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NewsCourt faces four-month shutdown due to unexpected building work
Croydon Magistrates' Court is being rejigged to accommodate extra work from neighbouring court closure.
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NewsCourt slashes £25k costs for superfluous QC
Appeal judge comes down hard on party whose entire legal team arrived for costs hearing after family case.
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NewsCommittee warns of ignorance on England and Wales divergence
Lord chancellor told that few legal education and training providers have dedicated modules on Welsh law.
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NewsAI contract drafting startup raises £2m
Three firms piloting 'intelligent contract editor' based on deep learning technology.
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NewsManchester firm acquired by expanding regional business
Brabners continues to grow with takeover of six-year-old practice.
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NewsSolicitor fined £15k over £900 payment fails in appeal
Alexander Zivancevic asked a client to pay a £900 bill into his personal bank account and did not inform his firm.
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NewsGovernment amends LASPO to extend immigration legal aid
Justice minister Paul Maynard says change will help separated migrant children access support more quickly.
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NewsAcas reports surge in employment tribunal claims
The resolution service received tens of thousands more notifications this year compared than in the same period last year.
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NewsGovernment lost £12.1m over cancelled fine-collection upgrade
Transforming Compliance and Enforcement Programme was supposed to increase efficiency.
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NewsSFO needs culture change, says watchdog
Organisation is plagued by ‘neglectful management’ and ‘unacceptable behaviours’, according to an independent leadership review.
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NewsGovernment promises NDA legislation - but is light on details
Announcement follows a consultation on confidentiality clauses published in March.
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NewsMishcon latest to consider stock listing
High profile London practice says it is 'considering all options for raising capital'.
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NewsNews focus: Less than zero chills insurers
Insurers are predictably disgruntled after the lord chancellor failed to deliver the personal injury discount rate they were expecting. Solicitors are divided too, so who are the real winners?
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NewsWe're still here: fighting talk from law centres following Lambeth closure
Network chief says 16 have gone since 2013 - but six have joined and others are keen.
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News‘Perverse incentives’ of criminal legal aid fees hurt clients
Transform Justice’s latest report says the fixed police station fee creates a financial incentive for the most experienced lawyers to do the least complex cases.
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NewsPrivate prosecutions code push
Private Prosecutors Association wants its newly-published code to be referred to by judges and used as the benchmark document in prosecutions.
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NewsJudge's emails automatically forwarded to malicious account
HM Courts & Tribunals Service reported five incidents to the Information Commissioner's Office.
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NewsHMCTS staff spent 30,000 hours dealing with court IT chaos
Ministry of Justice says the January outage was reputationally damaging.
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NewsWhitehall ponders new identity verification scheme
Calls for evidence on system for proving identity ‘without the need for identity cards’.
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News70 years, 70 cases: campaigners pay tribute to legal aid
Justice Alliance publishes booklet to commemorate Legal Aid and Advice Act 1949.