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News'Tense' exchange as magic circle firm seeks to recover £2m in unpaid fees
Judgment reserved in hearing which focused on the language of the agreement and if defendants are liable for past and future fees.
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NewsIBA 2023: 'Ethical gatekeepers' plan kicked into long grass
Proposed addition to 'client's interests paramount' rule prompts heated debate in Paris.
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NewsIBA 2023: Proportionality 'not an optional extra' says ICC prosecutor
International Criminal Court will investigate 7 October attacks - but will not 'act precipitously', Karim Khan KC says.
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NewsBaker McKenzie reports flat revenue figures again
Firm says it is facing up to challenges of market uncertainties.
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NewsProfitable firm ruined by Covid loans burden, say directors
Administrators’ report plots rapid descent from profitable business to collapse.
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NewsIBA 2023: 40 more years to achieve women's equality
Pace of legal change is slowing, World Bank legal chief tells the International Bar Association.
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NewsFurther courts closed over RAAC safety concerns
Blackpool courts closed after RAAC identified on site found to be defective.
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NewsStruck-off solicitor and unregistered barrister disbarred
Practitioner had failed to inform Bar Standards Board of strike-off over misappropriation of nearly £141,000 from client account.
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NewsRyanair loses in £2m claim over cancelled flight refunds
Incurred and estimated costs for all parties involved reached a sum ‘considerably greater’ than the amount in dispute, judge finds.
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NewsExpert alleges solicitors named him on cases without his consent
Court received email weeks before trial date saying unpaid expert was pulling out.
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NewsIBA 2023: Big law firms ‘uneasy’ about profits as Covid boon fades
Annual law firm management survey also tracks shift away from financial KPIs and trend to appoint more non-lawyer partners.
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NewsIBA 2023: 'Outsource all small claims to artificial intelligence,' world-renowned futurologist urges
Zack Kass says lawyers must prepare quickly for 'the most profound industrial revolution in human history' - or be left behind.
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NewsGive lawyers a role in AI safety regime, Society urges government
Chancery Lane makes artificial intelligence regulation recommendations on eve of Bletchley Park AI safety summit.
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NewsPrivate equity buys control of A&O risk management business
Subscription business will become standalone entity as part of US expansion.
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NewsJuryless trials in rape cases 'will undermine public confidence'
Criminal Bar Association tells Law Commission consultation that myths do not affect jurors' verdicts.
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NewsLaw Society demands talks over potential Axiom Ince levy
Solicitors ‘greatly concerned’ at possible one-off charge to cover massive client losses.
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NewsSeverely fatigued solicitor unfairly sacked over absences
Solicitor could ‘hardly function’ but firm leader said unauthorised absence was gross misconduct.
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NewsClick it yourself: magistrates to record their own single justice decisions
The new model aims to increase the number of cases that can be dealt with during a single SJP session, HMCTS says.
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NewsNews focus: Nigeria v P&ID - arbitration under the spotlight
‘Severe abuses’ of the arbitral process in a $11bn case involving the Nigerian government raise urgent questions about the role of arbitrators and arbitration itself.
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NewsIBA 2023: Ukraine seeking watertight 'evidentiary base' for genocide charge
‘They want to dehumanise us’: conference also hears emotionally charged exchange between Ukraine’s chief prosecutor and the head of Israel’s bar on dealing with alleged perpetrators of atrocities.