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NewsPrisons crisis: Gauke to lead sentencing review
Law Society welcomes review but says entire criminal justice system needs to be properly funded for government's solution to work.
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NewsAxiom Ince and Post Office prosecutions set for 2025
Tribunal gives the steer that high-profile cases are being brought imminently by Solicitors Regulation Authority.
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NewsTop 10 UK law firms increase fees by 40% in five years
Global elite firms continue to pull away from the rest, though profit margins are up across the top-50.
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NewsJudgment reserved in fee test cases against Slater and Gordon
High Court hearing dealing with test claims comes to a close as Slater and Gordon denies that cap in conditional fee agreements is unfair.
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NewsBrazil dam collapse liability trial opens in London
Rolls Building hearing on liability, before Mrs Justice O’Farrell, is expected to last 12 weeks.
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NewsClimate risk and TA6: takeaways from the Law Society’s Property Conference
Helping conveyancers understand the ramifications of climate risk was among the topics discussed at the Law Society’s Property Conference. The divisive TA6 information form came up too.
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NewsCourt rules that claims survive despite personal injury dishonesty
Judge says intention of parliament was only to clamp down on personal injury dishonesty.
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NewsFormal warning for recorder with 12 points on licence
Judicial Conduct Investigations Office says judge reported his driving disqualification but failed to reveal when he exceeded six points.
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NewsFujitsu told Post Office this year to stop relying on Horizon
Post Office investigations team accused of ignoring criticism of Horizon IT system.
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NewsSlater and Gordon reports small loss after year of transition
Firm 'better placed than ever' to thrive in the future despite turnover tumbling during the year.
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NewsTech solution to access to justice crisis 'tantalisingly close'
As the clock ticks on the government-funded LawtechUK programme, focus is on unmet legal need.
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News'Ban no win, no fee': SSB collapse sparks calls for CFA shakeup
Westminster meeting of MPs and experts hears that ex-clients of Sheffield firm are still waiting to hear if they face massive bills over cavity wall claims.
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NewsPost Office live: General counsel denies advising CEO not to 'dig into past'
Follow our live blog from the Post Office Inquiry.
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NewsLiPs set for uplift on £19 hourly rate
Rule committee looking into hourly rate that has been unchanged for 10 years.
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NewsCoroner calls for restriction on young drivers
An inquest into four deaths has brought the question of whether new laws should restrict young drivers back into the spotlight.
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NewsJudicial review ‘speedy and simple’, Supreme Court rules
Court of Appeal ‘fell into error’ in dismissing Northern Ireland woman’s case against a waste disposal site.
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NewsSRA goes after another City firm over historical payments
Charges relate to alleged use of Teacher Stern's client accounts with no underlying transaction.
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NewsMagistrates' sentencing powers to be doubled - again
Government claims allowing justices to hear more serious cases will reduce the prison population in the 'mid-to long term'.
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NewsMagistrate advised over comments betraying ‘unconscious bias’
Magistrate denied her comments were antisemitic and was found not to have acted maliciously but to have ‘demonstrated a lack of awareness’.
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NewsSolicitor who made misleading declaration ordered to pay £40,000
Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal accepts declaration was not a deliberate attempt to mislead government loan scheme.