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NewsNo dividend from claims firm after pandemic profit plunge
National Accident Helpline ’optimistic’ about coming year - but mulls sale of conveyancing business.
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NewsVexatious LiP made himself ‘bomb-proof’ from £200k unpaid costs orders
Serial litigant’s latest claim against a liquidator found to be an abuse of process and struck out.
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News'Enough is enough': Patel's message to deportation disruptors
Government says home secretary was talking in 'broad terms about a range of groups'.
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News‘Cash cow’ mining company accuses City firm of inflating bills
ENRC claims former Dechert partner Neil Gerrard had to justify his $3m salary by needlessly expanding his investigation.
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NewsSociety opens annual PC fee consultation
Chancery Lane proposes to maintain its share of the overall fee at same level as in 20/21.
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News'Safe space': judge highlights benefit of office returns
Family law conference discusses impact of working from home for junior lawyers.
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NewsSRA votes to keep online exams after lockdown
Feedback on remote proctoring has been positive despite one-off issues, says regulator.
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NewsNews focus - Bar: ‘no end to justice emergency’
Dire predictions of the bar’s demise may not have come to pass but chambers must address the long-term effects of the pandemic, relating to remote hearings, court backlogs and a pupillage crisis.
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NewsRemote hearings ‘fragmented’, say civil court users
Civil court users have criticised the use of remote hearings as ‘fragmented’ and inconsistent, calling for improvements as the pandemic abates.
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NewsBar chief vexed by super-regulator’s mission creep
The Bar Council has suggested that the Legal Services Board is exceeding its remit, citing the super-regulator’s ‘surprising’ plans to reshape the justice sector.
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NewsFirms finalise office return plans
Top City firms are cautiously preparing to fully reopen their offices next month, with desk-booking apps, flexible working pilots and weekly team meetings.
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NewsActivist Scottish lawyers lobby for legal aid support
An activist group of lawyers has emerged in Scotland seeking to pile pressure on Holyrood to provide urgent support to legal aid solicitors.
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NewsEducate don't legislate to resolve JR concerns, says former LCJ
Crossbench peer Lord Woolf says drastic action is being considered due to 'lack of understanding'.
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NewsFirm targets lawyers in 'poison' breast implant scandal
Edwin Coe LLP claims that thousands of women were denied compensation in PIP implant case.
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NewsENRC pursues Dechert in Commercial Court
Four-month hearing involving mining company, international firm and Serious Fraud Office opens on Monday.
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NewsSRA shelves Compensation Fund cuts
Regulator had proposed to reduce the limit on individual claims from £2 million to £500,000.
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NewsFinalists for prestigious legal aid awards revealed
Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year winners will be announced during a live broadcast on 6 July.
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NewsAppeal dismissed despite ‘inexcusable’ 34-month wait for ruling
Trial ended in January 2017 but parties had to wait until November 2019 for a judgment.
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NewsClaims firm sells London business to focus on northern hubs
Hudgell Solicitors says business model has changed in the last 12 months.
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NewsLinklaters loses 45 secretaries and PAs
Magic circle firm offered voluntary redundancy to all of its London secretaries earlier this year.