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It's not fair: BAME disciplinary proceedings

The SRA should take radical action to ensure regulation is fair and proportionate, as Gideon Habel and Emma Walker explain

Collateral attack

Susanna Heley considers the interplay between court judgments and solicitors' disciplinary proceedings

Operation change: Maintaining the standards expected

Adapting to the post-covid new world requires maintaining appropriate oversight and conformity with regulatory and ethical duties, says Tracey Calvert

Veering off default

Matthew Duncan considers the judg';s approach to assessing damages where solicitors had been negligent in creating a trust scheme

A fertile ground for reform

With women increasingly choosing technology-aided methods of conception, Hollie Orgee examines whether our fertility laws are fit for purpose

SRA prosecution: at what price?

Susanna Heley comments on the regulator's resistance to dropping proceedings against solicitor Z, despite significant risk to his life

Countdown to the SQE

Firms and graduates will be giving the initial sitting of SQE1 a wide berth, says Jonny Hurst 

How private is a private life?

Gideon Habel comments on the line to be drawn between private conduct within and outside of the SRA's reach post-Beckwith