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NewsPost Office scandal expert Moorhead predicts solicitor strike-offs
Lawyers have been ‘everywhere’ in the scandal, Professor Richard Moorhead tells legal ethics conference.
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NewsCreditors’ losses from Metamorph collapse now exceed £20m
Wash-up from two businesses in the network reveals millions more in unpaid debts.
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News‘Slow and reactive’: NAO criticises government’s management of legal aid
Public spending watchdog says Ministry of Justice’s ‘reactive’ approach to market sustainability is concerning.
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NewsTop earner paid £6.3m as soaring salaries hit profits at Fieldfisher
Over £13m has been paid to the European firm’s highest earner in the past two years.
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NewsSolicitors on 24-hour police station rota raise health and safety concerns
Legal Aid Agency is conducting snap consultation on dividing 24-hour rota into two 12-hour shifts.
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NewsOld Bailey remains closed following electrical fire
Around 1,500 people were evacuated and the fire was under control by yesterday afternoon.
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NewsSummary judgment for 'disaster troll' claim
Conspiracy theorist who claimed the Manchester Arena bombing was not real faces claims for harassment and misuse of private information.
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NewsQuarter of lawyers 'regularly use' generative AI
Nearly two thirds of firms have already made changes to their day-to-day operations, according to UK survey.
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NewsLAA requests status update on 17,000 'inactive' cases
Legal Aid Agency says review not designed to work out how much money is owed but it will help predict future expenditure.
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NewsPlexus lender loses hope of clawing back £4.6m debt
Administrators’ update says there have been no further funds realised to pay creditors.
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NewsNew twist in 'pathological litigation' between solicitors
Appeal judges find it ‘cannot be necessary in the interests of justice’ to allow firm to reopen appeal.
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NewsLaw group’s redundant workers awarded £570k by tribunal
Payments to 70 former Metamorph will be guaranteed after redundancies wrongly handled.
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NewsMesh victims say adversarial claims system creates a 'lottery'
Patient safety commissioner recommends collaborative redress scheme with limited legal costs involved.
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NewsCovid legislation allowing video-witnessed wills lapses
Law Society says future digital wills process must contain appropriate safeguards against the risk of fraud and undue influence.
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NewsOld Bailey evacuated after fire breaks out
Around 25 firefighters sent to the scene as lawyers left the premises, which remain closed.
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NewsPopular Conservatives: Rees-Mogg attacks Lady Hale and calls for neutering of Supreme Court
Former Supreme Court president ‘flouted the constitution’ by voting against Rwanda Bill, says Tory MP.
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NewsEmployee-owned firm hands staff a £4,000 bonus
Yorkshire firm converted to employee ownership two years ago and is already reporting financial benefits.
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NewsFirms line up to promote solicitor apprenticeship schemes
Legal sector aims to bust myths around alternative route into profession.
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News'Your research on regulating legal executives is flawed,' Law Society tells SRA
Chancery Lane also warns that the Law Society's governing council will be required to vote in favour of the switch.