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News'Experienced' LiP refused adjournment for pro bono counsel's unavailability
Judge said absence of barrister in £5m professional negligence claim is significant but not overwhelming.
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NewsLabour picks non-lawyer as shadow justice secretary
Steve Reed steps in to the shoes of David Lammy, promoted to the foreign secretary.
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NewsRegulators and younger investors shift City priorities
Annual culture and conduct forum hears of shift from ’greed is good’.
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News‘We’re freezing!’ Lawyers grumble as courts heating packs up
Solicitors and court staff are having to wear coats and gloves indoors as temperatures plunge.
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NewsEx-barrister who harassed former lover has life sentence quashed
Sentence was 'manifestly excessive and wrong in principle' Court of Appeal rules.
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NewsCommercial property expert steps down after 48 years
Michael Payne 'has been a key architect in the history and progress of mfg Solicitors and he leaves a huge legacy'.
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NewsMystery surrounds solicitor's case five days after arrest warrant
Mr Justice Fancourt's decision in relation to Soophia Khan, 41, has since made national headlines.
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NewsNews focus: Efforts to curb ‘SLAPPs’ gaining momentum
Journalists, campaigners – and lawyers – are fighting back as the rich and powerful allegedly seek to avoid scrutiny by bogging down critics in financially crippling litigation.
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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.