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  • Associated Privacy Judgment Limits Media Claims

    Associated Privacy Judgment Limits Media Claims

    July 9, 2026

    A 436-page privacy judgment has landed with the weight of a small sideboard and the mood of a teacher who has found glitter in…

  • Senior judge warns on AI and Independence

    Senior judge warns on AI and Independence

    July 8, 2026

    AI in the courts is not frightening because it is clever. It is frightening because it may be clever on someone else’s terms. Dame…

  • Manchester Solicitor Struck Off over Unwanted Messages

    Manchester Solicitor Struck Off over Unwanted Messages

    July 8, 2026

    The SRA’s workplace misconduct drive has produced another hard lesson. Some messages are not just embarrassing, they are derailment. A veteran Manchester solicitor, described…

  • Blur Drummer Loses £200m PRS Royalties Appeal

    Blur Drummer Loses £200m PRS Royalties Appeal

    July 3, 2026

    Blur drummer Dave Rowntree has lost his appeal in a proposed mass claim against PRS for Music over so-called black box royalties. These are…

  • Legal Ombudsman wins Capacity Appeal

    Legal Ombudsman wins Capacity Appeal

    July 3, 2026

    The Court of Appeal has reinstated a LeO finding against a family law firm over capacity and compensation. The court has reinstated an ombudsman…

  • Dieselgate Claimants hit by Service Failure

    Dieselgate Claimants hit by Service Failure

    July 2, 2026

    Five thousand Dieselgate claimants have run into the least glamorous wall in civil litigation: effective service. A High Court master has refused to let…

  • Solicitor struck off over client Money Misuse

    Solicitor struck off over client Money Misuse

    July 1, 2026

    A veteran solicitor has been struck off after admitting he billed clients for work he had not done to stop his firm exceeding its…

  • Post Office lawyer prosecutions begin at SDT

    Post Office lawyer prosecutions begin at SDT

    July 1, 2026

    The Post Office scandal has at last produced disciplinary charges against solicitors, though not the sort many campaigners had been waiting for. The SRA…

  • Free Court Transcripts Campaign Gathers Support

    Free Court Transcripts Campaign Gathers Support

    June 30, 2026

    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…

  • School phone ban becomes statutory guidance

    School phone ban becomes statutory guidance

    June 30, 2026

    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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