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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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• The Guardian view on the royals and the law: no more managed disgrace | Editorial

  19-02-2026 20:06
  The police investigation into the king’s brother forces Britain to confront whether privilege can coexist with democratic scrutiny and the rule of lawThe arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor the king’s brother, should be the moment deference ends and accountability begins – a correction long overdue. For more than 15 years, allegations surrounding Mr Mountbatten-Windsor were managed away by silence, an out-of-court settlement and his withdrawal from royal duties. In short,
  
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• Starmer appoints Antonia Romeo as Britain’s first female cabinet secretary – UK politics live

  19-02-2026 18:47
  Under existing agreements, the British government must issue clearance to the US before it can carry out military operations from UK basesAlex Davies-Jones, a justice minister, has said the government wants to pass the legislation implementing the Chagos Islands deal as soon as it can – despite Presidient Trump’s lastest diatribe about it. (See 9.34am.)Davies-Jones was giving interviews this morning and she told Times Radio:This deal is essential and crucial for the national security
  
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• Austrian mountaineer ‘endlessly sorry’ for girlfriend’s death but denies criminal wrongdoing

  19-02-2026 16:10
  Thomas P gives evidence on first day of trial in case that could shape standards for mountain sportsAn Austrian mountaineer has said he is “endlessly sorry” his girlfriend froze to death on a joint climb to the country’s highest peak, but denied criminal wrongdoing as his trial began in Innsbruck.The 37-year-old defendant, identified only as Thomas P, gave evidence on the first day of the high-profile proceedings over the tragedy on Großglockner, in a case that could shap
  
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• Company director fails with anonymity bid over SFO DPA

  19-02-2026 15:22 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Consideration of open justice principle ‘part of administration of justice’, High Court finds.
  
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• Company director fails with anonymity bid over SFO deferred prosecution agreement

  19-02-2026 15:22 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Consideration of open justice principle ‘part of administration of justice’, High Court finds.
  
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• Solicitor's 50-year career ended by dishonesty findings

  19-02-2026 15:00 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Buckingham practitioner said misconduct was not planned but he agrees to strike-off.
  
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• Data page – February 2026

  19-02-2026 14:57 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  The latest data page figures, compiled by Moneyfacts, are now available.
  
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• No cyber attack compensation scheme for legal aid solicitors

  19-02-2026 13:58 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Minister also tells MPs that additional billable work caused by system outage has not been assessed.
  
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• Magistrate's nine-year-old Facebook posts lead to formal warning

  19-02-2026 11:00 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Three posts, one of which the magistrate acknowledged was ‘unwise’, were ‘intended for a private audience’.
  
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• Fast-growing PI firm heads to London for next growth step

  19-02-2026 10:46 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Business has thrived despite PI market uncertainty and is now set to expand.
  
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• Reform UK plan to rip up Equality Act shocking and un-British, says Starmer

  19-02-2026 10:25
  PM argues party wants to send women back to ‘old days’, as he also urges Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor to speak to authoritiesUK politics live – latest updatesReform UK’s plans to repeal the Equality Act are “shocking” and un-British, Keir Starmer has said, warning legislation that has provided decades of protection for women would be ripped up.In a pre-recorded interview with BBC Breakfast, the prime minister said the legislation was British at its core and repr
  
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• I’m putting tech firms on notice: deal with the appalling abuse of women online – or we will deal with you | Keir Starmer

  19-02-2026 07:00
  I see violence against women as a national emergency. The posting of non-consensual intimate images is part of that crisis, and it must stopTackling violence against women and girls is not just a priority for my government. It is central to who I am.Before entering politics, when I led the Crown Prosecution Service as director of public prosecutions, I worked with victims of rape, domestic abuse and sexual violence, and I saw, up close, the lifelong damage these crimes cause. And I learned that
  
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• Tens of thousands more students join legal action over Covid-hit studies

  18-02-2026 21:46
  Sign-ups to Student Group Claim in England and Wales escalate amid reports of £21m payout by University College LondonTens of thousands more students who were at university during the pandemic have joined a group claim for compensation, amid reports of a £21m payout by one of the UK’s leading institutions.Lawyers acting for student claimants said a further 30,000 from different universities had signed up to the Student Group Claim this week, taking the total to almost 200,000.
  
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• NHS to spend more to settle lawsuits over negligence during childbirth after court ruling

  18-02-2026 21:14
  Supreme court rules children in England who suffer serious injuries at birth can claim for future lost earningsThe NHS will have to spend more money settling lawsuits involving negligence during childbirth after a supreme court ruling that lawyers said puts right a “historic injustice”.The court ruled on Wednesday that children in England who suffer catastrophic injuries while they are being born can claim damages for future earnings they would otherwise have had. Continue reading...
  
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• Why dispute ruling on Palestine Action, but accept legal challenge on elections? | Brief letters

  18-02-2026 18:54
  Labour’s legal troubles | Woody Guthrie | Cabbage queen | Ode to pigeons | The mystery of birthFaced with adverse legal advice, the government has reinstated local elections and will pay £100,000 for Reform UK’s legal costs (Report, 17 February). But last Friday, faced with a unanimous unlawful verdict from three judges on the proscription of Palestine Action, the government intends to appeal. Why is it that the law, both in the UK and internationally, can always be ignored whe
  
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• Climber faces manslaughter charge after leaving girlfriend on Austria’s tallest peak

  18-02-2026 18:09
  Kerstin G froze to death on Großglockner when Thomas P descended mountain to fetch helpAn Austrian mountaineer is to appear in court accused of gross negligent manslaughter after his girlfriend died of hypothermia when he left her close to the summit on a climb that went dramatically wrong.The 33-year-old woman, identified only as Kerstin G, froze to death on 19 January 2025, about 50 metres below the summit of the Großglockner, Austria’s tallest mountain, after an ascent of mo
  
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• Young children can recover 'lost years' damages, Supreme Court rules

  18-02-2026 17:24 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Four to one majority allows appeal and rejects damages distinction between adults and children.
  
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• Solicitor suspended for sexual comments to colleagues at Christmas do

  18-02-2026 15:56 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Former senior partner was inappropriate to several female colleagues while under the influence of alcohol.
  
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• Solicitor suspended for sexual comments at Christmas party

  18-02-2026 15:56 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Former senior partner was inappropriate to several female colleagues while under the influence of alcohol.
  
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• Former senior partner suspended for sexual comments at Christmas party

  18-02-2026 15:56 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Veteran solicitor said he was drunk and could not remember what had happened.
  
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• Wasteman review – Brit prison drama is as lethal and nasty as a sharpened toothbrush

  18-02-2026 14:00
  Some of the tropes are familiar, but this brutally violent and gripping film sidesteps the cliches with committed acting and fierce storytelling punchRising stars David Jonsson and Tom Blyth bring A-game performances for this brutally violent, gripping British prison movie, as lethal and nasty as a sharpened toothbrush. Screenwriters Hunter Andrews and Eoin Doran and director Cal McMau are feature first-timers, creating a film that is a deserved Bafta nominee in the outstanding British debut cat
  
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• Election planning 'number one priority' for council lawyers

  18-02-2026 13:15 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Lawyers in Local Government chief says top priority will be to ensure elections are legal, compliant and safe.
  
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• Housing troubleshooter to chair Office for Legal Complaints

  18-02-2026 13:10 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Richard Blakeway picked to succeed Elisabeth Davies in April.
  
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• Qur’an burning caused 'breakdown in public order', High Court hears

  18-02-2026 11:18 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Lord Justice Warby and Ms Justice Obi reserve judgment following the half-day appeal.
  
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• Firm fights to reopen after being caught in PM Law collapse

  18-02-2026 11:03 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Angela Viney Conveyancing Services states that it is ‘actively exploring’ options to stay in business.
  
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• Treasury ignores conveyancing plea over tax adviser requirement

  18-02-2026 10:16 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  HM Revenue & Customs guidance suggests conveyancers will be considered tax advisers because of stamp duty work.
  
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• Police arresting 1,000 paedophile suspects a month across UK

  17-02-2026 20:33
  National Crime Agency says rise in child sexual abuse being driven by technology and online forumsChild sexual abuse in the UK is soaring, police have said, with 1,000 paedophile suspects being arrested each month and the number of children being rescued from harm rising by 50% in the last five years.The National Crime Agency said the growth in offending across the UK was driven by technology and linked to the radicalisation of offenders in online forums, encouraging people to view images of chi
  
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• Post Office scandal: SRA plans swifter action over conduct

  17-02-2026 16:47 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Regulator not minded to wait over issues such as cooperation with the inquiry, board papers reveal.
  
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• Solicitor fined over vulnerable client's representation

  17-02-2026 13:06 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Solicitor knew client had autism spectrum disorder when he pleaded guilty to criminal charges.
  
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