Headlines – Page 570
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NewsNews focus: What you may have missed
Edited highlights from lawgazette.co.uk over the holiday period
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NewsRow over mystery funder in billion-pound oligarch fishing battle
Application for costs security demands either £2.7m or identity of funder to be revealed.
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NewsMoJ plans for discount rate change with call for evidence
Summer 2019 has previously been suggested as target date for determining new rate.
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NewsCourt shows no mercy to late filer who took 'eye off the ball'
Judge enforces strong penalty for non-compliance caused by solicitor being away on business.
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NewsLord chancellor warned for second time over probate 'tax'
Parliament’s committee on statutory instruments suggests justice secretary is acting ultra vires.
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NewsPupil barristers to get up to 50% more under new minimum salary
Bar regulator confirms new mandatory minimum wage rules will come into force in September.
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NewsWhite & Case women paid 65% less than men
City firms appear to be listening to calls to include partners in annual pay gap reporting.
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NewsComplaints about judges behaving badly increase 17% in a year
The JCIO removed 11 magistrates, two judges, four tribunal judges and two coroners in 2017/18.
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NewsCQS revamp to include on-site visits
Change to the Law Society kitemark scheme are being made following feedback from members.
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NewsSFO under fire for 'fundamental misunderstanding' in Tesco trial
Fraud charges against former directors at the supermarket have been thrown out.
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NewsGovernment-commissioned review recommends legal aid for bereaved families
Independent report says families of those who died in state detention should receive non-means-tested public funding.
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NewsUnveiled: The SRA's digital badge coming soon to your website
Badge comes in three different colours and can be displayed in English or Welsh.
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NewsCity firms claimed £14m costs in oligarch case
High Court judgment ruled last week that the English courts did not have jurisdiction to hear fraud claims.
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NewsMoJ reveals 20% annual fall in personal injury claims
Figures ahead of latest reforms confirm dramatic decline in number of low-value claims.
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NewsBaker McKenzie faces negligence claim in Russian mine row
Complaint filed in US concerns international firm’s advice to UK investment company.
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NewsNew ombudsman tool lets consumers road-test their complaint
Tests of the scheme has resulted in hundreds of complaints being directed elsewhere.
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NewsAI systems must have a human in the loop
Law Society president calls for framework of standards on algorithmic tools in justice system.
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NewsPrice transparency era begins today - but clients urged not to be blinded by costs
Law Society wants public to be equally concerned with regulatory protection and service levels.
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NewsContinuing competence under LSB's microscope with new review
Legal Services Board notes lack of regular formal assessment of practitioners during their careers.
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Chambers seeks to tackle bar's diversity problem
20 Essex Street claims to be the first chambers to implement software designed to attract graduates from a diverse field.