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AI guidance, a fresh look at PM Law, and calls for one legal regulator: where the SRA and BSB stand this autumn
The SRA issued fresh guidance on AI use in August 2026 and published a review of its handling of PM Law in September. Meanwhile, the Legal Services Consumer Panel is renewing calls for a single legal regulator.
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Civil courts under strain: record claims, a new Business and Property Division, and the push for litigation funding reform
571,250 new civil claims landed in Q2 2026, the highest quarterly figure since 2009. The courts responded with a consolidated Business and Property Division, a transparency pilot, and a promised bill to reverse PACCAR.
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The Employment Rights Act 2025: what landed in April, and what’s coming this October
Day-one statutory sick pay and a new Fair Work Agency arrived in April 2026. October brings a mandatory duty to prevent sexual harassment, third-party harassment liability, and a doubled employment tribunal time limit.
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Immigration Rules tightened and eased in the same breath: the September 2026 Statement of Changes
The Home Office’s 3 September 2026 Statement of Changes (HC 584) gives Skilled Worker victims of modern slavery more freedom to change employer, expands the Visitor route for Erasmus+ participants, and closes the EUSS travel permit route.