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• Deceased class representative ordered to pay £7.7m costs

  02-11-2026 11:34 via Law Gazette - Headlines
  
  Competition Appeal Tribunal order follows last month's strike-out of the claim against Govia Thameslink.
  
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• In depth: LLPs dodged a bullet in the budget - but HMRC is on their case

  08-11-2026 10:00 via Law Gazette - Headlines
  
  LLP partners’ tax status may not have been on John Healey’s budget radar, but following the BlueCrest ruling, professional services firms are under scrutiny. HMRC’s penalties for mistakes could be severe.
  
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• ‘Start telling us now about AI use’, top judge urges experts

  07-11-2026 01:39 via Law Gazette - Headlines
  
  Expert witnesses should not wait for new rules that will mandate transparency, Business and Property Division’s interim deputy tells conference.
  
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• Peers condemn use of 'Henry VIII' powers in jury trial bill

  06-11-2026 15:15 via Law Gazette - Headlines
  
  Bill would allow additions to the list of offences that may be tried without a jury to be made through secondary legislation.
  
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• ‘A real sense of loss’: Leaders reflect after closure of firm

  06-11-2026 12:55 via Law Gazette - Headlines
  
  Administrators appointed today to handle affairs of Harrogate-based Berwins Solicitors.
  
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• We will change - but it will cost you, says LSB

  06-11-2026 12:43 via Law Gazette - Headlines
  
  Super regulator accepts all the recommendations of review - and pledges to play its part in 'system-wide transformation'.
  
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• In depth: Bond Solon/Gazette Expert Witness Survey 2026 - key takeaways

  06-11-2026 11:44 via Law Gazette - Headlines
  
  This year’s Bond Solon Expert Witness survey reveals that pressure is mounting on the sector. Concerns about standards, fees, AI and working conditions continue to grow.
  
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• Tribunal judge issued with formal warning over 'disparaging generalisations'

  06-11-2026 11:16 via Law Gazette - Headlines
  
  Lady chief justice and lord chancellor 'considered the nature of the comments to be sufficiently improper to warrant a formal warning'.
  
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• AI use by litigants in person creates demands on court, LCJ warns

  06-11-2026 10:09 via Law Gazette - Headlines
  
  Judiciary is ‘considering carefully’ AI’s potential uses and dangers, Baroness Carr says in third annual report.
  
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• AI use by litigants in person adding to courts burden, LCJ warns

  06-11-2026 10:09 via Law Gazette - Headlines
  
  Judiciary is ‘considering carefully’ AI’s potential uses and dangers, Baroness Carr says in her third annual report.
  
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• Lifetime achiever: Next 100 Years award for Dame Janet Smith

  06-11-2026 10:05 via Law Gazette - Headlines
  
  'A living reminder of how working mothers can, with dedication and drive, rise to the top of the judiciary.'
  
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• Claims firm's losses double to £4.8m - but caseload 'exceptionally strong'

  06-11-2026 09:59 via Law Gazette - Headlines
  
  Veritas Solicitors states that potential value of housing disrepair and financial mis-selling claims could reach £134 million.
  
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• Buckles acquires London cross-border boutique

  05-11-2026 11:02 via Law Gazette - Headlines
  
  Six lawyers join Peterborough-headquartered firm as partners.
  
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• Public inquiries 'too adversarial', Manchester Arena judge tells peers

  05-11-2026 10:45 via Law Gazette - Headlines
  
  Former senior judge says criticisms that public inquiries are too long, expensive and achieve nothing not entirely unjustified.
  
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• LeO asks for 6.9% budget increase alongside new fee charges

  05-11-2026 10:05 via Law Gazette - Headlines
  
  Organisation making plans for dealing with 21,000 complaints about lawyers next year.
  
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• Minister promises legal regulation 'reset' - in 2029

  05-11-2026 01:01 via Law Gazette - Headlines
  
  Government's response to review of LSB says it backs ‘significant change’ to strengthen the effectiveness of legal services regulation.
  
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• Judge dismisses LiP's 'conflict of interest' bid to remove firm

  04-11-2026 17:45 via Law Gazette - Headlines
  
  Judge finds ‘simply no evidence…to conclude that disclosure has arisen’ from a deliberate act, inadvertent disclosure or unconscious influence or subconscious influence.
  
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• Intellectual Property Office gets new weapons to protect design

  04-11-2026 17:33 via Law Gazette - Headlines
  
  Legislation will give the office powers to consider whether a design is genuinely new before it is registered.
  
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• 'Sycophantic' AI inflaming litigants in person, digital justice expert claims

  04-11-2026 17:20 via Law Gazette - Headlines
  
  Nuffield Family Justice Observatory report also warns against dangers of embedding overseas software in justice system.
  
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• 'Retraumatised': Grieving father received court bundle evening before inquest

  04-11-2026 13:33 via Law Gazette - Headlines
  
  Bereavement support charity says 'Hillsborough law' could stop bereaved families receiving late disclosure.
  
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• Solicitors invited to contribute to review of police accountability

  04-11-2026 13:07 via Law Gazette - Headlines
  
  'Once in a generation opportunity fundamentally to reform the police accountability system.'
  
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• CPS cited non-existent authority in rape prosecution

  04-11-2026 12:59 via Law Gazette - Headlines
  
  High Court finds fake citation ‘unsatisfactory’ - but it did not affect the outcome of prosecution decision challenge.
  
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• Personal injury heavyweights swallow up more of the claims sector

  04-11-2026 12:09 via Law Gazette - Headlines
  
  Manchester PI firm established 53 years ago one of those to be acquired.
  
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• Legal academic elected as first UK International Court of Justice judge in a decade

  04-11-2026 11:23 via Law Gazette - Headlines
  
  Election a clear signal tthat the UK is back on the world stage and ready to play its part in upholding the rule of law, says prime minister.
  
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• Weil trainees rescued by fellow US firm's London office

  04-11-2026 10:29 via Law Gazette - Headlines
  
  Latham & Watkins ‘delighted to welcome this talented group’.
  
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• Weil trainees rescued as Gibson Dunn prepares to hire dozens of lawyers

  04-11-2026 10:29 via Law Gazette - Headlines
  
  Latham & Watkins ‘delighted to welcome talented group’, as Gibson Dunn swoops for 120 lawyers in London and US.
  
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• Five Weil trainees rescued by fellow US firm's London office

  04-11-2026 10:29 via Law Gazette - Headlines
  
  Latham & Watkins ‘delighted to welcome this talented group’.
  
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• Master's voice: Sir Geoffrey Vos's greatest hits

  03-11-2026 17:32 via Law Gazette - Headlines
  
  Outgoing MR placed technology at the centre of an efficient civil justice system, setting out a revolutionary vision. So how many of his predictions are approaching reality?
  
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• In depth: Sir Geoffrey's greatest hits

  03-11-2026 17:32 via Law Gazette - Headlines
  
  Outgoing master of the rolls placed technology at the centre of an efficient civil justice system, setting out a revolutionary vision. So how many of his predictions are approaching reality?
  
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• His Master's voice: Sir Geoffrey Vos's greatest hits

  03-11-2026 17:32 via Law Gazette - Headlines
  
  As MR Sir Geoffrey set out a revolutionary vision placing technology at the heart of efficient civil justice. So how many of his predictions are approaching reality?
  
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