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NewsLow-value RTA claims will go to automatic mediation
Ministry of Justice will begin one-year trial for lower-value road traffic accident claims issued via Online Civil Money Claims service.
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NewsLaw Society 'not confident' SRA has learned its lesson over Axiom Ince
Council only 'partially assure' of regulator’s commitment to rebuild trust in wake of consolidator’s spectacular implosion.
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NewsMore City traders to appeal their convictions
Hickman & Rose confirms clients intend to appeal following last week's Supreme Court judgment.
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NewsEmployment judge expresses 'considerable sympathy' for losing LiP
'For the uninitiated, litigation must seem like an opaque barrier to having one’s claims aired and considered', says judge sitting in Wrexham.
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NewsSenior coroner sanctioned over four-year inquest delay
Inquest has since been completed, Judicial Conduct Investigations Office reports.
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NewsMinistry of Justice eyes law firms’ client account interest
Legal aid providers invited to participate in discussions on possibility of Interest on Lawyer’s Client Account scheme.
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NewsMining giant allowed to make full claim against City firm Dechert
Judgment with reasons will follow order granting permission for ENRC to amend its claim.
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NewsHome Office wrongly referred immigration solicitor to regulators
Solicitor considering legal action after Home Office wrongly told regulators he was using delay tactics to frustrate immigration system.
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NewsSolicitor jailed over role in £6m investment fraud
Litigation funding vehicle was one of the investment schemes offering high returns.
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NewsJudge sanctioned over eight-month delay in hand-down
Recorder’s ‘repeated failure’ to respond to enquiries about the judgment’s delay was an aggravating feature.
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NewsHousing disrepair firm responds to £9,400 wasted costs order
Fast-growing Liverpool practice says it retains an excellent reputation with clients.
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NewsHerbert Smith Freehills Kramer reports record results
Financial results cover the final full-year set before firm's merger.
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NewsFirm fined £173,000 for inadequate checks on foreign client
Taylor Vinters LLP acted for client, classed as non-domestic politically exposed person, in residential property purchase.
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NewsJudge throws out data protection claim brought by PI clients
Law firm DWF says judgment in 'important case' is 'a clear win for insurers and their policyholders'.
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News'IBOR two' judgment puts jury-less trials and SFO prosecutions under spotlight
Lawyers react to Supreme Court ruling which quashed the convictions of former traders Tom Hayes and Carlo Palombo.
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NewsMPs to probe feasibility of justice levy
Justice committee will also scrutinise legal services regulators as part of wide-ranging access to justice inquiry.
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NewsCommercial case documents to be made public this year
Commercial Court will require material considered by the judge to be critical to the understanding of a case to be made available.
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NewsLegal group set to delist after failed IPO venture
Directors say Anexo Group, owner of Bond Turner, can thrive without ‘distraction’ of being a public company.
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NewsFCA urges crackdown on fake injury claims
Cost of claims is rising despite reduction in the number of accidents.
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NewsMagic circle firms report record year
Clifford Chance and Linklaters report profits and turnover increases on back of growth in the US.