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NewsBar left reeling from malicious cyber attack
General Council of the Bar latest part of the legal profession to fall victim to hackers.
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NewsServices firms line up to tackle crypto fraud
Triage system will assess claims for access to £50m litigation funding warchest.
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News£1bn courts repair bill is threat to justice system, MPs report
Unavailable crumbling courtrooms and staff shortages reduce capacity to deal with backlog.
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NewsRelief as government drops 'remedy presumption' from JR bill
Law Society welcomes decision to remove requirement that would have 'severely curtailed' judicial discretion.
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NewsWard Hadaway blackmailed after cyber attack
Top-100 firm held to ransom for up to $6m (£4.75m) in bitcoin, High Court hears.
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NewsSRA granted access to more Post Office documents
Regulator is now a core participant in inquiry as BBC Panorama broadcasts revelations about the role of lawyers.
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NewsLegal aid barriers remain for people with 'trapped capital' - research
Public law specialists say low-income homeowners are still struggling to access legal aid following important High Court win.
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NewsA&O announces bumper promotion round
Elevation of 39 to partnership ‘demonstrates continuing growth ambitions’.
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NewsDefence counsel backs ‘naming and shaming’ oligarch solicitors
War in Ukraine a ‘generational moment’ says media lawyer Adelaide Lopez - who is 'pessimistic' about effective SRA regulation.
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News'We have to fight': legal aid providers could decline work
Solicitors urged to tell representative bodies and practitioner groups what action they are prepared to take.
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NewsEversheds ‘completes transition of Russian operations’
International firm’s Russia team sets up new practice called Birch Legal.
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NewsDPP says ‘shrunk font’ suggestion is ‘inaccurate’
Max Hill QC says ‘neither CPS policy nor practice’ to shrink font to cut costs by lowering page count.
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NewsTake solicitors out of flight delay claims - MPs
Idea of automatic payments put forward as part of report into the future of the aviation industry.
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NewsMinister apologises for misleading parliament on negligence costs
Slip reveals government thinking as NHS litigation costs come under mounting scrutiny.
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NewsMinistry of Justice to be grilled by MPs over legal aid proposals
Justice committee will hear evidence from Law Society, Bar Council, justice minister and legal aid policy director.
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NewsTribunal proceedings could be recorded
Senior judges consider plan amid concern about unfairness to unrepresented parties.
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NewsAdmin hearings outside London in person from next week
In person hearings will be the ‘general default position’ from Tuesday.
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NewsBundles guidance 'highlights litigant-in-person struggles'
Respondent in financial remedies proceedings 'encouraged' to help unrepresented applicant to prepare electronic file.
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NewsUpbeat Irwin Mitchell announces expansion
National firm says offices in Cardiff and Liverpool will open next month.
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NewsIn Focus: Law firm profits leapt 40% in the pandemic - annual benchmarking survey
Annual bellwether reveals that it was not just the City giants that boomed during the pandemic.