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NewsDigital evidence in criminal cases can ‘obscure rather than illuminate’ – Sharp
The president of the Queen’s Bench Division warns ‘the scope for evidence that deals with the new technologies to obscure … must also be faced’.
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NewsPartner hires up 26% last year due to ‘legal boom’
But legal recruitment consultancy Edwards Gibson sounds notes of caution over the ongoing ‘associate salary war’.
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NewsMishcon de Reya fined £232,500 over numerous AML failings
Firm agrees to pay one of the biggest ever SRA fines as it prepares to go public.
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NewsClifford Chance’s top earner paid £3.2m last year
Profits at magic circle firm up 4% despite pandemic 'uncertainty', financial statements reveal.
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NewsPart-time judges are working ‘on the cheap’, tribunal rules
Judges who ‘sit up’ in higher courts bring claims alleging that they are unfavourably treated compared with full-time colleagues.
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NewsDomestic abuse victims to be given more time to go to the police
Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill will move six-month window for a prosecution to commence.
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NewsApple’s bid to reveal ATE premiums refused by tribunal
Disclosure would ‘confer tactical advantage’ upon tech giant by revealing insurers’ assessment of risk, Competition Appeal Tribunal rules.
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NewsCosts of 22 times damages are ‘reasonable and proportionate’, says judge
Costs are not disproportionate due to ‘broader issues of principle’ at stake in ‘relatively low value’ claim over solar panels.
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NewsSRA v Khan: High Court agrees to '11th hour' request
Mr Justice Leech agrees to hear Soophia Khan's application to set aside orders despite regulator's objection.
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NewsLitigation funder ‘bypassed’ by divorce client seeks to recover £1m
Case to set aside consent order listed for four-day hearing later this year.
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NewsFirm in private prosecutions row is to close
Widnes-based Parry & Welch Solicitors files notice that it is to go into administration.
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NewsFormer lord chancellor to become Sir Robert Buckland
New Year Honours also go to Clifford Chance partner Stephen Reese and DLA Piper MD Sandra Wallace.
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NewsDechert top earner’s profit share falls by nearly half
International firm’s operating profit fell by 17.5% in the year to 31 December 2020, according to its annual report and financial statements.
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NewsBar chair accuses lord chancellor of being ‘thin-skinned’ over failure to meet
Derek Sweeting QC tells the Guardian that Dominic Raab’s attitude is ‘counterproductive and perhaps a bit of a thin-skinned approach’.
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NewsCharles Russell Speechlys faces retrial over £50,000 bill
International firm failed to properly plead the existence of an implied retainer, High Court rules.
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NewsEnglish courts can still grant pan-EU trade mark injunctions, judge rules
Sir Julian Flaux also says that the Withdrawal Agreement has ‘direct legislative effect in the United Kingdom’.
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NewsWorld-renowned rights defender held again in Hong Kong clampdown
Barrister Dr Margaret Ng, already under a suspended sentence, is accused of conspiracy to print or distribute seditious materials.
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NewsLaw firm management chief to lead cricket board's diversity action plan
BLM's Siri Siriwardene reveals he was already an active cricket enthusiast before volunteering for new role.
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NewsLondon firm loses £36,000 CFA costs appeal
'Solicitors have to accept that complaints (whether of poor service or as to fees) go with the territory of professional practice', judge observes.
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NewsCoA denies flight compensation for delayed London connection
Lord Justice Coulson says allowing compensation would have had ‘profound’ effect on aviation industry.