The duty criminal defence lawyers owe to their clients is being overridden in the cause of better court administration. To read the full article by Mathew Hickling in the Gazette, click on the link below.

Leading figures from the profession recently debated the likely shape of a post-Legal Services Act world. The Gazette was granted eccess and you can see their report by clicking on the link below.

www.lawgazette.co.uk/features/long-road-lsa

Many small firms are struggling to meet reporting duties and exposing themselves to fines or "even prison". For the full article in this weeks Gazette click on the link below.

www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/smaller-firms-feeling-strain-money-laundering-regulations

An article by Peter Williamson, Chairman of the SRA board, on the Qualified Lawyers Transfer Regulations, the SRA's new website and SRA prosecutions against firms involved in miner's compensation. Click on the link below for the full article printed in the Gazette.

www.lawgazette.co.uk/opinion/by-the-book/showing-way

The SRA have carried out a pilot visit to Clifford Chance in order to learn how to inspect larger law firms. For the full atricle in the Gazette click on the link below.

www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/sra-eyes-visits-big-firms