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NewsSociety rebukes education secretary for attack on lawyers
Silence from lord chancellor over education secretary’s attack on SEND lawyers ’exploiting parents’.
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News'Chronic overwork': Flexible working has greatest impact on women’s careers, says IBA report
Raising the Bar: Women in Law study surveyed almost 5,000 women across over 100 countries.
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NewsCreditors of closed Birmingham firm likely to receive nothing
Massive investment by director was unable to save loss-making legal aid practice.
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NewsFCA made 'significant errors' in seizing barrister suspect's devices
‘Failings represent a lack of rigour rather than any deliberate misconduct,’ High Court concludes.
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NewsFormer BBC executive picked to chair LSB
Monisha Shah's appointment subject to hearing by Commons justice select committee.
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NewsClaimant was coached in court through smart glasses
High Court rejects evidence after finding that instructions were being given by a lawyer watching case remotely.
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NewsDam claim judge ‘failed to engage with BHP submissions’
Lord Justice Lewison and Lord Justice Fraser, sitting in the Court of Appeal, reserve judgment on BHP’s permission to appeal.
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NewsSolicitor who lied to protect client avoids strike-off
Tribunal insists outcome 'should not be read as creating a wider precedent for leniency'.
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NewsKC quits regulator to fight 'tyrannical' jury trial curbs
Rule of law has become 'something to be sold' to oligarchs 'as part of UK plc', alleges Flora Page.
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NewsAML: Firms warned against complacency ahead of FCA takeover
Risk managers bemoan lack of clarity about what new Financial Conduct Authority regime will mean for legal profession.
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NewsEquity partnership still heavily dominated by men, SRA data shows
Proportion of female lawyers continues to soar but seniority gap continues.
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NewsComplaints must be 'tools for learning', incoming LeO chief tells MPs
Former housing ombudsman wants to focus on access to justice, systemic change and transformation in terms of performance.
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NewsChildren at heart of 'problem-solving' blueprint for family lawyers
Lawyers would send parents letter from children's commissioner highlighting impact of conflict on children.
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NewsJudge makes first 'statutory SLAPP' declaration
Claimant's behaviour in Dan Neidle case was 'not recognisable as properly conducted litigation'.
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NewsAI is administrative justice tribunal’s future - but data improvements needed
Administrative Justice Council reports on digitisation across the ‘modernised tribunal system’.
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NewsPM Law windup begins as police probe alleged fraud
Liquidator appointed to group companies as South Yorkshire force investigates.
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NewsBid to curtail jury trials clears first parliamentary hurdle
MPs vote by a majority of 101 to let the Courts and Tribunals Bill move to the next stage in journey to become law.
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NewsSRA chief signals shift away from enforcement as reports surge
Regulator tells solicitors she wants to offer support to firms rather than penalising them.
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NewsDefence firms 'exploiting' stranded PM Law clients
Director says clients of PM Law should not be penalised for failures to progress cases.
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NewsRule of law is good for growth - but hard to prove
Relationship between robust legal institutions and economic growth is more complex than often assumed.