All Law Gazette articles in 15 July 2019
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NewsClaims farmer for Asons jailed for forging signatures
Nottingham CMC director was a key claims supplier to the formerly high-profile but now defunct Bolton firm.
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NewsMoJ set to decide on second wave of personal injury reform
Proposals divided industry when they went to consultation back in 2017.
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NewsNHS spending on claimant legal costs drops by £24m in a year
Overall spending still increasing as compensation levels and defence costs rise.
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NewsA&O profits rise but PEP growth slows
The magic circle firm adds to a bullish set of City results.
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NewsFight against financial crime is underfunded, claim solicitors
The government’s Economic Crime Plan allocates £48m for law enforcement, while the NCA insists £2.7bn is needed.
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NewsInterim costs award sets ‘vitally important’ precedent for law firm cashflow
Judge says interim costs order should be made with a view to solicitors’ cashflow in long-lasting litigation.
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OpinionLetters roundup - 15 July 2019
Local law societies, frivolous marriage, and the Welsh language: your letters to the editor.
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NewsDotcom whizz sets up lawtech app store
Reynen Court, founded by Andrew Klein, aims to cut time taken for a firm to procure systems ‘from months to minutes’.
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NewsBar gets hacked-off
The bar is not known for its humility, a characteristic on show at the Bar Council’s anniversary knees-up last week.
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ProfileLawyer in the news: Bill Dhariwal
Head of litigation and managing director of Lawcomm Solicitors, Hampshire.
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NewsMoJ can’t find key Jackson costs note
Only record of a meeting in which Sir Rupert Jackson proposed extending the Aarhus convention cost-cap is lost.
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FeatureConnecting the dots
Legal Geek has become the ‘Woodstock for legal’. At its latest conference in New York, the focus was on what could be done to bring the law and legal tech closer together
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OpinionContingency plan
A contingent legal aid fund: talked and written about for decades, to no avail.
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NewsContract ended over fee error
Charities such as the RNLI will now have to pay more to be notified bequests.
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FeatureLaw Society spotlight: July’s Council meeting
A report from this month’s meeting of the Law Society Council.
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NewsAt the sharp end
Solicitor recalls client’s request to have an ’Excalibur sword’ brought to court.
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OpinionFarewell Gauke, friend of the judiciary – for now
Lord chancellor hopes that by resigning from the government, rather than signing up to a no-deal Brexit, he will be well placed to return.