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NewsBudget '24: LLP members spared as national insurance 'loophole' remains
Government made no announcement about extending employer liability to limited liability partnerships member drawings in this week’s budget.
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NewsCourt’s refusal to adjourn for defendant who sacked solicitors not unreasonable
Adjournment would have caused unwelcome delay and increased pressure on the courts, High Court rules.
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NewsUniversity of Law back in profit
The university had previously reported losing £400,000 as it wrote off former students’ debts.
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NewsLegal issue on ‘negligent’ advice from NHS England arises in long Covid litigation
Question of whether NHS trusts were entitled to rely on advice from third parties may need to be resolved, a judge has said.
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NewsLitigation funding regulation back in spotlight as CJC publishes review
Hotly awaited interim report sets out questions for comprehensive review of the sector.
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NewsMagistrate’s ‘discourteous’ comment about colleague leads to formal advice
‘Audible comment…risked bringing the magistracy into disrepute’, Judicial Conduct Investigations Office rules.
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NewsOmbudsman seeks 10.2% budget rise next year
Legal Ombudsman's Office says it is 'consistently resolving 25% more complaints than in the past'.
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NewsMore judges to sit alone under employment tribunal reforms
Practice direction means fewer employment tribunal cases will be heard by panels unless in the interests of justice to do so.
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NewsQuinn Emanuel suffers costs penalty over resistance to disclosure
While it was 'not unreasonable' for firm to resist in principle, it was ‘only fair’ that claimants should not pay all of its costs.
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NewsBudget ’24: Justice spending to rise by £1.9bn
MoJ budget to rise 5.6% in real terms each year from 2024 to 2026 - but chancellor is silent on more cash for legal aid.
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NewsSolicitor sues former client over negative Google reviews
Former client ‘categorically’ denies writing the reviews which lawyer claims were intended to put people off instructing her firm.
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NewsDebt collection overhauled as research finds 6% of visits breach standards
Noticeable area in which the standards were least commonly met was acknowledging obvious vulnerability, researchers found.
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NewsData shows 1 in 4 people in the UK has a police record
Newly released Ministry of Justice data prompts calls for fairer system of checks for employment.
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NewsBudget 24: What solicitors should look out for
Chancellor to announce one-year settlement for government departments. Will the MoJ continue to be squeezed?
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NewsLords committee to question MoJ on court interpreting contracts
Peers expected to ask about service delivery, data, quality assurance and complaints process.
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NewsOnline legal advice service dropped by challenger bank after SRA opens probe
Zempler Bank confirms that the LawBite service is no longer available to its customers.
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NewsAxiom Ince: What the independent review recommends
Carson McDowell review into regulatory events leading up to SRA’s intervention into Axiom Ince culminates with four pages of recommendations.
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NewsSC dismisses claim that police were liable for 'interference' before fatal crash
Widow of a driver who died in a Buckinghamshire road accident said the police had discouraged a stranded motorist from warning other drivers.
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NewsAxiom Ince report: What the SRA knew - and what it failed to do
In its response, the SRA seizes on one sentence of praise in an 11-page summary. The rest details a catalogue of failures.
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NewsLeading tax barrister ‘charged with defrauding HMRC’
KC denies the offences and is ‘confident’ he has paid his taxes, according to reports.