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NewsSome Ince creditors set to recoup just 1.6%, warn administrators
Update also gives notices that administration costs could rise to more than £1m.
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News'Training is not enough': Family lawyers target Tolson over 'outdated' views on consent
Lawyers ask family chief to review HHJ Tolson QC's cases as controversial findings are raised in parliament.
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NewsTop Japanese law firm chooses Frankfurt over London
Nishimura & Asahi says there are growing numbers of investment opportunities in Asia for European clients.
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NewsArchitect wins ‘eye-watering’ indemnity costs after ‘irrational’ neighbour claims
Defendant secures indemnity costs after seeing off claims for damages against her.
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NewsDelay the Solicitors Qualifying Exam, law lecturers demand
Academics from across the UK claim future law students are making ‘life changing decisions’ on ‘fragmentary information’.
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NewsLand Registry suffers digital setback over local land charge data
Searches for Peterborough City Council disabled days after it moved to a national register.
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NewsSexual harassment training goes on City lawyers' curriculum
An interactive course, due to go live this month, will ask solicitors to reflect on their own behaviour in the workplace.
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NewsDriverless cars must work for wheelchair users, says Bar Council
Bar Council also suggests a crackdown on price discrimination in relation to accessible and non-accessible taxis.
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NewsSolicitors spared costs penalty despite filing budget 13 days late
Relief for defaulting solicitors - and reassurance for profession fearful of causing delays.
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NewsManchester crime firm announces closure as administrators move in
Court judgment on appointment of administrators confirms firm’s ceased operations.
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News'No quick fixes': Home Office begins pre-charge bail review
Home secretary Priti Patel says concerns over 2017 reforms due to several complex factors.
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NewsNew model firms join forces
Nexa acquires share capital of London corporate firm Peregrine Law.
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NewsBack in business: Chancery Lane reopens after fire
Law Society announces that Reading Room, Library and 113 Restaurant are open to members.
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NewsLegal aid giant absorbs another firm after partner quits to join judiciary
National firm Tuckers announces second merger this year and says it is talking to other firms.
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News'Antiquated' fraud laws thwarting justice, says SFO director
Lisa Osofsky claims the high evidence threshold in fraud cases is ‘not reflective of today’s world’.
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NewsCrown court sitting days increase 'nowhere near enough' - criminal bar
Government says minimum of 87,000 will ensure justice is served in a timely fashion.
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NewsCPS knew rape ‘ambition’ could have perverse consequences
Admission follows Gazette revelations that 'levels of ambition' for rape, domestic violence and hate crime convictions were in operation between 2016 and 2018.
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NewsRogue surgeon report demands action to ensure compensation
Inquiry finds that only by taking cases to 'sympathetic lawyers' did some patients have their grievances heard.
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NewsFour months on, SDT publishes Beckwith judgment
Solicitors Regulation Authority claimed £343,957 in costs, which tribunal reduced to £200,000.
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NewsDon’t look at grades and universities, social mobility tsar tells firms
Alan Milburn, chair of the Social Mobility Foundation, says legal sector focuses too heavily on 'a small number of selective universities'.