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NewsPost Office inquiry chair seeks waiver on legal privilege
Sir Wyn Williams gives government, Post Office and IT supplier a week to respond to proposal.
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NewsLand Registry announces first mandatory digital process
'Digital applications will be game-changing – for you and us', says chief executive.
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NewsClinical negligence reforms ‘could prevent infant deaths’
Former health secretary says England and Wales should follow Sweden by taking negligence out of the compensation equation.
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NewsOpen justice reminder for judges after reporters barred from court
Bureau of Investigative Journalism report prompts master of the rolls to write to all civil judges.
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NewsExpert evidence ‘expressing opinion’ in JRs inadmissible, High Court rules
Lord Justice Bean says requiring the court to consider opinion evidence on all issues would lead to ‘a public inquiry without oral evidence’.
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NewsGovernment asks for lawyers’ role to be left out of Post Office inquiry
Preliminary hearing reveals that BEIS has said sub-postmasters should seek redress another way.
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NewsNQ pay at White & Case hits £140,000
Rise of 7.7% 'demonstrates position as a leading law firm globally'.
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NewsParents could face costs order for clogging up family court
Dominic Raab reportedly drawing up plans to bolster mediation by making it the default in most cases.
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NewsLawyers for princess feared international incident over phone hacking
Payne Hicks Beach partner Ben Parry-Smith said his colleagues knew the allegations were ‘really serious’.
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NewsHigh Court refuses permission for judicial review of CPR changes
Applicant argued that 2016 revisions to rules governing permission to appeal were unfair.
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NewsOmbudsman proposes outsourcing and higher pay to beat backlog
Unopened caseload set to persist for years, complaints handler reveals in business plan.
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NewsNews focus: From insult to personal injury – a sector in flux
The demise of two big-hitting personal injury firms is a sign that the once buoyant claims sector is in a period of flux, with experts pointing to this year’s whiplash reforms as the catalyst for change.
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NewsReturn to face-to-face interviews raises police station Covid concerns
Solicitors report lack of social distancing in interview rooms.
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NewsSQE: 'Reasonable adjustments' introduced as assessments get under way
SRA and exam provider Kaplan act to allay criticism that they risk 'wilfully excluding' disabled people in Solicitors Qualifying Examination.
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NewsWellbeing is a two-way street, judge tells 'wildly optimistic' lawyers
Recorder Alexander Chandler says inadequate time estimates are often given for interim applications.
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NewsExperts too often ‘descend into the arena’, says master of the rolls
Sir Geoffrey Vos tells expert witness conference that proceedings 'have, in general terms, become too lengthy, too costly and too elaborate’.
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NewsSupreme Court sending ‘mood music’ on social and economic rights JRs
Professor Conor Gearty says the two-child limit case marked 'quite a change' in approach.
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NewsGLD wants to increase diversity target at senior levels
Deputy director says 26.8% of department have declared themselves to be from an ethnic minority background.
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NewsLawyers will be ‘more in demand than ever’ with online courts, says Vos
Master of the rolls insists the legal profession will not be made redundant by the digitisation of civil disputes.
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NewsEthnic minority barristers face ‘systemic obstacles’ to rewarding careers
Bar Council’s Race Working Group recommends chambers set targets for recruitment and retention.