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New training to improve solicitor competency

The Solicitors Regulation Authority’s consultation aims to enhance training requirements for solicitors handling personal injury cases APIL has expressed support for new measures proposed by...

Browne Jacobson welcomes Clive Kay as adviser

Browne Jacobson has appointed Professor Clive Kay as a strategic adviser to enhance its healthcare services

Paul Ridout’s passing is a great loss

HCR Law mourns the unexpected death of Paul Ridout, a leading figure in healthcare legal expertise

MOJ launches funding competition for lawtech

The Ministry of Justice has initiated a competition to allocate funding and support innovation in legal services across England and Wales

Witness IIA126 v Chair of the Independent Inquiry Relating to Afghanistan: judge refuses wider disclosure in closed hearings challenge

Mrs Justice Farbey declines to extend disclosure or approve a confidentiality ring for a former senior military officer excluded from the most restrictive closed evidence...

CBC and GSD v Secretary of State for Defence: Afghan Relocation Policy refusals quashed over undisclosed guidance

The High Court finds two former British Embassy Kabul security guards were unfairly denied relocation under ARAP because internal guidance on meeting the scheme's criteria...

Baker v Reigate and Banstead Borough Council: Traveller family's planning challenge fails despite Green Belt policy shift

The High Court finds a council was entitled to decline determining a fresh Gypsy/Traveller site application even after national grey belt and traveller definition changes.

Herod Property Ltd v Westminster City Council: developer's £295,000 CIL challenge dismissed

The High Court rejects a judicial review of Community Infrastructure Levy notices issued over a Bayswater office-to-flats conversion, offering guidance on the "zero CIL" exemption.