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All Law Gazette articles in 6 February 2017
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Law ReportInsurance
Motor insurance policy extended to liability for damage to property of third parties as result of fire caused by repair work carried out by policyholder at time when car immobilised
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NewsBBC probes McKenzie friends after Gazette investigation
Monday's Victoria Derbyshire show to feature case of jailed adviser David Bright.
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NewsDechert’s £16m bill in fraud office case ‘unrealistic’ – judge
Costs assessment of work over probe into mining deals will now move to High Court.
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NewsTruss willing to drop legal aid fee cut – with strings
Law Society sceptical as MoJ announces potential concession on graduated fee schemes.
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NewsTardy doctors warned about MedCo uploading guidelines
Reminder comes as leading insurance figure suggests more can be done to regulate medico-legal sector.
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OpinionLawyers reach their Zen moment
Could letting your mind drift away improve performance and concentration?
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NewsRegistry announces new steps to digital conveyancing
Electronic signatures and paperless mortgages to be enabled through amendments to Land Registration Rules.
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NewsKWM: administrator’s report lays bare full story of collapse
SJ Berwin successor firm went down owning few assets other than work in progress and unpaid bills.
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NewsBite-size judgments? Let's not be too hasty
Judge sleeping Source: Peter Dazeley/Getty Judges are being encouraged to keep things breezy. The message hasn’t quite got through.
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News
City firm uses machine learning to speed up document analysis
CMS latest to adopt artificial intelligence technology in litigation, arbitration and investigations.
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NewsIndian firms ‘blocking’ free legal market plans
Government keen to press ahead with plans but is facing set backs.
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OpinionBOOK REVIEW: The Curious History of Dating – from Jane Austen to Tinder
This is a pacey, intelligent and authoritative account with bags of wit.
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NewsAutomatic strike-out for cases where trial fee unpaid
Hearing fee refunds also being scrapped under changes to Civil Procedure Rules confirmed this month.
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NewsTop judges signal mass exodus amid plunging morale
The proportion of judges who would quit if they could has doubled in two years, according to an official survey of judicial attitudes.
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NewsMoJ backs down on fixed terms for judges
Law Society argued that non-renewable fixed terms for fee-paid judges would hinder diversity.
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NewsOnline court 'entirely voluntary', government insists
Response to transforming justice consultation dismisses fears about access to justice and 'sentencing by algorithm'.
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NewsKWM administrators confirm investigation
Quantuma says investigations ’typical with any insolvency’.
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Legal aid delay compounded fined solicitor's cash flow problem
Karen Todner's firm faced delays in paying legal aid - and a 'hardening attitude' on the part of HMRC.