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NewsWomen make up 37% of law firm partners, new SRA figures show
Slow improvement in racial and gender diversity continues, according to statistics from the SRA’s biennial collection of diversity data.
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NewsUniversity's bar course to remain on hold despite 'some progress'
Bar course at the University of Hertfordshire will now be deferred until all BSB’s required changes are ‘implemented and embedded’.
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NewsLSB pledges to ‘step up’ oversight of regulators
Several areas for improvement will be set out in assessment to be published by the oversight regulator next month.
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NewsSolicitors will not see £16m for police station work anytime soon, High Court hears
Law Society's lawyers say process for distributing extra cash - initially set aside for training grants, PDS expansion and LGFS reform - could take at least a year.
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NewsMoJ to move 50 civil service jobs to Wales
Wrexham is the main Welsh beneficiary of the latest acceleration in the Places for Growth relocation programme.
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NewsMother’s fundraising page in family case unlawful, judge rules
Judge criticises mother’s GoFundMe page as a ‘serious error of judgement’ which ‘was irresponsible, unreasonable and unlawful’.
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NewsPost Office was told to report three of its lawyers to SRA
External report cited potential issues over 'inadequate investigation' and 'negligent decision-making'.
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NewsCriminal Cases Review Commission first in posthumous referral over Post Office convictions
Post Office workers’ convictions referred despite ‘no current legislation which expressly allows posthumous appeals from magistrates' court to Crown court’.
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NewsLobby group demands regulation of ‘no win, no fee’ term
Report by 'Fair Civil Justice' suggests clients have no idea they may be taking on a costs risk.
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NewsDon't shun careful use of AI, judges told
Technology 'can and will' help create an efficient and accessible digital justice system, master of the rolls says.
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NewsSRA wins orders over solicitor’s ‘minimal engagement’ with intervention
High Court orders elusive firm owner to hand over documents and redirect all company or professional emails to the intervening agent.
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NewsHigh Court showdown over criminal legal aid
Judges hear dispute over government's decision not to raise fees by the minimum 15% recommended by the Bellamy review.
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NewsLegal sector revenues still climbing, City reports - but growth rate halves
TheCityUK’s annual bellwether finds that legal services contributed £34bn to the economy in 2022.
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NewsListed legal group secures £24.5m credit facility
Owner of Rosenblatt and Memery Crystal announces new borrowing arrangement to give it 'time and stability'.
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NewsLegal ‘influencer’ focuses on non-regulated business after firm’s closure
Alice Stephenson says her regulated law firm was forced to close after HMRC called in tax debt.
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NewsTwo solicitors join Judicial Appointments Commission
Judges Tanweer Ikram and Noel Arnold among six commissioners announced by appointments body.
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NewsAI hallucinates nine ‘helpful’ case authorities
Judge accepts that appellant was unaware citations provided by ‘friend in a solicitor’s office’ were fabrications.
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NewsActive case management essential in ‘Dieselgate’ billions litigation, says judge
'Juggernaut' litigation involves 1.25 million claims against 1,500 defendants, packed courtroom hears.
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NewsCosts orders can ‘register condemnation’ of unreasonable parties, says High Court judge
Lawyers must explain clearly to their clients that a failure to negotiate reasonably carries costs risks, judge warns in family case.
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NewsLegal representatives will now get expenses - but Law Soc says fees ‘still too low’
Scheme is ’struggling to attract advocates’ who will be able to claim up to £180 for travel and £100 per night for a hotel stay.