess to ‘moral crimes’ they did not commit have been publicly lashed in AfghanistanThree Afghan women who were brutally flogged in public by the Taliban after being accused of “moral crimes” have bravely spoken out about the cruelty they endured.More than 1,000 people – at least 200 of whom were women – are now known to have been humiliated in public floggings since the Taliban’s return to power in 2021, according to court
  
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• ‘It’s the misogyny slop ecosystem!’ How Candace Owens and the American right declared war on Blake Lively

  06-05-2025 06:00
  
  Remember Johnny Depp v Amber Heard? If you thought that was ugly, wait till you see Blake Lively v Justin Baldoni. As the stars of It Ends With Us swap lawsuits over claims of sexual harassment, the conservative media has picked its side – and it’s not pulling any punchesRarely has a film been so un-presciently named as It Ends With Us. This domestic abuse drama was released in August 2024 and was a huge success, earning over $350m worldwide. But that was only the beginning. What has
  
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• Director who failed to comply with court order suspended

  06-05-2025 02:50 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Six-month suspension appropriate sanction ‘to protect the public and the reputation of the legal profession’.
  
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• ‘Dismissive’ magistrate sanctioned over behaviour to staff member

  06-05-2025 02:33 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Magistrate did not behave with ‘any malice’ but was ‘reckless in not assessing the impact of her actions’, JCIO says.
  
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• No medical exams at the office, PI lawyers told

  06-05-2025 02:17 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  MedCo issues new guidelines on how examinations must be administered - including a limit of 35 a day.
  
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