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News'Unethical' use of NDAs prompts consultation on laws to protect victims
Minister warns that confidentiality clauses being used to intimidate victims and conceal harassment and discrimination
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NewsNews focus: our clinical negligence award was not a 'lottery win'
Few things rile a claimant lawyer more than headlines saying their client has ‘won’ compensation. The Gazette met one family to hear what a multi-million-pound award really meant.
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NewsLawyers warned over potentially negligent GDPR advice
Legal compliance expert says that firms may need to take action over potential breaches of data protection rules.
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NewsMetamorph returns to acquisition trail
Verisona Law says joining the Metamorph stable ensures a bright future for clients and staff.
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NewsSupreme Court to sit in Wales for the first time
Goruchaf Lys y DU i eistedd yng Nghymru yn yr haf.
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NewsNo-deal would hobble fight against crime, Society warns in new Brexit guidance
Christina Blacklaws says the UK could end up relying on a treaty from the 1950s.
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NewsEquity investor pumps millions into two conveyancing firms
BGF says it will take a minority interest in businesses and maintain a ‘patient outlook’ on investments.
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NewsGrayling's disastrous probation sell-off will cost taxpayer extra £467m
Chris Grayling’s Ministry of Justice ‘set itself up to fail’ in reforming probation services, wasting at least £467m of taxpayers’ money. That is the verdict of public spending watchdog the National Audit Office, whose forensic analysis of the ’Transforming Rehabilitation’ initiative contains yet more damning criticism of how the department ...
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NewsCourt backs recoverability of agency fees in PI claims
Judge allows recovery of ‘reasonable and proportionate’ cost of obtaining records.
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NewsLSB gives green light to bar training reforms
Memorandum of Understanding between Bar Standards Board and Inns of Court set to be agreed.
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NewsPwC and King's College London join forces in latest 'student lawyers' initiative
Advice clinic will be open one day a week linking law students with PwC lawyers.
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NewsCompensation boost for crime victims who lived with attacker
Ministry of Justice lays down statutory instrument to scrap 'same-roof' rule.
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Listed PI firm owner upbeat about driving away from RTA claims
NewLaw parent company posts bullish financial results but dividend payout will be unchanged.
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NewsMoJ urged to 'march forward fast' as Labour strengthens legal aid commitment
Practitioners and MPs tell justice minister Lucy Frazer QC what they think about the LASPO review.
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Partnership model declines in growing legal services market
Annual snapshot shows UK legal services sector generated £35.1bn in 2018, 6.3% up on previous year.
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News'Pathological litigation': Court plea to rein in epic dispute between warring solicitors
‘Shameful waste of time and money’ has left lawyers’ reputations ‘in tatters’, says judge.
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NewsBan for paralegal who lied about qualifications
Hani Hussein has also been rebuked and fined £2,000 by the SRA.
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News'We refuse to be silenced': MoJ urged to reconsider legal aid for inquests
Charity heads to parliament to make the case for automatic non-means tested public funding.
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NewsChild witnesses struggling to remember details after lengthy waits
Young people are being cross-examined after waiting as long as two years for case to get to court, children's charity says.