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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.
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NewsFirms’ reliance on IT creates more cyber threats, SRA warns
Cyber criminals increasingly extorting firms with stolen documents, regulator cautions.
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NewsFirst electronically signed property deal goes through
Top-100 firm Hugh James is first to submit qualified electronic signature, which does not require witnessing.
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NewsTraining courses seek to develop in-house skills
Two prominent education providers have separately partnered with GC-led networks.
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NewsHogan Lovells finalises Moscow office spin-off
International firm ‘will be ceasing our Moscow operations with effect as of 1 June’.
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NewsNo future in criminal defence, juniors tell Law Society
'What other business is still charging 1995 rates?’ asks respondent in Chancery Lane poll.
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NewsGLD 'committed to levelling up' as it seeks 50 London lawyers
Government Legal Department is advertising to fill 50 posts with salaries starting at £43,916.
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NewsCommercial Court could face wave of ‘sanctions-related claims’
War in Ukraine and sanctions already ‘causing complications to the court’s work’.
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NewsClaimant jailed for contempt over £4m NHS fraud
Judge says that suspended sentence would not send the message that defrauding the NHS is utterly unacceptable.
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NewsStop treating rape complainants as suspects, data watchdog tells police
Information commissioner says people are feeling 'revictimised' by the criminal justice system due to excessive requests for information.
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NewsLord chancellor must ‘rein in’ cabinet on rule of law – LCJ
Lord Burnett says lord chancellor ‘must be ready to deploy their authority and say “no”’.
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NewsNew legal aid means test thresholds will be out of date immediately
Independent review published by the Law Society says absence of continuous uprating for inflation is a glaring omission.
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NewsLawtech initiative 'created a sense of urgency'
Each pound of government money leveraged at least £2.30 from the private sector, evaluation estimates.
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NewsWindrush pro bono scheme relaunched to reach more victims
Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit secures funding for outreach work as well as support from accountancy giant.
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NewsLegal aid action could escalate in three weeks' time
Criminal Bar Association will ballot members on 11 June after consulting barristers, heads of chambers and circuit leaders.
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NewsJustice committee chief submits letter of no confidence in Johnson
Barrister Bob Neill MP says he did not find prime minister's assertions to be credible following publication of Sue Gray's report.
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NewsVeteran solicitor fined for running family finances through firm
SRA says south London practitioner effectively used client money as an overdraft facility for her relatives.
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NewsBroken alarm system halts trials at Crown court
Two-week-old fault at Maidstone is set to be fixed, say courts officials.