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NewsRwanda bill: deployment of judges 'matter for the judiciary'
Statement responds to reports that prime minister is planning to draft 150 judges to hear Rwanda appeals.
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NewsLiP hit with £10,000 costs over ‘disturbing’ emails to trainee solicitor
Judge describes ‘emotional toll’ that husband’s conduct had on wife’s legal team.
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NewsNews focus: SLAPPs - lawyers are still poles apart
Controversial lingerie tycoon Michelle Mone has triggered fresh public debate on UK libel and defamation tactics. But the prospect of further reform to combat so-called SLAPPs continues to divide the profession.
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NewsEx-Dentons associate banned after touching colleague at work event
Colleague felt 'vulnerable, uncomfortable and distressed' by sexual touching.
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NewsCILEX seeks SRA assurance over Axiom Ince compensation bill
Representative body says press coverage of collapsed law firm contributed to negative responses on regulator switch.
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NewsFormer solicitor ordered to pay back £3,000 in £3m fraud
Christopher Bilmes, jailed for 56 months last year, appeared remotely at Lewes Crown Court this morning.
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NewsLegal businesses stand to lose millions from SSB collapse
Debts of more than £200m are revealed as administrators deliver grim news for unsecured creditors.
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NewsSuper-regulator chief set to leave before Axiom Ince review is complete
Matthew Hill will move to Chartered Insurance Institute after five years in legal regulation.
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NewsIT experts call for review of ‘computer is always right’
Post Office scandal 'shows the danger of courts unquestioningly accepting the output of IT systems as reliable evidence'.
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NewsLiquidated Metamorph firm now owes £7m
Claims from unsecured creditors greatly exceed initial estimate but they are expected to get nothing.
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NewsNew Cartwright King owners ‘horrified’ by Post Office injustice
Firm named in public inquiry but says those implicated have all left the business.
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News'Degraded' courts: Sheffield flooded out; Rolls hit by power cut; Old Bailey masonry injures pedestrian
Law Society president condemns ‘degradation of courts estate across England and Wales due to decades of underinvestment’.
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News‘Significant step forward’ as Hague Convention signed
Accession will boost the appeal of the UK as a forum for international dispute resolution, justice minister says.
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NewsCouncils 'withdrawing funding for practising certificates' to save cash
Lawyers in Local Government says cost-cutting measure puts members at risk of breaching regulatory obligations.
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NewsMore family courts open to journalists
Pilot will now be extended to 16 other courts across England following a ‘pioneering year’ of family court reporting.
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NewsNews focus: PO scandal - government sets legal and constitutional precedent
As the government announced a bill overturning all convictions based on Post Office Horizon data, some lawyers voiced their unease at ministers setting what will be a monumental legal and constitutional precedent.
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NewsPost Office solicitor rejected disclosure request due to £2,500 cost
Public inquiry hears that sub-postmaster was offered plea bargain on the basis he did not blame the Horizon computer system.
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NewsChief coroner calls for new bout of modernisation
Some coroner areas are not getting the minimum in resources they need to function, says His Honour Judge Thomas Teague KC.
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NewsCILEX claims 'strong support' for SRA regulation switch
Representative body for legal executives says consultation questions on regulatory proposal received at least 60% positive response.
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NewsTweeting barrister’s employment tribunal appeal dismissed
High Court judge finds appeal over dismissal of Jon Holbrook’s claim to be without merit.