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UK will ratify EU unitary patent, says minister
Announcement ends speculation regarding UK’s position – and hints at future policy on single market.
DWF spies Northern Ireland opportunity
Addleshaw Goddard confirms Scottish tieup
‘Stressed’ solicitor made false invoices to cover costs order
Exclusive: CMC watchdog failing to collect fines
Solicitors agree sanctions over charity dinner money
Injured footballer waits for delayed £80k payment
High Court refuses MoD 'indulgence' of extra time for disclosure
Cash alone won't end justice woes, says Labour commission
Devonshires sets sights on Leeds
Verification concerns over legal aid procurement process
UK expected to reveal stance on EU patent court
News focus: Autumn Statement point by point
MoJ retreats on immigration fee hike
Bar appoints expert panel to advise on its work
Asylum fast-track proposals 'will strengthen hand of the state' - Law Society
Public access barrister disbarred after third hearing in a month
IT and lawyers’ responsibilities
How can you stay ahead of a fast-moving, intimidatingly vast and complicated subject area?
How to choose a lawyer
Do we need a common system for monitoring client satisfaction?
Lord Bach: looking beyond just LASPO repeal
Cross-party consensus around access to justice must be built - commission’s report is the start of that process.
Justice out the back of a van
Elephant keeps a low profile
Liberté, egalité, sororité
Shades of Rembrandt...
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‘Joint enterprise’ rule judgment
The court delivers judgment in a series of cases concerning the controversial ‘joint enterprise’ rule, under which accomplices can be found guilty of murder even if they do not participate directly in the fatal attack.
Interview: Robert Camp
My legal life: Terri Harman
Solicitor's bike injury claim
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Roundtable: solicitor-advocates
The legal system remains loaded against solicitor-advocates, so what needs to change to level the playing field with the bar?
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Features
Arbitration: service of notice
The issue of whether the correct party has been served in arbitration becomes complicated in an agent-principal scenario.
Litigation funding: capital gain
Excalibur went against third-party funders on important costs issues, but the sector was delighted by Tomlinson LJ’s assertion that the sector is now mainstream.
Crass methodologies for hard Brexit
It is deeply worrying that the UK appears to be renewing, perhaps with greater vigour, its commitment to reduce net migration through crass methodologies.
Equality
The Supreme Court refers case of transgender woman refused female state pension to EU court.
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