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Solicitor struck off over client Money Misuse
A veteran solicitor has been struck off after admitting he billed clients for work he had not done to stop his firm exceeding its…
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Post Office lawyer prosecutions begin at SDT
The Post Office scandal has at last produced disciplinary charges against solicitors, though not the sort many campaigners had been waiting for. The SRA…
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Free Court Transcripts Campaign Gathers Support
Open justice has discovered the ancient British art of saying “of course you may” while quietly reaching for the card machine. A cross-party early…
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School phone ban becomes statutory guidance
Updated Department for Education guidance became statutory on 29 June. Schools in England should begin following it from 1 September. The guidance says schools…
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Rough sleeping no longer a crime in England
The Vagrancy Act was law written in the tone of a man irritated that poverty had chosen to be visible. On 29 June, the…
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Crown Court backlog Jury Trials
The Crown Court backlog has fallen by 37 cases, which is the justice-system equivalent of tidying one teaspoon in a burning kitchen. Fresh court…
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Mazur: SRA Guidance At Last
The SRA has rewritten its supervision guidance after the Court of Appeal restored the orthodox view: unauthorised staff can carry out litigation work, provided…
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Under-16 Social Media Ban Shifts Focus from Safety to Total Exclusion
The government has decided that nudging users with better settings is no longer doing the job. Ministers plan to ban social media platforms from…
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US Pulls Anthropic AI Models in Bold Regulatory Crackdown
The AI safety debate has moved from policy panels to product shutdowns. Anthropic says it has been ordered by the US government to suspend…
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Fake Solicitor Emails Use Law Firm Credibility to Weaponize Scams
Scammers do not need legal qualifications if they can borrow a solicitor’s name. The SRA issued a series of scam alerts in early June,…