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• Solicitor struck off over rape conviction

  12-05-2025 16:56 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Tribunal finds 'no words within the lexicon of regulatory and disciplinary conduct adequate to express the damage the respondent had caused'.
  
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• Court of Appeal criticises 'staggering' £44m costs in Nigeria arbitration row

  27-01-2026 13:04 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Lord Justice Males suggests 'sampling' approach to assess fraction of the 95,000 items claimed for in long-running litigation.
  
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• Two out of three firms approached by private equity investors

  27-01-2026 12:11 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Nearly a quarter of mid-sized firms are actively considering a share offering, research suggests.
  
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• SRA hit with £50,000 costs order after botched prosecution

  27-01-2026 11:38 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Tribunal says SRA investigator was ‘evasive’ and ‘combative’ at times during cross-examination.
  
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• Nightingale era over, says Sackman as four sites go permanent

  27-01-2026 01:01 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Former court buildings in Fleetwood, Telford, Chichester and Cirencester – used as Nightingale Courts since the pandemic - will now become permanent fixtures.
  
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• In depth: Iranian lawyers vulnerable amid 'campaign of terror'

  27-01-2026 01:01 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  A shocking new report lays bare the ‘machinery of repression’ and systemic persecution that Iranian lawyers face, but what can the international legal community realistically do?
  
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• Action needed to save City, says lobby group

  26-01-2026 16:53 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  UK cannot afford to be complacent amid falling output and productivity and fundamental global changes.
  
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• Third solicitor faces SDT over Mail sting

  26-01-2026 14:56 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Immigration practitioner denies telling undercover reporter that marriage would help asylum claim.
  
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• In-house lawyers say whistleblowing guidance is 'unworkable'

  26-01-2026 13:44 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Advice issued last October 'falls short in a number of areas and risks exacerbating current problems'.
  
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• LAA cyber attack: MPs demand answers on compensation

  26-01-2026 11:21 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Concerns were raised about clarity and adequacy of emergency funding arrangements in submissions to justice committee's access to justice inquiry.
  
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• In depth: SRA on the ropes over SLAPPs after third defeat

  26-01-2026 08:00 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  The Solicitors Regulation Authority is licking its wounds over three failed SLAPP prosecutions. Yet amid possible appeals and ‘eye-watering’ costs, the case for new legislation has gained momentum.
  
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• In depth: SRA on the ropes over alleged SLAPPs after third defeat

  26-01-2026 08:00 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  The Solicitors Regulation Authority is licking its wounds over three failed SLAPP prosecutions. Yet amid possible appeals and ‘eye-watering’ costs, the case for new legislation has gained momentum.
  
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• In depth: SLAPPs - case for new legislation is gaining momentum

  26-01-2026 08:00 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  The Solicitors Regulation Authority is licking its wounds over three failed SLAPP prosecutions. Yet amid possible appeals and ‘eye-watering’ costs, the case for new legislation has gained momentum.
  
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• 'Impecunious' former Fieldfisher clients must pay £1.5m in fees

  26-01-2026 01:34 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  International firm was instructed by siblings to provide legal services on a contentious probate claim over an eight-month period.
  
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• Fieldfisher may sue 'impecunious' former clients over millions

  26-01-2026 01:34 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  International firm was instructed by siblings to provide legal services on a contentious probate claim over an eight-month period.
  
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• Magistrate 'aggressively criticised' judicial training course

  26-01-2026 01:33 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Judicial Conduct Investigations Office says the office-holder’s behaviour amounted to misconduct.
  
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• Fair's fair – natural justice

  26-01-2026 01:01 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
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• NHS staff must be protected from abuse | Letters

  25-01-2026 18:32
  Our health service must be safe for all those who work in it, writes Kate Jarman, while Prof Vivien Lees says NHS do not feel safe reporting sexual misconductIt is right to draw attention to the physical, verbal, racial and sexual violence and abuse experienced by ever increasing numbers of NHS staff in the course of their work (Editorial, 19 January). These threats to NHS staff safety are experienced both physically – in wards, departments and GP practices across the country – and v
  
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• Labour MP who was groomed asks colleagues to back judge-only trials

  24-01-2026 07:00
  Exclusive: Natalie Fleet says power balance is with criminals not victims as delays make ‘hell of being raped’ worseA Labour MP who became pregnant after being groomed and raped as a teenager has called on colleagues to back plans for judge-only trials or “allow the power balance to remain in favour of criminals as opposed to the victims”.Natalie Fleet, the MP for Bolsover, said she would not encourage survivors to seek justice through the courts because “the hell o
  
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• High Court splits ex-postmaster Castleton’s fraud claim

  24-01-2026 01:28 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Former sub-postmaster Lee Castleton alleges that 2019 group settlement was agreed based on ‘untrue’ statements.
  
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• White House doctoring Minnesota woman’s photo unlikely to derail case, say experts

  23-01-2026 22:23
  Altered image shows Nekima Levy Armstrong sobbing after arrest during protest outside a Minneapolis church The White House’s decision to post a doctored photo of a woman arrested in Minneapolis on Thursday will probably be raised in court as her criminal case proceeds, though it is unlikely to derail the case entirely, legal experts said.The woman in the image, Nekima Levy Armstrong, is one of three people who was arrested on Thursday in connection with a disruptive protest at a church ser
  
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• When it comes to child custody, is the system failing families?

  23-01-2026 17:57
  Guardian readers respond to Lara Feigel’s powerful account of divorce and the family courtLara Feigel highlights the impact of “win/lose” adjudication in the adversarial court system, a system tailor-made to produce the worst possible outcomes for separating families (I was warned my children would be ripped in half when we divorced. But I had no idea just how brutal custody cases can be, 18 January). In heightening conflict between parents, this system destroys the potential o
  
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• Great Ormond Street hospital cleaners win racial discrimination appeal

  23-01-2026 17:00
  Claim by 80 workers that they were subjected to ‘indirect race discrimination’ by wait for NHS pay terms upheldBlack cleaners at Great Ormond Street hospital were subjected to “indirect race discrimination” by the wait for NHS pay terms and conditions after their services were brought in-house, a tribunal has found.A case against the London children’s hospital brought by 80 cleaners – the majority of whom are from Black and minority ethnic backgrounds –
  
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• No solicitors in latest annual silk round

  23-01-2026 12:34 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Law Society says it is ‘extremely disappointed’ with latest KC list.
  
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• Breaking: No solicitors in latest annual silk round

  23-01-2026 12:34 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  The Law Society has said it is ‘extremely disappointed’ with latest KC list.
  
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• Law lecturer brings action against student over 'sex-for-marks' defamation

  23-01-2026 12:07 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Case will proceed to trial following High Court ruling on meaning of email to university staff.
  
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• Day of the Endangered Lawyer focuses on United States

  23-01-2026 11:49 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  'Novel convergence of pressures' on US legal profession 'merits sustained scrutiny,' says coalition.
  
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• Wheelchair user inspired by his own case to pursue law career

  23-01-2026 11:34 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Sammy Rehman told his lawyers as a child he wanted to follow them into the legal profession.
  
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• Treasury urged to rethink tax adviser requirement

  23-01-2026 10:19 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Council for Licensed Conveyancers says tightly regulated members are not permitted to give tax advice.
  
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• Treasury urged to rethink on tax adviser registration

  23-01-2026 10:19 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Council for Licensed Conveyancers says tightly regulated members are not permitted to give tax advice.
  
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