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• Rulemakers to prevent solicitors refusing service by email

  08-07-2025 12:20 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Civil Procedure Rule Committee also anticipates demise of the fast-disappearing fax machine.
  
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• In depth: Another accumulator firm goes under - reviving tough questions for the SRA

  06-02-2026 17:00 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Monday’s demise of PM Law Group left hundreds jobless and clients in limbo. The SRA has now intervened, as attention once again turns to the risks posed by firms which expand rapidly through acquisition.
  
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• PM Law did report closure to SRA

  06-02-2026 12:53 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Concerns were raised over why the regulator took two days to intervene.
  
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• SRA's new boss pledges 'reset'

  06-02-2026 10:21 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  In her first media interview, Sarah Rapson tells the Gazette she would like the regulator to 'come across as empathetic'.
  
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• SRA's new boss pledges 'empathy' and transformation

  06-02-2026 10:21 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  In her first interview, Sarah Rapson says she would like the regulator to be 'more human',, but accepts she has a turnaround job to do.
  
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• Korean company faces £91m bill for 'exceptionally serious' disclosure failures

  06-02-2026 01:30 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Action brought by UK Hydrographic Office over breaches of its maritime data licences.
  
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• Administrative failures create 'inaccessible justice' for LiPs

  06-02-2026 01:24 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Research from Blind Justice, a community interest company, found 92% of the cases it analysed had missing or unprocessed documents.
  
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• Magistrate’s call to radio show was misconduct

  06-02-2026 01:01 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Office-holder identified his role and ‘entered a public debate on a government policy proposal’, JCIO says.
  
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• Law centres latest interveners in Mazur to halt access to justice threat

  05-02-2026 16:38 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Representative body says High Court ruling has potentially dire consequences for non-commercial organisations.
  
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• Master of rolls predicts surge in AI-generated claims

  05-02-2026 13:26 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  AI will decide minor legal disputes ‘faster and cheaper’ than judges, says Sir Geoffrey Vos.
  
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• Top New York lawyer steps down over Epstein contacts

  05-02-2026 13:07 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Paul Weiss chairman announces resignation from his leadership role at Wall Street firm.
  
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• Probate solicitor paid his £77,000 tax bill with client funds

  05-02-2026 10:53 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Practitioner abused his position of authority over three years with ‘deliberate and calculated’ misconduct.
  
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• Stranded PM Law clients share their stories on Facebook

  05-02-2026 10:00 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  More than 400 people - some on the verge of completing a house purchase - join support group for clients affected by group’s shock closure.
  
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• Firm numbers fall - but market continues to grow

  05-02-2026 01:30 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Long-running annual survey finds 'some limited signs of improvement' in personal injury/medical negligence sector.
  
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• Trail of loans emerges after law network’s shock closure

  04-02-2026 16:21 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  More than a dozen interest-free loans were outstanding between entities operating under the PM Law umbrella.
  
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• SRA intervenes into PM Law to protect client interests

  04-02-2026 16:21 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Regulator takes action two days after clients and staff were shut out of group firms.
  
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• SRA intervenes into PM Law group to protect client interests

  04-02-2026 16:21 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Regulator takes action two days after clients and staff were shut out of group firms.
  
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• Journalist wins right to expert reports in family cases

  04-02-2026 15:39 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  ‘Without transparency the Family Court cannot be fully accountable for the decisions its judges make,’ says judge.
  
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• FCA and SRA warn claims firms on excessive exit charges

  04-02-2026 11:53 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Joint statement says fees for terminating retainer must be clearly stated up front.
  
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• 'Stalking victim' wanted a legal career, solicitor tells judge

  04-02-2026 11:33 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Stratford magistrates’ court hears allegation of physical encounter in lifts of Royal Courts of Justice.
  
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• ‘Clear your desk and go’: The overnight closure of PM Law

  04-02-2026 10:11 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Clients cast adrift after staff were locked out of IT systems and told to put up the ‘closed’ signs. For now, confusion reigns.
  
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• Leveson review: 135 new recommendations to fix courts crisis

  04-02-2026 01:01 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Lord chancellor David Lammy says he is urgently considering Sir Brian Leveson's recommendations.
  
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• Global firm wins race case - despite 'gauche and inept' rejection emails

  03-02-2026 16:40 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Employment judge says Clyde & Co should 'learn some important lessons' about recruitment processes.
  
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• Firm fined £68,000 for processing CA$23m through client account

  03-02-2026 13:27 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  SRA found there was no proper connection between legal services provided and money passed through client account.
  
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• Final instalment of Leveson review out tomorrow, Lammy reveals

  03-02-2026 13:25 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Part two of Leveson review will make recommendations on how to improve efficiency in the Crown court.
  
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• US competition watchdog warns 42 firms over DEI scheme

  03-02-2026 12:58 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  'Sharing sensitive information about pay and benefits, can violate the antitrust laws,' Federal Trade Commission says.
  
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• Formal advice for district judge over delays

  03-02-2026 11:45 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Judicial Conduct Investigations Office says judgment delays of ‘just under’ 11 months and 10 months amounted to misconduct.
  
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• Staff in despair as 20-practice network shuts suddenly

  03-02-2026 11:08 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  SRA reveals reports have come in that Yorkshire and Cumbria outfit PM Law has ‘not closed in the manner we would expect’.
  
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• Staff in despair as 20-practice group closes suddenly

  03-02-2026 11:08 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  SRA reveals reports have come in that Yorkshire and Cumbria network has ‘not closed in the manner we would expect’.
  
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• Client account 'stealth tax' will hit clients, say lawyers

  02-02-2026 16:00 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Government warned that proposed levy on interest payments could put firms doing legal aid work out of business.
  
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