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NewsRosenblatt parent's litigation funder in £20m deal with investor
RBG Holdings says the arrangement will ‘support our move away from our current model of selling participation rights in cases to investors’.
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NewsGood Law Project does not have ‘carte blanche’ to bring JRs, High Court says
Group cannot draft objectives so ‘just about any conceivable public law error by any public authority falls within its remit’.
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NewsLitigation funding giant forecasts hefty loss
Burford Capital blames court delays for slow case resolutions but reveals strong pipeline of new business.
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NewsCriminal barristers welcome remote hearings guidance
Lord chief justice says Crown court hearings should be remote ‘where it is lawful and in the interests of justice to do so’.
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NewsTech entrepreneur puts £1.3m into case-preparation software
Mike Washburn says he was inspired by his own paper-heavy experience with solicitors.
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NewsS and G upbeat despite sharp rise in pre-tax losses
National firm points to ‘resilient’ performance amid pandemic and predicts recovery in 2022.
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NewsNew SDT leader vows to broaden diversity of members
Incoming president of the tribunal is head of global dispute resolution at BNP Paribas.
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NewsCourts service picks new chief from within the tent
Long-serving Ministry of Justice official Nick Goodwin will take over from acting chief executive Kevin Sadler next month.
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NewsLawyers in ‘Wagatha Christie’ libel case criticised by judge
Mrs Justice Steyn says messages sent by the claimant to her agent ‘ought to have been disclosed’.
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NewsNQ salary war rumbles on amid ‘sticking plaster’ warning
Squire Patton Boggs ups NQ pay to £95,000 but DWF’s chief executive says ‘offering more and more money to young people is only a sticking plaster’.
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NewsCriminal bar awaits decision on legal aid ballot
Practitioner group tells the Gazette ‘the ball remains in the MoJ’s court’, but government says no response before end of March.
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NewsGovernment should nurture English law – LCJ
The UK ‘is not deriving the economic benefits from English law that could be achieved for want of a coherent strategy’, Lord Burnett says.
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NewsMcFarlane clarifies family court attendance requirement
First hearing notice for applications in the Royal Courts of Justice will be listed as an attended hearing.
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NewsSolicitors oppose SRA's role as prosecutor and judge
Law Society agrees with modest increase but says proposed £25,000 limit is inappropriate.
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NewsMishcon told to clarify privilege claims in ‘potentially tainted’ cash case
London firm is accused of ‘turning a blind eye’ to the source of £2.9m in fees paid by a former client.
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NewsDuty solicitor data lays bare looming crisis
Several English counties have no duty solicitors aged under 35, Law Society research shows.
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News'Messy situation': ground rent reform becomes law
Solicitor says leaseholders in half-sold developments could end up paying more than their neighbours.
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NewsClaimants can be added when proceedings issued but not served – High Court
Mr Justice Picken says Mr Justice Mann took an ‘overly restrictive approach’ to amending a claim form after it has been issued.
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NewsNews focus: Brexit Freedoms Bill - freedom from what?
Mired in politicking, the Brexit Freedoms Bill that will ‘move us away from outdated EU laws’ has still to be published. What lawyers are confronted with at present is an elaborate game of charades.
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NewsNews focus: The apprenticeship route into law
In National Apprenticeship Week, law firms explain why they have embraced a route into the profession which is proving a lifeline for aspiring solicitors who cannot afford the traditional path.