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• SDT: Stuart Keith Holman

  09-03-2015 01:01 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  The SDT ordered that the respondent should be suspended from practice as a solicitor for an indefinite period to commence on 14 January 2015.
  
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• Lammy unveils Courts and Tribunals Bill

  25-02-2026 18:50 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Lord chancellor promises 'serious reform and practical modernisation to get cases heard faster'.
  
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• Role of Scotland’s top law officer questioned after ‘bombshell’ over Peter Murrell charges

  25-02-2026 15:52
  Lord advocate Dorothy Bain informed first minister of embezzlement charges against former SNP chief executive a year before they were made publicSerious doubts have been raised about the dual role of Scotland’s top law officer after it emerged that the first minister was informed of criminal charges against Peter Murrell nearly a year before they were made public.The lord advocate, Dorothy Bain, who acts as Scotland’s chief prosecutor as well as the government’s principal legal
  
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• UK suspension of refugee family reunion scheme to be challenged in high court

  25-02-2026 15:22
  Judge allows Safe Passage International to launch judicial review of halting of right to bring in children and partnersThe Home Office’s controversial decision to suspend the right of refugees to bring their children and partners to the UK is to face a legal challenge in the high court, the Guardian can disclose.Safe Passage International, a charity working with unaccompanied children and refugees, has been granted permission to launch a judicial review of the decision to halt refugee fami
  
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• Ex-solicitor jailed for 13 years over cell assaults

  25-02-2026 14:55 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Lawyer was ‘supposed to help defendants navigate the criminal justice system, not sexually abuse them in the midst of it’.
  
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• Devon defence lawyer who abused vulnerable clients jailed for 13 years

  25-02-2026 14:45
  Alan Harris, 72, assaulted children and adults in police and court cells over 27-year periodA criminal defence lawyer who sexually abused vulnerable clients as young as 14 over almost three decades has been jailed for 13 years.Alan Harris, 72, from Plymouth, Devon, assaulted children and adults during consultations in police and court cells, targeting victims he judged would not be believed if they revealed what he had done. Continue reading...
  
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• The Taliban are burning musical instruments in the name of morality. It is an assault on all culture

  25-02-2026 14:31
  The sounds of Afghan history are being erased to prevent music’s ‘moral corruption’ of the Afghan people. We can help keep Afghanistan’s music alive. Plus, Eliane Radigue’s deep listening, and the brilliance of Sinners’s scoreThe horrors of the Taliban’s rule in Afghanistan are all-encompassing. New laws that effectively legalise domestic abuse means that every woman in the country now lives with the threat of state-sanctioned violence. In the context of
  
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• A Hollywood ‘heir’ levied horrific abuse claims against four industry titans. How did he end up in prison?

  25-02-2026 13:00
  Rovier Carrington thought his cases against MTV and Paramount executives should have been the biggest of the #MeToo era. Instead, they raised unsettling questions about victimhoodOne unseasonably warm afternoon in February 2023, in a very brown New York City courtroom, Rovier Carrington did the inconceivable: he admitted to a lie. On that day, the aspiring screenwriter told a federal judge that he had altered evidence to support his legal claim of being systematically raped and blacklisted by a
  
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• Campaign calls on solicitors to share their knowledge in schools

  25-02-2026 12:40 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Big Legal Lesson helps pupils aged five to 18 to understand the rule of law.
  
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• ‘A rushed execution’: the case of the woman convicted of child murder that shocked Somalia

  25-02-2026 12:00
  The speed at which Hodan Mohamud Diiriye was executed has raised questions about the fairness of her trialOn 12 November last year, Hodan Mohamud Diiriye called her husband to tell him that his 14-year-old great niece, Saabirin Saylaan, who had been living in their house for two months, was unconscious. Together, they took Saabirin to the hospital in Galkayo, in central Somalia, where medical staff pronounced her dead and called the police.Diiriye, a 34-year-old mother of more than 10 children,
  
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• Magistrate sanctioned over campaign leaflet

  25-02-2026 11:20 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  JCIO spokesperson says office-holder's conduct ‘was a failure to exercise due diligence’.
  
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• MPs hear new plea for mandatory pro bono

  25-02-2026 10:56 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Firms doing a lot of government work should expect to give something back, law professor tells Commons justice committee.
  
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• MPs hear new call for mandatory pro bono

  25-02-2026 10:56 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Firms getting large amounts of government work should expect to give something back, law professor tells justice committee.
  
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• LIVE: Court of Appeal hears submissions on day two of crucial Mazur case

  25-02-2026 10:46 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Follow our coverage live from the Royal Courts of Justice...
  
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• Mazur day two: Law Society to urge court to reject CILEX appeal

  25-02-2026 10:06 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Crucial case set to resume in the Court of Appeal as Law Society and SRA prepare interventions.
  
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• Mazur day two: Law Society to urge Court of Appeal to reject CILEX appeal

  25-02-2026 10:06 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Crucial case set to resume in the Court of Appeal as Law Society and SRA prepare interventions.
  
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• Society lambasts Lammy on jury reform

  25-02-2026 09:09 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Government pressing ahead with 'swift courts' in which judge alone hears cases carrying a sentence of up to three years.
  
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• Senedd votes in favour of implementing Westminster’s assisted dying bill

  24-02-2026 23:22
  Should legislation pass House of Lords, the matter will require another vote after May’s Welsh electionsWales’s Senedd has voted in favour of implementing Westminster’s assisted dying bill, overcoming a constitutionally awkward situation that could have forced terminally ill people who wish to end their lives to travel to England or seek private provision.In a debate stretching into Tuesday night in the Senedd’s newly expanded chamber, members voted 28 for and 23 against,
  
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• 'Vile' defence solicitor used his power to prey, sentencing judge hears

  24-02-2026 18:49 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Court hears victim impact statements about retired lawyer convicted last year of five counts of sexual assault.
  
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• Lammy hints at lifeline for LawtechUK

  24-02-2026 16:56 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Government to invest £4.5m in promoting legal technology sector, lord chancellor announces.
  
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• Lammy berates ‘conservative’ bar as he commits to jury trial curbs

  24-02-2026 14:52 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Justice secretary says ’governments of all stripes' have changed the threshold of crimes subject to jury trials in speech attended by Sir Brian Leveson.
  
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• Court backlog will top 200,000 without 'throwing the kitchen sink'

  24-02-2026 14:18 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Curbs on jury trials will apply to cases in the current backlog, minister says.
  
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• Court backlog will take decade to fall to pre-Covid levels despite overhaul, says MoJ

  24-02-2026 13:47
  Justice secretary says only his measures will stop backlog in England and Wales from increasing exponentiallyThe backlog in criminal courts in England and Wales will take a decade to fall to pre-Covid levels despite radical changes including curtailing jury trials, according to figures from the Ministry of Justice.The justice secretary, David Lammy, said the government was determined to press ahead with the jury trial changes despite a potential rebellion from Labour MPs. He took aim at critics,
  
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• Immigration solicitors face SRA probe over fake AI cases

  24-02-2026 13:38 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Judge also warns of the dangers of uploading confidential information into open AI tools.
  
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• Immigration solicitors face SRA probe over AI-generated cases

  24-02-2026 13:38 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Judge also warns of the dangers of uploading confidential information into open AI tools.
  
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• Mazur day one: CILEX tells Court of Appeal that delegation is lawful

  24-02-2026 09:54 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Court is warned that it could open a ‘can of worms’ by upholding findings of Mazur decision.
  
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• In depth: ‘Buildings alone will not deliver justice’

  24-02-2026 08:46 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  The UK’s biggest dedicated tribunal centre is a very welcome addition to our beleaguered courts estate. But more space is insufficient when there aren’t enough of the right people to fill it.
  
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• Lammy to fund unlimited sitting days - but still curb jury trials

  24-02-2026 01:01 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Judges will be free to hear as many cases as the court system can support in the 2026/27 financial year.
  
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• David Lammy lifts cap on court sitting days in effort to cut backlog of cases

  24-02-2026 01:01
  Criminal barristers welcome justice secretary’s move to remove limit on hearing days at crown courts in England and WalesA cap on court sitting days is to be lifted as the government seeks to ease the cases backlog, David Lammy has announced.The justice secretary and deputy prime minister said every crown court in England and Wales would be funded to hear more cases in the next financial year. Continue reading...
  
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• Duterte at ‘very heart’ of murderous drug crackdowns in Philippines, ICC told

  23-02-2026 17:29
  Ex-president, accused of crimes against humanity, selected targets and promised immunity for death squad members, prosecutor saysRodrigo Duterte, the former president of the Philippines, was “at the very heart” of brutal anti-drugs campaigns that led to the killing of thousands of people, prosecutors at the international criminal court (ICC) have argued, as they called for charges against him to proceed to trial.Duterte, 80, who was arrested in Manila last year and flown to The Hague
  
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