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LSB launches review to avoid another Mazur crisis

The Legal Services Board has launched a review to ensure there is not a repeat of the Mazur chaos with the five other reserved legal activities.

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Partner was expelled due to “intimate relationship” with junior

A London law firm expelled a partner because of inappropriate relationships with two junior lawyers and not because of discrimination, an employment tribunal has ruled.

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Iranian men convicted of spying on pro-Israel barrister

Two Iranian men who spied on a barrister and two journalists were yesterday convicted of assisting a foreign intelligence service.

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Coulson persuaded not to speak out over Post Office slur

Sir Peter Coulson was persuaded not to speak out over the suggestion that he backed Mr Justice Fraser’s decision not to recuse himself in the Post Office litigation because they were friends.

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AI is evolving quickly. For law firms still working out how to get consistent value from the tools they already have, the conversation has moved on again to agentic AI.


Why good governance matters when managing Law Society forms

Everyday legal transactions rely on Law Society forms. But they are often treated as static templates rather than what they really are: living documents that change over time.