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01 May 2026
Issue: 8159 / Categories: Legal News , Regulatory , Legal services , Profession
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NLJ this week: Mazur ruling puts firms on supervision alert

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Litigators digesting Mazur are being urged to tighten oversight and compliance. In his latest 'Insider' column for NLJ this week, Professor Dominic Regan of City Law School provides a cut out and keep guide to the ruling’s core test: whether an unauthorised individual is ‘in truth acting on behalf of the authorised individual’

The decision reinforces that responsibility always rests with the authorised lawyer, even where tasks are delegated.

Alongside blockbuster judgments and costly litigation—from phone-hacking to failed investment schemes—the message is clear: regulators may ‘start looking closely at the conduct of firms’. With guidance evolving, firms ignoring supervision risks may soon find themselves in the spotlight.

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