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• Should speed cameras be hidden?

  11-01-2026 15:00
  The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions tackles a road safety issue• Read this week’s replies: Can you really fake it to make it?What’s the point of having speed limits if camera-warning signs and apps allow drivers to slow down in advance – then just continue speeding? Maybe the UK government in its new consultations on road safety should add the question of hiding speed cameras to their list of concerns. I’m a driver, but also
  
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• High Court throws out appeal of 'lack of integrity' sanction

  19-03-2026 14:36 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Partner’s appeal against 12-month suspension and £30,630 costs order is dismissed by High Court.
  
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• SRA boss poised to beef up her executive team

  19-03-2026 11:55 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Sarah Rapson tells Law Society Council that comparable organisations have many more senior leaders.
  
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• Conveyancing: Tax adviser registration 'could be deferred'

  19-03-2026 11:53 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Law Society president also updates members on government’s plan to seize client account interest.
  
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• Court of Appeal gives further guidance to family case experts

  19-03-2026 11:41 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Family Division, not the Court of Appeal, is almost always the place to hear challenges to experts, judges note.
  
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• Plan to hobble SEND Tribunal a done deal, government admits

  19-03-2026 11:05 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Position at odds with education secretary’s statement that consultation happens 'before any final decisions are made'.
  
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• Key final decisions on SEND Tribunal already made, government admits

  19-03-2026 11:05 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Position at odds with education secretary’s statement that consultation happens 'before any final decisions are made'.
  
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• Tribunal rejects return of convicted fraudster to roll after 18 years

  18-03-2026 17:16 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Ex-solicitor worked as a housing officer during his time in prison but had done little other legal work.
  
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• Uncertainty as government parks AI copyright reform

  18-03-2026 16:58 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Plans to allow widespread ‘data mining’ to train systems are ruled out in the face of trenchant opposition.
  
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• Foreign proceedings do not interfere with English claim, CoA rules

  18-03-2026 13:40 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Only ‘exceptional’ cases would mean that foreign proceedings could lead to criminal contempt in England and Wales courts.
  
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• Defence lawyers hail cap on agency charges as 'important turning point'

  18-03-2026 13:14 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Solicitor says insurance sector will be pleased with decision on ‘unjustified’ mark-ups.
  
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• SRA flags cost risks from client account interest levy

  18-03-2026 11:56 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Government plans to redirect interest on client accounts could create significant new costs to be met by firms.
  
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• Client was right to feel aggrieved but not entitled to damages

  18-03-2026 11:41 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  National firm admits breaching its duty of care on property deal advice but denied causing any loss.
  
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• Defendants of 'good character' will be denied jury trial, MPs told

  18-03-2026 11:03 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Racial bias concerns also raised during justice committee evidence session on Courts and Tribunals Bill.
  
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• DJ's ex-partner escapes costs order in bitter family proceedings

  17-03-2026 16:32 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Liv Nervo's change of lawyers was 'guaranteed to send the temperature of the litigation soaring', judge observes.
  
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• LCJ expresses 'grave security concerns' over judge-only trials

  17-03-2026 14:23 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Baroness Carr tells journalists she has 'every confidence in magistrates and Crown court judges to step up to the challenges they will be facing’.
  
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• Costs judge slashes agency fees with 25% mark-up cap

  17-03-2026 13:36 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Claimants win victory over breakdown of costs - but alarmed at sting in the tail on agency fees.
  
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• In depth: Put AI on your risk agenda, firms told

  17-03-2026 11:59 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  AI should form an integral part of a firm’s risk policy, the Law Society’s risk and compliance conference heard. Data security and precautions are increasingly scrutinised when PII is renewed.
  
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• 'Whac-a-Mole' solicitor's negligence claim struck out

  17-03-2026 10:54 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Judge finds claimant in dispute dating from 2019 repeatedly failed to complete a compliant trial bundle.
  
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• City solicitor hid £2.1m shortage through false bank statements

  17-03-2026 10:15 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Firm owner had already used an alias to move almost £1m from account he solely operated.
  
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• Lammy rebrands and expands problem-solving family court

  16-03-2026 23:30 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Lord chancellor announces £17m to roll out more 'child focused' -  previously known as 'pathfinder' - courts.
  
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• Probate director jailed over missing estate funds

  16-03-2026 18:03 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Business owner tried to blame a mysterious business partner for disappearance of £432,000.
  
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• ‘Structural failings’ still delaying Post Office compensation, MPs warn

  16-03-2026 15:20 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Claimant lawyers have reported that main compensation scheme is treated as an unnecessary hurdle.
  
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• Society rebukes education secretary for attack on lawyers

  16-03-2026 11:49 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Silence from lord chancellor over education secretary’s attack on SEND lawyers ’exploiting parents’.
  
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• Tech making reserved activity list obsolete - LSB chief

  16-03-2026 10:59 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Oversight regulator will push for a review of reserved activities as AI boosts unregulated market.
  
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• Flexible working has ‘greatest impact’ on women’s career - IBA

  16-03-2026 10:44 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Raising the Bar: Women in Law Project report surveys almost 5,000 wormen over more than 100 countries.
  
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• 'Chronic overwork': Flexible working has greatest impact on women’s careers, says IBA report

  16-03-2026 10:44 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Raising the Bar: Women in Law study surveyed almost 5,000 women across over 100 countries.
  
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• In depth: MPs urge SRA to take tougher action against solicitor

  16-03-2026 07:00 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Several MPs have asked the regulator why convicted stalker Andrew Milne is still on the roll, claiming the solicitor has caused their constituents ‘an unimaginable amount of stress’.
  
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• In depth: Four MPs are demanding to know why Andrew Milne is still on the roll

  16-03-2026 07:00 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Several MPs have asked the regulator why convicted stalker Andrew Milne is still on the roll, claiming the solicitor has caused their constituents ‘an unimaginable amount of stress’.
  
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• Creditors of closed Birmingham firm likely to receive nothing

  16-03-2026 01:05 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Massive investment by director was unable to save loss-making legal aid practice.
  
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