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News'A real lifesaver': Solicitors' Charity reports surge in pleas for help
Cost-of-living crisis and steep rise in solicitors with mental health problems fuel increase in demand.
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NewsSolicitor completes marathon four months after cancer all-clear
Disease specialist needed the same cancer services she secured for clients.
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NewsLow-income workers 'unlikely to take employers to court'
Thinktank says legal costs and limited support deter employees from enforcing their rights.
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NewsRenewed SLAPPs clampdown is not 'anti-lawyer', LSB insists
Umbrella regulator redoubling efforts to curb strategic lawsuits against public participation and NDA misuse.
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NewsCanary Wharf firm discriminated against disabled paralegal
Paralegal who was asked to rearrange office furniture successfully sues for sex and disability discrimination.
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NewsHMRC adviser avoids punishment after breaking judgment embargo
Individual had emailed various government departments disclosing a favourable result.
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NewsTop-60 firm adopts 'one lawyer' approach to divorce
Harrison Clark Rickerbys says model only suitable where there is no imbalance of power.
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NewsJudicial appointments body admits breaching FOI legislation
Judicial Appointments Commission unable to find ministerial authorisation required for Freedom of Information Act exemption.
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NewsBusinessman with 'grudge' targeted barrister in 'bomb plot'
Old Bailey trial hears of ‘bold and targeted strike’ against barrister at Gray’s Inn.
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NewsListed law firm reports flat profits as growth in new fee-earners slows
Balance of power has shifted to employed lawyers amid 'significant' wage inflation, says remote practice Keystone.
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NewsLaw firm to pay ex-client £400,000 for negligent divorce advice
Divorcing client should have been given clear advice about entitlement to husband’s pension.
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NewsCrucial hearing in Mastercard litigation begins
The Competition Appeal Tribunal is set to hear arguments on a complex EU law issue worth billions of pounds.
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NewsNews focus: Critics of 'woke' climate guidance are missing the point
The Law Society has taken a global lead by producing guidance for solicitors on how the ‘climate crisis’ will affect the profession and adapting to a rapidly changing landscape.
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NewsPolice force wrong to dismiss ex-MP's 'vexatious' FOI requests
'Burden of being chased for missing a deadline can be avoided by not missing it in the first place,' tribunal notes.
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NewsNew lord chancellor must 'get a grip' on justice crisis
Law Society urges Alex Chalk KC to bring the system back to full strength.
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NewsRaab's conduct at MoJ was unintentionally 'intimidating and insulting'
KC finds lord chancellor believed he met with ‘cultural resistance’ at government department.
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NewsAutonomy founder has US extradition appeal dismissed
Dr Mike Lynch fails in US extradition appeal after judges find ‘no flaw’ in district judge’s approach.
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News'Get with the programme' and go digital, Vos tells commercial lawyers
‘Analogue’ litigation processes need to be rethought if London is to remain pre-eminent, master of the rolls says.
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NewsMagistrate subject to civil restraint order is removed
Decision by Judicial Conduct Investigations Office followed repeated without-merit claims.
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NewsDraft rules for fixed costs extension are finally published
Government gears up for implementation of the extension to most types of civil claims this October.