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NewsNHS claims bill still rising despite new resolution approach
A record 77% of claims were resolved without court proceedings, NHS Resolution reports.
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NewsLAA reveals recruitment and retention struggles
Agency says legal aid reforms will require additional resourcing as report reveals rise in staff turnover and sickness.
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NewsSolicitors warned on corporate undertakings risks
Courts do not have the same power to enforce undertakings against corporate entities as they do against individual solicitors.
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NewsPartner profits surge at 200-year-old Ashurst
City firm records sixth consecutive year of financial growth.
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NewsInternational firm's 'oversight delayed trial by two years'
Disclosure process in commercial dispute missed 85,000 documents, court hears.
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News‘We will sue you’ - civil war breaks out at CILEX
Regulator is threatening legal action over representative body’s plan to transfer member oversight to the SRA.
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NewsLegal aid increase SI is laid - at last
Long fought-for 9% increase will come in at end of September.
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NewsAlleged fraudster can spend frozen assets on legal fees, Supreme Court rules
Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 does not preclude ‘an exception for legal expenses in respect of civil proceedings’.
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NewsGovernment snubs review body with 3% pay rise for judges
Increase ‘demonstrates the value the government places on our independent judiciary’, says lord chancellor.
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NewsWithers wins negligence appeal over ‘super-prime’ development
Judgment overturns High Court ruling requiring firm to pay £1.5m in damages and interest.
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NewsPublic wary of big tech's use of courts data
Four out of five people favour limits and controls on use of material such as judgments.
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NewsOmbudsman confident of huge improvements within 18 months
Complaints handler pinning its hopes partly on adoption of new early resolution scheme.
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NewsGovernment to tackle SLAPPs with early dismissal and costs cap
Lord chancellor Dominic Raab says reforms will ‘uphold freedom of speech [and] end the abuse of our justice system’.
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NewsLegal execs seek SRA regulation switch
Chartered Institute of Legal Executives 'in talks' for members to be subject to oversight of solicitors’ watchdog.
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NewsSDT makes no order over solicitor’s ‘angry’ email
Tribunal finds email was threatening but considers solicitor has already been punished enough.
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NewsClifford Chance’s record results push PEP above £2m
Magic circle firm records seventh consecutive year of record profit and revenue.
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NewsAxiom solicitor made money ‘hand over fist’ while investors ‘lost everything’, court hears
Prosecution makes closing arguments to jury as long-running trial over legal financing fund nears conclusion.
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NewsFirm to pay £35,000 to paralegal sacked after surgery
Employee previously won claims for disability related discrimination and failure to make adjustments.
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NewsPrison lawyers to boycott forum as legal aid dispute escalates
Representative groups tell Parole Board their members do not feel valued by the government.