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NewsFirm boss 'numb and sick' at novice solicitor's £13k fraud
Gregory Davies had client money paid into his own account and diverted funds from deceased woman’s estate.
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NewsLawyers face new duties to keep litigants in person informed
Part 39 of civil procedure rules likely to be changed by statutory instrument from 6 April.
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NewsHogan Lovells reports rise for equity partners
Profit per equity partner increases by 4% on revenue marginallly up on 2017.
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NewsQualitySolicitors pioneer goes under at nearly 250 years old
Administrators called in to handle affairs of Brighton firm Howlett Clarke.
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NewsDentons fails to strike out negligence claim
Master Shuman also criticises approach to produce further evidence.
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NewsCentralisation shifts remand hearings to next county
Shropshire advocates group calls for policy change after HM Courts & Tribunals Service apologises for 'wrong data'.
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Property solicitor jailed for £60,000 fraud
Lawyer and her husband are jailed after convictions relating to a Newcastle takeaway investment.
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NewsSimpson Millar saviour lifts another firm out of creditor arrangement
Doorway Capital invests in St Helens firm which had been in partnership voluntary arrangement.
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NewsJudge ignores family commitment pleas to demand application
Criminal bar chief says representative bodies will draft their own protocol for reasonable working hours if they have to.
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NewsJudges duck sweeping McKenzie reforms
Judiciary says it remains ‘deeply concerned’ about unregulated advisers.
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NewsLiving wage: City told ‘stop thinking and start doing’
Campaign admits it has no evidence of law firms paying less than £10.55 per hour.
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NewsGateley partners secure £6m from market funding call
Accelerated bookbuild created to meet demand from potential investors in the business.
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NewsNews focus: Lawtech - mind the gap
A natural aversion to risk and a heavier regulatory burden mean lawtech startups struggle to attract law firm customers and find it difficult to progress beyond the ‘innovation’ stage.
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NewsNew death certificate cost rise hits executors
General Register Office increased cost of obtaining a certificate online from £4 to £11.
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News‘Jury still out’ on DPAs following Tesco failure
Effectiveness of deferred prosecution agreements was questioned after the trial of three former Tesco directors collapsed.
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News‘Unknown driver’ clarity after Supreme Court ruling in insurer case
Lord Sumption rejected the argument that an at-fault driver could be sued under a pseudonym or description.
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NewsReporting harassment incidents and outcomes should be mandatory, urges lawyer
Managing director of Didlaw says harassment should be taken into same ’name and shame’ territory as gender pay regulations.
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NewsMediator claims online dispute first to be settled by algorithm
Graham Ross said web tool SmartsettleONE resolved a case in the new Online Civil Money Claims Court.
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NewsMalaysia reforms could further restrict foreign lawyers
Proposals could restrict 'fly in, fly out' by overseas practitioners, Law Society says.
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NewsCourt rejects defendant's bid to exit shorter trials scheme
Defendant estimated that trial would take six days, but judge was confident it can be wrapped up within four.