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The Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE), Part 1 is to contain fewer questions from January, after candidates complained of feeling ‘rushed’ and ‘pressurised’

LexisNexis will mark the 80th anniversary of Shawcross and Beaumont on Air Law with a live podcast exploring the evolution of aviation law from the Chicago Convention to the challenges facing modern aerospace, taking place on Tuesday 29 September

Up to 100 more pupillages for criminal barristers could be provided each year, under a match-funding scheme boosted by £1.5m funding from Ministry of Justice

Will the future of work value women or leave them behind? Anjali Malik & Alannah Smyth investigate

Firms who address talent retention stand to improve client service, cost efficiency and potential earnings.

A High Court ruling has sent a jolt through the legal profession after a newly qualified solicitor used an internal AI tool to produce court correspondence containing a fabricated legal citation

Elisabeth Mason seeks to calm the shivers from the ruling in Cork and another v Smith

Family law chambers 4PB has announced the return of the Alan Inglis Memorial Essay Prize for a third consecutive year, honouring the life and legacy of LGBTQ+ advocate and barrister Alan Inglis (pictured)

A government commitment to increase legal aid fees for criminal barristers has still not been implemented five months after being announced in December 2025

Solicitors would be required to enter into ‘mandatory ethical discussions’ each year, under Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) proposals

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Harneys—Maggie Kwok & George Weston

Harneys senior leadership appointments

Freeths—Keith Browne & Jim Jordan

Freeths strengthens London Construction and Engineering practice with two strategic senior hires

Anthony Collins—Laura Moss

Anthony Collins announces strategic hire to deepen skills base in the social business sector

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NLJ this week: When bots libel

Existing defamation law can respond to AI ‘hallucinations’, but allocating responsibility will prove harder where outputs reach users without human intervention

NLJ this week: A point not pleaded

The High Court has upheld a rare successful serious-irregularity challenge after an arbitrator relied on an implied term neither party had advanced

NLJ this week: Prophecy meets practice

Thirty years after The Future of Law shook a profession still using fax machines, its central forecast looks increasingly less like prophecy and more like description

Law Society RFC Festival of Sport 2026 ‘Wrap-Up’

More than 100 teams from the legal and financial services sectors competed in five sports at the 51st Law Society RFC Festival of Sport earlier this month

NLJ this week: Part-time protection widens

Part-time status need only be an effective cause of less favourable treatment, rather than the sole cause, the Supreme Court has held in Augustine v Data Cars

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Training & education

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Harneys—Maggie Kwok & George Weston

Freeths—Keith Browne & Jim Jordan

Anthony Collins—Laura Moss