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NewsThompsons becomes latest firm to cut staff pay and hours
Majority of staff at union firm agreed to three-month cuts.
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NewsLegal ombudsman announces departure
Rebecca Marsh to take up position of property ombudsman in October.
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NewsExclusive: legionella threatens legal London’s return to work
Lawyers working at Lincoln’s Inn have been warned not to go in to their offices following the discovery of the bacterium.
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NewsPre-lockdown civil justice stats reveal system already slowing
Numbers of county court claims, landlord possession claims and personal injury claims were all falling.
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News'Reliable, valid and cost-effective': SRA publishes pilot findings for 'super-exam'
Regulator says second stage of Solicitors Qualifying Examination is on course to be a reliable assessment.
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NewsDLA Piper staggers trainee start dates
International firm recruits around 70 graduates a year, one of the City’s biggest intakes.
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NewsCivil trials in Manchester to resume as backlog mounts
Blueprint drawn up for safely starting to hear trials at busy civil justice centre.
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NewsVirtual justice is working - but should not become permanent
Rapid review of emergency civil justice measures finds three quarters of lawyers responding positively.
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NewsHMCTS spends £3.2m on listing system to cut court delays
Australian software to be tested at small number of courts over the next nine months before it is rolled out nationally.
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NewsBarrister fined for 'rude and unprofessional' behaviour in court
Veteran defence counsel 'pulled faces and/or acted in a manner that led to her being told to sit down'.
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NewsLaw firm director threatens to sue mayor over congestion charge changes
Pre-action protocol letter sent to Sadiq Khan over temporary measures to increase charge and extend operating hours.
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NewsSimmons & Simmons to vote on 20% pay cut
Second wave of measures to be introduced by the City firm.
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NewsLet’s be modest with change says online courts guru Susskind
Lords committee hears pleas for a pause to learn lessons from ‘major unscheduled pilot’.
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NewsEmergency coronavirus appeal smashes £400,000 target
Money will go towards Community Justice Fund to support specialist legal advice centres.
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NewsInsurer’s private prosecution of false PI claimant ‘first of many’
Allianz reflects on successful prosecution after fraudulent personal injury claim.
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NewsJudges criticise High Court hearing in Wimbledon tickets dispute
Court of Appeal says procedural fairness of 'cardinal importance' when a person's liberty is at stake.
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NewsTribunal braced for redundancy claim surge once furlough scheme ends
President confirms litigants will not be forced into remote hearings where they can show it would be unfair.
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NewsSC sends 'bullying' judge libel case back for retrial
Mr Justice Jay 'harassed and intimidated' litigant in person, Supreme Court finds.
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NewsSolicitor in sham marriage TV sting loses strike-off appeal
High Court rules that tribunal had followed the correct process and came to the right conclusion.
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NewsBSB sanction invalid because barrister was already suspended
Henry Hendron was suspended for three years in 2016 after supplying ‘chemsex’ drugs.