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• US state adopts ABS model

  29-05-2015 14:57 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Lawyers and limited license legal technicians can jointly own a law firm in Washington.
  
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• SRA shuts down multi-office firm and suspends three solicitors

  04-03-2026 16:14 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Regulator moves in to close firm based on suspicions of compliance officer's dishonesty.
  
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• Supreme Court dismisses state immunity arguments on arbitration awards

  04-03-2026 15:13 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Judgment on challenges by Spain and Zimbabwe demonstrates the 'pro-arbitration approach of the English court'.
  
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• Trump administration u-turns on suits against law firms

  04-03-2026 13:16 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Justice department will seek to enforce executive orders, hours after moving to drop the plan.
  
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• Hale: Labour should listen to Greens on 'real people'

  04-03-2026 13:13 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Former Supreme Court president says European Convention on Human Rights wrongly blamed for issues bothering politicians.
  
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• Millions will receive car finance compensation this year, says FCA

  04-03-2026 13:04 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Claimants who use CMC or law firm could lose over 30% of their compensation, regulator warns.
  
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• Midlands legal network makes first move in ambitious growth drive

  04-03-2026 11:57 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Family business will be brought under the FBC Manby Bowdley umbrella through deal.
  
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• The UK scandal of women handcuffed while in labour: ‘I was so shocked when the restraints weren’t removed’

  04-03-2026 10:28
  Pregnant women prisoners in England are being handcuffed to prison officers – often male – during intimate vaginal examinations and long, agonising births. Will this dehumanising treatment be stopped?The worst moment of Joanna’s labour was an internal examination. She was handcuffed with her legs splayed apart and a female prison officer at the foot of the hospital bed saw everything. She had prepared for the arrival of her first baby as carefully as she could. But she understo
  
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• Law firms face higher AML fines and more inspections than accountants

  03-03-2026 17:44 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Latest oversight body report reveals that fines imposed on law firms have reached a record high.
  
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• Veteran tax silk denies tax evasion charges

  03-03-2026 15:28 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  KC spoke only to confirm his name and deny the charges against him.
  
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• Veteran silk denies tax evasion charges

  03-03-2026 15:28 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  KC spoke only to confirm his name and deny the charges against him.
  
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• Arts Council England faces legal threat over magazine’s withdrawal of poet’s work

  03-03-2026 14:13
  Publicly funded journal pulled poem citing writer’s ‘social media presence’, with solicitors alleging discrimination over gender-critical viewsA poet is threatening Arts Council England (ACE) with legal action after a magazine it funds withdrew her work from publication based on her “social media presence”, which she believes refers to gender-critical posts.A letter sent to ACE by solicitors representing the poet Abigail Ottley last Tuesday, seen by the Guardian, ar
  
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• Ofcom urged to clarify if Palestine Action content should still be removed online

  03-03-2026 13:33
  Rights groups and experts say situation is unclear as ruling that quashed ban faces challenge from home secretaryHuman rights organisations, academics and writers have called on Ofcom to clarify what the high court ruling that the ban on Palestine Action was unlawful will mean for online platforms pending the home secretary’s appeal against the judgment.The Metropolitan police have said that officers will no longer arrest people at protests who express support for the direct action group.
  
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• MoJ lays bare solicitor disparity in judicial appointments

  03-03-2026 13:32 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Evidence to the Senior Salaries Review Body’s review of the judicial pay structure reveals recruitment difficulties.
  
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• Two director exits triggered collapse of £1m firm

  03-03-2026 13:07 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Zhong Lun Law Firm was wound down at the end of last year after failing to secure insurance.
  
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• Director exits triggered collapse of Chinese satellite firm

  03-03-2026 13:07 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Zhong Lun Law Firm was wound down at the end of last year after failing to secure insurance.
  
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• Trump abandons attempts to punish law firms

  03-03-2026 10:41 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  US Justice Department drops efforts to appeal court rulings finding executive orders unconstitutional.
  
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• SRA told to reveal what it knew in build-up to PM Law collapse

  03-03-2026 10:40 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Oversight regulator acting swiftly in response to sudden closure of law firm network.
  
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• Bernie Sanders and Ro Khanna propose bill to impose wealth tax on billionaires

  02-03-2026 20:27
  Make billionaires pay their fair share act would apply to those with a net worth of $1bn or moreSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxSenator Bernie Sanders and Ro Khanna, a representative, on Monday introduced legislation that would impose a 5% annual wealth tax on America’s billionaires.The proposal, titled the make billionaires pay their fair share act, would apply to individuals in the US with a net worth of $1bn or more, of which Sanders’s
  
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• Mahmood's asylum reforms 'stand in tension' - Society

  02-03-2026 18:05 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Home secretary makes refugee status subject to review every 30 months.
  
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• Asylum reforms 'stand in tension' - Law Society

  02-03-2026 18:05 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Home secretary makes refugee status subject to review every 30 months.
  
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• What is the legality of the US and Israeli attacks on Iran?

  02-03-2026 17:34
  Legal experts give their views on the lawfulness of the countries’ actions, including the UK’s ‘defensive’ operationUS-Israel war on Iran – live updatesWhat we know so far on day three of the Iran warThe US and Israeli attacks on Iran have lit the touchpaper in the region once more. The UK did not take part in the initial strikes but said on Sunday that it would take part in “defensive action”. With the shadow of the 2003 Iraq invasion looming large, the
  
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• LinkedIn 'like' leads to sanction for magistrate

  02-03-2026 16:27 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Spokesperson for the JCIO said the magistrate apologised and promptly deleted the like.
  
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• UK surgeon cleared of antisemitism criticises GMC’s plan to challenge ruling

  02-03-2026 14:25
  Dr Ghassan Abu-Sittah accuses regulator of seeking ‘politically acceptable’ outcome after allegations dismissedA surgeon who was cleared by a tribunal of alleged antisemitism and support for terrorism has accused his regulator of seeking a “politically acceptable” outcome after it announced it would appeal against the decision to the high court.Dr Ghassan Abu-Sittah, who gave testimony to the international criminal court on Israel’s assault on Gaza and is the rector
  
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• Jailed for losing a pregnancy: how progress on El Salvador’s harsh anti-abortion law is unravelling

  02-03-2026 14:15
  Years of campaigning led to the release of 81 women imprisoned under the country’s strict reproductive laws, but the suspension of civil rights by President Nayib Bukele is fuelling a new wave of criminalisationHer ordeal began with stomach cramps; 19 years old and training to be a nurse, she knew something was wrong. At the hospital she waited for hours in the emergency department. She had suffered an obstetric emergency.Under El Salvador’s legal framework, emergencies including mis
  
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• 'Dieselgate': Three weeks of closing submissions begin

  02-03-2026 13:39 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Claim brought on behalf of more than 1.6 million vehicle owners is one of the largest group actions ever.
  
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• 'Stay away from windows': Gulf law firms batten down

  02-03-2026 13:32 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Thousands of lawyers in United Arab Emirates advised to stay put - and register their presence with the FCDO.
  
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• How Florida’s term-limited governor is creating a ‘police state’ as his legacy

  02-03-2026 13:00
  Slew of bills in veto-proof Republican state legislature harm individual rights and concentrate power, rights groups sayRon DeSantis, Florida’s Republican hard-right governor, will be termed out of office in barely 10 months’ time. Civil rights groups watching a slew of new restrictive laws passing through the state’s legislature say his bequest will be a “police state”, where government officials dictate what residents can do, say or believe.They point in particula
  
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• Worried about freedom of speech? Then what’s happening at the Open University should terrify you | Owen Jones

  02-03-2026 11:00
  The OU has capitulated to a pro-Israel lobby group about the use of the term ‘ancient Palestine’. The wider context is impossible to ignoreThe west is in the midst of the most serious assault on free speech and academic freedom since the heyday of McCarthyism seven decades ago. For years, we were told the danger came from the left: oversensitive students, censorious activists, no-platforming zealots. Yet the most aggressive and successful campaign to police speech in our public insti
  
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• Irwin Mitchell reaffirms commitment to Sheffield with office move

  02-03-2026 09:00 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Firm now has 24 offices nationwide - but none bigger than in the city where it was founded in 1912.
  
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