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• Representative proceedings

  05-05-2025 02:01 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
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• Louisiana schools can display Ten Commandments, appeals court rules

  21-02-2026 18:07
  Court lifted injunction on law requiring display of religious text in every public school classroomA federal appeals court cleared the way on Friday for a controversial Louisiana law requiring poster-sized displays of the Ten Commandments in every public school classroom, allowing the state to enforce a law that was previously found to be unconstitutional.The US fifth circuit court of appeals voted 12-6 to lift a preliminary injunction on the law after most the judges found that it was premature
  
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• ‘Immensely heartened’: Sally Rooney hails Palestine Action high court ruling as victory for UK civil liberties

  21-02-2026 18:00
  Exclusive: Irish author, who feared her books being withdrawn from UK, says proscription had been ‘extreme assault’ on rights and freedomsSally Rooney has hailed the high court’s decision that it was unlawful to ban Palestine Action under anti-terrorism laws as a victory for civil liberties in Britain.Ministers suffered a humiliating legal defeat a week ago when three senior judges ruled that proscription of the direct action group, which targets organisations it considers comp
  
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• US businesses clamor for refunds after supreme court strikes down Trump’s tariffs

  21-02-2026 17:20
  Refunds were not addressed by supreme court ruling, and they’ll likely play out in lower courts over extended periodTop associations of American businesses are demanding to be repaid for Donald Trump’s tariffs following Friday’s supreme court ruling.The US National Retail Federation, which represents a number of US retailers, from Walmart to small brands and manufacturers, called for “a seamless process to refund the tariffs to US importers”. Continue reading...
  
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• Gisèle Pelicot on rape, courage and her ex-husband: ‘He was loved by everyone. That’s what is so terrifying’

  21-02-2026 12:30
  The case against her former husband shocked the world, while her response inspired awe. As she publishes a memoir, she discusses chemical submission, the abuse hidden within her apparently perfect marriage – and why she decided to go publicAt Gisèle Pelicot’s new home on Île de Ré off France’s Atlantic coast, she likes to take bracing walks along the beach in all weathers, play classical music loud, eat nice chocolate and, as a gift to each new morning, alwa
  
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• Climber convicted of manslaughter after leaving girlfriend on Austria’s highest peak to seek help

  20-02-2026 14:45
  Thomas P given five-month suspended prison sentence and €9,400 fine over death of Kerstin G by gross negligenceEurope live – latest updatesAn amateur mountaineer has been found guilty of gross negligence manslaughter over the death of his girlfriend, whom he left behind on Austria’s highest peak after they got into difficulty on their climb.Thomas P, 37, was handed a five-month suspended sentence and fined €9,400 (£8,200) for causing the death of Kerstin G in January
  
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• Criminal practitioner groups unite to fight Lammy on juries

  20-02-2026 13:30 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Highly-charged meeting also hears that Labour MP may suggest Crown Court Bench Divison pilot as a compromise.
  
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• SRA restricts solicitor’s practising certificate after stalking conviction

  20-02-2026 13:05 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Regulator says it has ’serious concerns’ about Andrew Milne’s conviction and wider allegations.
  
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• Corruption is no longer envelopes of cash – now it is about who is being shielded and who is being sacrificed | Kenneth Mohammed

  20-02-2026 10:33
  Trump has attacked judges and weakened global safeguards. Someone needs to stand up to the US and stop the erosion of democracyIn an era of overlapping crises, corruption is no longer a side issue – it is a structural threat to achieving international equality and even freedom itself. Each year, Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index, a league table of 182 countries, is greeted with predictable theatrics: praise where it flatters power, condemnation where it can be
  
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• City lawyers urge SRA to rethink ‘flawed’ SLAPP campaign

  20-02-2026 10:31 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  The City of London Law Society today added to calls for the Solicitors Regulation Authority to review its approach to prosecuting allegedly abusive litigation, following high-profile failures.
  
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• City lawyers urge SRA to rethink anti-SLAPP campaign

  20-02-2026 10:31 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Failed prosecutions ’expose fundamental flaws in the regulator’s stance’ on conduct within litigation, says City society.
  
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• Law firms brace for Mazur appeal next week

  20-02-2026 10:00 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Last September's ruling has had wide-ranging ramifications for access to justice, costs and staffing.
  
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• Law firms brace for Mazur appeal

  20-02-2026 10:00 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Last September's ruling has had wide-ranging ramifications for access to justice, costs and staffing.
  
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• In depth: Next week's Mazur appeal will make or break careers

  20-02-2026 10:00 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Legal executives, paralegals and trainees in particular know how much is at stake.
  
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• In depth: Mazur - defeat could slam the door on the next generation

  20-02-2026 10:00 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  'This could define your future' - Legal executives, paralegals and trainees know how much is at stake.
  
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• Firms brace for Mazur appeal

  20-02-2026 10:00 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Next week judges in the Court of Appeal will attempt to bring some clarity to the question of who has the right to conduct litigation.
  
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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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