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• Representative proceedings

  05-05-2025 02:01 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
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• Labour must raise the age of criminal responsibility | Letter

  30-12-2025 18:30
  Prof Roger Evans supports Lady Hale’s view that prosecuting children under 14 is wrongLady Hale is absolutely right to say that the prosecution of children under 14 is wrong and to ask the government to raise the age of criminal responsibility to at least 14, as is the case in most European countries (Top judges join call for England and Wales to raise age of criminal responsibility to 14, 23 December).The claim of the unnamed Ministry of Justice spokesperson you quote, that setting the ag
  
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• Solicitor who recorded false time entries for legal aid struck off

  30-12-2025 15:51 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Former practitioner at national criminal defence firm claimed 133 days of working more than 24 hours.
  
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• Badenoch under fire as Tory shadow attorney general acts for Roman Abramovich

  30-12-2025 15:06
  Labour urges Conservative leader to reveal whether she knew David Wolfson was to represent Russian oligarch in legal case Kemi Badenoch is under pressure to act on the revelations that her shadow attorney general is representing the Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich, despite UK sanctions against him.David Wolfson, a Tory peer, is part of the legal team representing Abramovich as he attempts to recover billions in frozen assets he owns in the Channel islands. Continue reading...
  
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• Former president Boyce heads solicitor honours

  30-12-2025 10:55 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  New Year list also features former ECtHR judge, Family Court leader - and campaigner against abusive NDAs.
  
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• Magistrate's 'belittling' behaviour leads to formal advice

  30-12-2025 10:09 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Judicial watchdog says the sanction was 'reasonable and proportionate'.
  
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• Mike Karin obituary

  29-12-2025 17:42
  
  My friend Mike Karin, a journalist and lawyer, who has died unexpectedly aged 59, worked at Loaded magazine at the height of its success in the 1990s, and later became a partner in a law firm in Thailand.Born in London, Mike was the son of Michael Karin Sr, a businessman, and Maureen (nee Gentle), whose jobs included running a tea room. He was brought up in various locations in east Africa and the Middle East, returning with his family to London in the 80s, where he went to St Angelo prep school
  
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• Stingless bees from the Amazon granted legal rights in world first

  29-12-2025 15:00
  Planet’s oldest bee species and primary pollinators were under threat from deforestation and competition from ‘killer bees’Stingless bees from the Amazon have become the first insects to be granted legal rights anywhere in the world, in a breakthrough supporters hope will be a catalyst for similar moves to protect bees elsewhere.It means that across a broad swathe of the Peruvian Amazon, the rainforest’s long-overlooked native bees – which, unlike their cousins the
  
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• Bars unite to condemn Lammy’s jury curbs

  29-12-2025 12:33 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Bar Council joins forces with the bars of Ireland, Northern Ireland and Scotland in calling on government to change course.
  
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• Bars join hands to condemn Lammy’s jury plan

  29-12-2025 12:33 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Bar Council of England and Wales joins forces with the bars of Ireland, Northern Ireland and Scotland over ‘deep concern’.
  
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• Meet the Ukrainian lawyer who fled bombs to start afresh in the UK

  29-12-2025 12:25 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Stanislav Schevchenko ran a successful law firm in Ukraine but his life changed overnight.
  
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• Starmer v Starmer: why is the former human rights lawyer so cautious about defending human rights? – from The Audio Long Read

  29-12-2025 06:00
  Many of his supporters hoped the prime minister would restore the UK’s commitment to international law. Yet Labour’s record over the past year has been curiously mixedBy Daniel Trilling. Read by Simon DarwenRead the text version here Continue reading...
  
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• Tyler Perry faces second sexual assault lawsuit for $77m

  28-12-2025 16:05
  Latest suit claims the billionaire film-maker subjected actor Mario Rodriguez to repeated unwanted sexual advancesTyler Perry has been hit with a $77m sexual assault lawsuit by a man claiming the US entertainment mogul used his Hollywood power to make sexual advances after he dangled a part in the 2016 comedy Boo! A Madea Halloween.The lawsuit claims Perry subjected Mario Rodriguez to repeated unwanted sexual advances. That allegedly included sexual battery and assault at Perry’s Los Angel
  
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• US judge blocks Trump administration from deporting UK anti-disinformation campaigner

  26-12-2025 12:24
  Imran Ahmed of Center for Countering Digital Hate files complaint against senior Trump alliesA US judge has blocked US authorities from detaining or deporting a British anti-disinformation campaigner who is among five European nationals targeted by the Trump administration because of moves to push back against hate speech and misinformation.Imran Ahmed, the chief executive of the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH), filed a complaint on Thursday against senior Trump allies including the se
  
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• Into the void: how Trump killed international law

  25-12-2025 14:00
  The rules-based global order, its institutions and value system face a crisis of legitimacy and credibility as the US turns away‘The old world is dying,” Antonio Gramsci once wrote. “And the new world struggles to be born.” In such interregnums, the Italian Marxist philosopher suggested, “every act, even the smallest, may acquire decisive weight”.In 2025, western leaders appeared convinced they – and we – were living through one such transitional p
  
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• UK, Canada and Germany condemn Israel for 19 new West Bank settlements

  24-12-2025 23:09
  Fourteen countries, also including France, Italy, Ireland and Spain, say actions ‘violate international law and risk fuelling instability’Fourteen countries, including Britain, Canada and Germany, have condemned the Israeli security cabinet’s approval of 19 new settlements in the occupied West Bank, saying they violate international law and risk fuelling instability.Israel approved a proposal last Sunday for the new Jewish settlements, which brings the recent total to 69, accor
  
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• Romanian judge’s sanction over Facebook posts breached human rights

  24-12-2025 11:12 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  A 'reasonable balance' needs to be struck between judges' involvement in society and their impartiality, ECtHR rules.
  
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• Employee-owned firm reports profit boost in first full year

  24-12-2025 01:24 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Hudgell accounts reveal 98% of share capital was sold to ownership trust for £14.1 million.
  
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• A heavy moral burden as Palestine Action hunger strikers risk death | Letters

  23-12-2025 18:49
  Dr David Nicholl and Dr John Kalk discuss medical ethics in relation to the care of prisoners on hunger strike, and Dr Jonathan Fluxman calls on Labour to act now before the worst happensWe are not involved in the medical management of the Palestine Action hunger strikers, though we have experience of previous such protests (Families of Palestine Action hunger strikers seek urgent meeting with Lammy, 22 December). The ethical issues are well established: respect for consent, confidentiality, ass
  
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• Top judges join call for England and Wales to raise age of criminal responsibility to 14

  23-12-2025 13:43
  Children can be investigated by police, charged with a crime and put on trial from age 10, the joint lowest age in EuropeThe former president of the supreme court Lady Hale is urging ministers to change the law so that children as young as 10 can no longer be charged as adults.Along with Lady Butler-Sloss, previously the highest-ranking female judge in England and Wales, she has signed an amendment to the crime and policing bill to raise the age of criminal responsibility to 14. Continue reading
  
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• Manchester Arena attack: Firms secure settlement for families and survivors

  23-12-2025 13:04 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Law firms say this is a moment to acknowledge mistakes that were made leading up to terrorist bombing.
  
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• 'Comatose' international claim escapes strike-out

  23-12-2025 11:36 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  'Unilateral decision to do nothing' amounted to abuse of process, judge finds - but refuses application for strike-out.
  
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• Lammy announces £20m for free legal support

  23-12-2025 09:27 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Justice secretary says three-year grant will 'put the sector on a sustainable footing’.
  
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• The best of the long read in 2025

  23-12-2025 06:00
  Our 20 favourite pieces of in-depth reporting, essays and profiles from the yearVictor Pelevin made his name in 90s Russia with scathing satires of authoritarianism. But while his literary peers have faced censorship and fled the country, he still sells millions. Has he become a Kremlin apologist? Continue reading...
  
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• Prosecutions for strangulation in England and Wales increase sixfold in three years

  23-12-2025 01:01
  CPS says new law marked ‘significant shift in recognising serious nature’ of offence, often linked to domestic abuse and sexual assault The number of suspects charged for strangulation and suffocation in England and Wales has increased almost sixfold in the three years since the offence was first introduced, Crown Prosecution Service data has revealed.Brought in under the Domestic Abuse Act, which came into force in 2022, the legislation closed a gap in the existing law, giving court
  
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• More lawyers take swipe at Treasury plans for single AML supervisor

  22-12-2025 13:30 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Government plans to remove AML regulation from SRA have gone down badly with lawyers.
  
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• Gallery: Law firms going the extra mile at Christmas

  22-12-2025 13:21 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Showcasing firms spreading the festive cheer.
  
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• LAA scales back contingency measures following cyber attack

  22-12-2025 13:01 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Legal aid providers told to move away from email as new arrangements come into force.
  
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• Whiplash reforms hindered access to justice, Law Society says

  22-12-2025 12:30 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Chancery Lane responds to post-implementation review of previous government's reforms to claims process.
  
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• Pogust Goodhead seeks £113.5m interim costs for dam collapse case

  22-12-2025 12:22 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  'The scale of funding has obviously been, and continues to be, huge and no funder has unlimited resources,' High Court hears.
  
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