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NewsResearch aims to tap 'ocean of insight' in law reports
Incorporated Council of Law Reporting will investigate ways of opening legal knowledge to the public.
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NewsLASPO review a 'missed opportunity', says former justice minister
Lord Bach says very little of what his access to justice commission proposed has been taken on board.
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NewsNew probate fee fiasco as MoJ runs out of time
Government concedes Brexit turmoil is putting approval process on hold.
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NewsENRC targets SFO in £70m 'privilege breach' claim
Mining group claim is latest in long running saga.
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NewsHigh Court has jurisdiction to hear £1.2bn Russian claim
Vitaly Orlov had challenged whether England & Wales was the appropriate forum for billion-pound dispute.
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NewsSlaughter and May bows to pressure on gender pay reports
Firm includes partners in annual data return after criticism last year for perceived lack of transparency.
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NewsLaw centre could close after council slashes advice grant by 45%
Hackney Community Law Centre, which helped a member of the Windrush generation, may have to axe immigration department.
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NewsSports law firm latest to seek tech startups
Northridge Track claims to connect sports technology companies with lawyers.
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NewsCompany on hook for costs after three-year delay to administer estate
Son had to bring claim through courts to have probate company removed.
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NewsSolicitor led 'Ponzi' ruse to suck investors into doomed scheme, tribunal hears
SRA alleges Charles Valentine Fraser-Macnamara allowed misrepresentations to be made to potential investors.
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NewsLammy: 'tap on the shoulder' would produce more diverse judiciary
System 'still weeds out ethnic minority candidates' David Lammy tells the House of Commons justice committee.
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NewsCommercial court plans late sittings in $5bn fraud claim
Witness and co-defendant in nine-month civil hearing to appear by video from California.
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NewsLAA criticised for £35 immigration fee as advice 'droughts' emerge
Forthcoming research says there is no meaningful access to advice.
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NewsInvestment scheme solicitor's SDT hearing proceeds in his absence
Charles Valentine Fraser-Macnamara claimed any hearing could prejudice future trials.
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NewsInsider trading: FCA acts on 'minute' fraction of tip-offs, City firm finds
Reluctance to investigate may not deter firms from enaging in suspicious activity, law firm claims.
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NewsSRA urged to push government for greater fining powers
Call comes as LSB reports favourably on the SRA’s enforcement strategy.
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NewsLocal authority ABS under spotlight over £1m overdraft
Northamptonshire County Council says the overdraft facility is still required by LGSS Law Ltd.
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NewsNews focus: The colour of a client’s money
As the SRA renews its drive to clamp down on money laundering, law firms have been put on notice that they will need to show how they are complying with the rules – or face hefty sanctions.
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NewsFresh call for McKenzie friends ban
Conservative MP Bob Neill said it’s ‘time for parliament to bite the bullet’ and scrap 'unscrupulous practice'.
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NewsGCs should not sit on the board, says legal director
Kate Teh, group legal director at Telegraph Media Group, said general counsel is ‘across all the silos’.