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• The Guardian view on Trump’s Board of Peace: an international body in service to one man’s ego | Editorial

  22-01-2026 19:45
  It was supposed to give Gaza a future, but the US president is using it to attack the UN, international law and multilateralismOne glance at the logo of the Board of Peace tells you all you need to know. It is the globe and laurels of the UN – only gold, because this is Donald Trump’s initiative, and showing little of the world beyond North America.The charter of the board, formally launched in Davos on Thursday, suggests that this is less America First than Trump Always. It is not &
  
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• UAE ordered to pay £260,000 to trafficking victim exploited by diplomat in London

  22-01-2026 18:51
  High court ruling marks first time a foreign state has been held liable for domestic servitude by its envoy on UK soilThe United Arab Emirates must pay more than £260,000 to a victim of human trafficking who was exploited by one of its diplomats in London, the high court has ruled.Lawyers representing the woman said it was unprecedented for a court to order a foreign state to pay for domestic servitude by a diplomat on UK soil. Continue reading...
  
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• If the assisted dying bill is killed off by the Lords, let that be the end for this unelected chamber | Polly Toynbee

  22-01-2026 18:18
  With filibustering slowing the pace to a crawl, there is no chance the legislation will get through – unless the government shows some backboneThe assisted dying bill is about to die, killed off by a small coterie of peers against the will of the House of Commons and voters who have supported the right to die for decades. Can the government let this happen? Keir Starmer, who has voted in favour of the legislation, needs to summon the spirit of Harold Wilson’s 1960s reforms. He has th
  
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• Motor injury claims fall to lowest level on record

  22-01-2026 17:05 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Latest Compensation Recovery Unit figures suggest any notion of a compensation culture is increasingly outdated.
  
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• Judicial diversity strategy targets High Court and Court of Appeal

  22-01-2026 13:39 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Action plan acknowledges progress made to improve diversity not reflected in senior judiciary.
  
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• Assisted dying bill backers say it is ‘near impossible’ it will pass House of Lords

  22-01-2026 13:05
  Exclusive: Legislation thought unlikely even to be put to vote before timing out after delay tactics by opponentsUK politics live – latest updatesMPs and peers who backed the assisted dying bill now believe it is “near impossible” for it to pass the House of Lords in time because of procedural obstacles used by opponents.Supporters of the bill, including its sponsor, Kim Leadbeater, have been in intense discussions with the government to find ways to move it to a vote in the Lo
  
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• Former minister joins bar as conduct commissioner

  22-01-2026 12:45 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  New role was one of Baroness Harman’s recommendations in her independent review of bullying, harassment and sexual harassment.
  
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• Legal executives in limbo amid authorisation delays

  22-01-2026 12:19 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  CILEx Regulation says process of obtaining practising rights takes nine weeks on average - practitioners disagree.
  
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• Swift courts 'will save only 2% of Crown court time'

  22-01-2026 11:09 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Institute for Government analysis casts doubt on time estimates put forward by ministers to justify curbing jury trials.
  
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• Strike-off for failing to verify known client's ID in person

  22-01-2026 10:17 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Meeting a client in person is ‘fundamental’ to certification process, Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal rules.
  
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• Judge-only trials in England and Wales will not wipe out crown court backlog, report says

  22-01-2026 01:01
  IFG says proposed plans, which will slash the number of jury trials, will produce ‘marginal gains’ of less than 2% time savedDavid Lammy’s plans to introduce judge-only criminal trials in England and Wales will save less than 2% of time in crown courts, the Institute for Government (IFG) has said.In a report that casts doubt on the ability of the changes, which will slash the number of jury trials to achieve their goal of wiping out the courts’ backlog, the thinktank desc
  
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