All Law Gazette articles in 1 July 2019
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Pinsent Masons strikes ‘unique’ deal with litigation funder
Augusta Ventures will offer the firm’s clients better rates and fast-tracked services.
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Firm hires and promotions: Forbes Solicitors
The firm’s housing and regeneration (property) team has grown by 50% in the last year.
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Probate chaos nearing an end as backlog starts to be cleared
HMCTS also confirms it is going ahead with closure of regional probate registries.
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Legal Aid Agency seeks to reduce dependency on troubled billing system
A service called 'Apply for Legal Aid' will be introduced next year.
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Opinion
Blog: Mother in Law
Diary of a busy practitioner, juggling work and family somewhere in England. This week: trying to be kind.
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Charities to pay more as HMCTS cancels 'unlawful' bequest alert contract
Legacy notification service Smee & Ford will continue to inform charities of bequests, but fees will be higher.
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Serco fraud: Deferred prosecution critics ‘cynical’, says judge
Mr Justice William Davis approves the UK’s fifth DPA over fraud against Ministry of Justice.
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Conveyancers escape censure over leasehold concerns
Government says code of conduct is clear that clients' interests must be protected.
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Nearly a third of trainee barristers attended private schools
Data also shows that BAME candidates are almost half as likely to be offered a pupillage as their white peers.
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Hong Kong Law Society ‘strongly condemns’ legislative building siege
The violence is to be ‘deplored as an affront to the rule of law’, representative body says.
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Opinion
Small claims online portal must be done properly
A ‘minimum viable product’ developed behind closed doors is not good enough.
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Davis takes the helm at Chancery Lane
Senior partner at Clifford Chance becomes 175th president of the Law Society today.
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Prosecutor wins libel claim over Ben Stokes case criticism
Alison Morgan brought proceedings against The Times over article relating to prosecution decisions.
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Gauke woos judges with Mansion House attack on ‘populists’
Lord chancellor warns of growing distrust of judiciary and other institutions.
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Johnson prosecutor revealed vexatious political motives, judges rule
High Court publishes reasons for overturning magistrate's decision to commit Boris Johnson MP for trial.
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Profit edges up at Freshfields as partners prosper
The firm’s net profit rose by just 1% in 2018-19, but PEP grew by 6%.
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Serco subsidiary to pay £19.2m for lying to MoJ about tagging profits
SFO says contractor ‘engaged in a converted effort to lie to the Ministry of Justice in order to profit unlawfully at the expense of UK taxpayers’.
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Opinion
Mastercard: Preventing a US-style litigation monster
Consumer Rights Act safeguards are in danger of serious erosion.