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NewsOfficial judgment portal set to go live
National Archives digital director John Sheridan says the free repository of court judgments ‘is the right thing to do’.
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NewsListed firms buoyant after reporting half-year profit rises
Knights and Gateley both optimistic about coming six months after promising half-year figures.
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NewsClyde and BLM tight-lipped on merger reports
Merged practice would have 3,300 legal professionals worldwide.
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NewsLaw firms join Black Friday bandwagon with host of special offers
Discounts and promotion codes dangled before clients on ‘biggest shopping days of the year’.
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NewsMoJ remodels housing emergency scheme to address concerns
Housing loss prevention advice service would incorporate existing court duty scheme and early legal advice.
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NewsImmigration legal aid consultation criticised for lack of data
Concerns and challenges over digital system discussed at latest Young Legal Aid Lawyers meeting.
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NewsVos calls for review of time-consuming costs budgeting regime
Master of the rolls says he wants incremental change rather than another Woolf or Jackson - and hits out at foreign litigants.
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NewsProposed football regulator ‘will need lawyers’
A recommended independent regulator for English football will require ‘experts from the finance, legal, economics and football industries’.
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News‘Pressing need’ for guidance on judicial visits in CoP - McFarlane
Family Division president says a practice direction or presidential guidance may be issued on the subject of judicial visits in CoP cases.
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NewsSmart contracts are legally sound, Law Commission confirms
Commission encourages the market to anticipate and cater for potential uncertainties around self-executing contracts.
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NewsJustice minister hails legal innovation on Middle East mission
English law is 'highly flexible and able to react to the changing needs of both markets and society at large', Lord Wolfson says.
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NewsOnline SQE trainer signs up leading Midlands firm
Wright Hassall will offer College of Legal Practice super-exam preparatory courses to staff with degrees.
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NewsSRA chief tells firms to ‘take the rough with the smooth’ over PII hikes
Regulators have no intention at this stage of stepping in to reduce minimum terms and conditions for insurance.
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NewsSupreme Court rules on capacity to engage in sexual relations
Highest court says a person’s capacity to understand consent is relevant to whether they can engage in sexual relations.
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NewsData claim with £50k costs sent to county court after ‘procedural abuse’
Claim worth £3,000 reallocated to the county court after stinging criticism of claimant solicitors.
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NewsAbramovich wins first round of ‘Putin’s People’ libel claim
Book about Vladimir Putin’s regime is the subject of two libel claims from the Chelsea FC owner and state-owned energy company Rosneft.
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NewsMPs call for legal aid to cover Windrush compensation work
One firm spent between 32 and 103 hours helping clients to prepare claims, home affairs committee reports.
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NewsCall for shaming of ‘SLAPP’ solicitors
Proposals would give courts the power to strike out defamation suits brought by wealthy parties in public interest cases.
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NewsSRA says fines no longer enough for sexual misconduct
Regulator questions whether financial penalties are likely to ‘meet public expectations’.
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NewsLaw firms dominate top-75 social mobility index
Browne Jacobson takes top spot in latest Social Mobility Foundation list of top-performing employers.