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NewsCharity’s private prosecution ‘perverting the course of public justice’
Judge rules case was pursued 'with no evidential basis' and 'for wholly improper reasons'.
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NewsFirm announces it will pay NQs almost £150,000 a year
Continuing recruitment battle in the City takes salary levels to new highs.
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News'Too little focus on the value [of] the rule of law' - lord chief justice
The justice system is 'not a service like any other' and future funding must 'take into account the vital part that the courts play'.
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NewsOverseas use 'puts future of English law at risk'
Thinktank calls for 'internationally focused efforts' to protect and promote the English legal system.
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NewsDefenders of judicial review plead their case to MPs
Law Society says reforms will remove basic requirement of an effective justice system.
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NewsSleaze row: Paterson vote ‘completely undermines trust’, says ex-government legal chief
Sir Jonathan Jones QC slams 'dysfunctional' system for regulating MPs, while ex-lord chancellor Lord Falconer berates law officer 'stooges'.
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News‘You use it, you pay for it’: Conveyancers change how they fund ombudsman
Two practices subject to most complaints set to pay an extra £28,000 between them.
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NewsCPS fails in Supreme Court bid to recover confiscated £1.5m
Confiscation orders do not give the CPS 'any form of priority over any other claims to those assets', Lord Stephens rules.
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NewsJR bill ‘not terribly dangerous’, says Labour ex-home secretary
Lord Blunkett said there were occasions of ‘slight overstepping’ by the judiciary in judicial reviews.
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NewsFifteenth time lucky: advice clinic's legal aid struggle revealed
Solicitor tells Pro Bono Week event that free advice relies on fully funded legal aid sector.
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NewsLAA ordered to apologise to law centre for 'unreasonable delays'
Parliamentary ombudsman says agency's failure to address unfairness was maladministration.
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NewsRegulators will have veto over foreign qualifications, government promises
Amendment to Professional Qualifications Bill will give regulators freedom to reject overseas qualifications.
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News‘Grossly unhelpful’ expert ordered to pay £50k wasted costs
Recorder finds dentist showed ‘flagrant disregard’ for his duty to the court in negligence claim.
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NewsLand registration charge to soar from January
Increase is the first since 2009 and will help fund digital ambitions, HMLR says.
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NewsHundreds hunt for new jobs as another claims firm goes under
Administrators move in to handle affairs of Pure Business Group Limited, Pure Legal Limited and seven other entities.
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NewsJudge warns LiP over ‘hopeless mess’ pleadings
Mr Justice Martin Spencer tells a litigant in person to seek help to present his case ‘in a coherent fashion’.
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NewsSolicitor loses latest bid for financial support from parents
Faiz Siddiqui previously lost a claim against Oxford University for missing out on a first.
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NewsLondon judges hear Trinidad death penalty appeal
Mandatory death penalty for murder is unconstitutional, Judicial Committee of the Privy Council was told today.
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NewsMidlands firm embraces employee ownership
Former chief executive will sell her stake in the firm to a trust owned by staff.
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NewsScottish legal aid row escalates after solicitor 'removed from court building'
Public war of words breaks out between bar association and Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service.