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News'Record-breaking' year for conveyancers
Land Registry data confirms housing market bounced back after activity slumped due to Covid restrictions.
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NewsMPs condemn ‘improper’ attacks on judges
Offices of lord chancellor and the attorney general have become politicised, all-party group concludes.
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NewsMishcon de Reya’s IPO shelved indefinitely
Spokesperson says flotation 'on hold for the foreseeable future due to market conditions'.
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NewsLaw firm staff cash in £2m shares after being allowed to sell early
Rosenblatt says it agreed to the sale to meet ‘new institutional demand’ for stake in the business.
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NewsTop criminal silk suspended over ‘lamentable’ disclosure failings
Timothy Raggatt QC gets one-year ban for failing to tell defence about evidence undermining a key prosecution witness.
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News£135m for criminal legal aid ‘woefully inadequate’ – Society
Chancery Lane says MoJ has ‘deviated’ from recommendations to reach £135m figure.
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NewsLegal aid report author Bellamy appointed justice minister
Practitioners have criticised the government for not implementing the reforms backed by Sir Christopher Bellamy QC.
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NewsNational firm pledges carbon ‘net zero’ by 2040
Irwin Mitchell says all 15 UK offices will be powered by renewable energy within three years.
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NewsCurbs on civil legal aid for terrorists questioned by MPs
Former attorney general Sir Jeremy Wright says he is ‘frankly worried’ by government proposals.
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NewsFamily solicitors welcome extension of voucher scheme
£5.4m invested to steer family cases away from court - but more needs to be done, says Law Society.
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NewsLegal regulators pledge to stamp out 'non-inclusive' misconduct
Organisations pledge to make 'meaningful change' to lives and careers of minorities in legal profession.
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NewsSFO faces third appeal over Unaoil investigation
Latest challenge follows the quashing of two convictions over ‘serious’ disclosure failures.
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NewsClifford Chance appoints first global head of wellbeing
Charles Alberts will be responsible for ‘employee experience’ worldwide.
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NewsSolicitor transferred dead client’s £1m home into his own name
Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal finds that London lawyer misappropriated around £1.8m from estate of client who died in 2016.
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NewsSFO disclosure failings probe delayed by a month
Sir David Calvert-Smith expects to report to attorney general on Unaoil case by late June.
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News‘Ethical gatekeepers’ riposte to critics of lawyers
International Bar Association to clarify responsibilities and obligations of lawyers when providing legal services.
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NewsUK provides more support to Ukraine war crimes investigation
Ministry of Justice ‘accelerating conversations with City law firms’, department says.
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NewsOnline dispute resolution could unlock £3.4bn a year
LawtechUK initiative sets out design of key part of master of the rolls’ civil justice vision.
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NewsAlterations made to remodelled housing emergency scheme
Changes include earlier legal advice, specialist support contracts and grant funding for legal aid training contracts.
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NewsFormer City partner and ex-AG knighthoods lead jubilee birthday honours
Slaughter and May stalwart Nigel Boardman and Tory MP Jeremy Wright knighted.