All Law Gazette articles in 18 March 2019
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News
Company on hook for costs after three-year delay to administer estate
Son had to bring claim through courts to have probate company removed.
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News
Commercial court plans late sittings in $5bn fraud claim
Witness and co-defendant in nine-month civil hearing to appear by video from California.
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News
Longer NHS waiting times threaten spike in clin neg claims, warns spending watchdog
Lengthening NHS waiting times could lead to a rise in clinical negligence claims, the public spending watchdog warns today. But the NHS’s understanding of the looming problem is ‘limited’, according to the National Audit Office. In a report, NHS waiting times for elective and cancer treatment, the NAO notes that ...
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Opinion
Addressing inequality at the criminal bar
UK must try harder to achieve equality and diversity within its own criminal justice system, as it seeks to do around the world.
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News
Lying GP expert should have been jailed like solicitor, says appeal court
Insurance company appealed on basis doctor’s suspended sentence was too lenient.
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News
Jailed paedophile barrister removed from profession
John Guess was a former lawyer for the Welsh government.
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News
'Real-life Daniel Blake''s barrister blasts legal aid cuts following tribunal win
Doughty Street Chambers' Mary-Rachel McCabe acted pro bono for Tony Rice.
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News
Baker McKenzie to target better BAME representation
International firm says black, asian and minority ethnic representation ’thins out at the most senior levels’.
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Feature
Proposed probate fee reforms fall short
Bereaved are not litigants pursuing multi-million pound cases through the courts.
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News
Land Registry prepares to publish conveyancers' error rates
More than 3,000 requisitions sent every day after customers omit or supply inaccurate information.
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News
GCs not benefiting from innovative technology due to knowledge gap
Senior legal chiefs unsure what technology would make the best investment.
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News
Claimant solicitors secure £150k interim costs for unfinished dispute
Court rules it a ‘virtual certainty’ that claimants will secure costs, despite quantum not known for three years.
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News
Client did not give informed consent to deductions, costs appeal hears
Former client of HH Law says it was not made clear to her what she would end up paying in PI claim.
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News
Media trawled through SC justices' family social media accounts during Brexit case
Lady Hale and Lord Reed advise against judges having their own accounts.
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News
Supreme Court allows 'reasonable diligence' appeal in fraud claim
'Bare-knuckle fight' between principles that fraud unravels all and that litigation must end.
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News
Court 'on precipice' of thousands of costs challenges by ex-clients
Appeal hears firm’s argument that its deductions from damages were clearly set out to client.
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News
SRA prepares for 'no deal' with QLTS changes
Exemptions to be offered for all foreign qualified lawyers but not on topic by topic basis.
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News
Home Office rejects knife ASBO amendments
Government says the Offensive Weapons Bill provides safeguards being sought by Magistrates' Association and others.
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News
Pinsent Masons brings flexible lawyer service to Hong Kong
Firm says businesses need 'quality lawyers working flexibly'.