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NewsHuman rights law 'trumping' state and diplomatic immunity
Embassies need to know implications of Benkharbouche ruling, international firm partner claims.
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NewsWaggott 'meal ticket' appeal leaves lawyers waiting for maintenance guidance
Wife had appealed decision to end her periodical payments as of March 2021.
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NewsSolicitors win on appeal over status of costs bills
Separate billing for profit costs and disbursements did not prevent invoices from being statute bills.
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NewsOn the move? Tory MP wants mobile magistrates' courts to compensate for closures
Victoria Prentis wants to pilot a scheme as her constituency gears up for another court closure.
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Richest barristers face steep PC fee hike as bar addresses earnings gulf
Top earners could pay up to 62% more each year.
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NewsEnd of the road for landmark assisted dying case
Campaigners for a change in the law condemn ’grave injustice’.
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NewsSolicitors warned about acting as 'hired guns' for dubious clients
SRA makes public plea to practitioners to prioritise their wider professional obligations.
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News‘No jurisdiction for English court’ in billion-pound oligarch row
Lawyers for Ukranian bank indicate it will appeal against finding.
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NewsClaim restored after court rejects implied sanction for 'trivial' rule breach
Judge said mistakes represented a ‘flagrant disregard’ for the rules, but his decision to strike out claim was overturned.
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NewsAsia Bibi: Lawyer defies death threats over Christian's case
Saif ul-Malook tells international secular conference that people must step up when no one else does.
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NewsProtest over spate of lawyer killings in Philippines
LAWASIA calls on government to ensure 'the security and safety of legal professionals and human rights defenders'.
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NewsBar Conference: Take back bar training from 'profiteers', urges Chakrabarti
Labour peer says Inns should take greater role.
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NewsBar Conference: HMCTS defends intrusive security after 5,000 knives seized
Susan Acland-Hood tells barristers that security officers cannot pick and choose who to search.
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NewsBar Conference: Civil legal aid 'not fundamental', says Sumption
Supreme Court justice says relationship between barristers and solicitors now based on ‘mutual respect’.
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NewsGovernment called on to extend ‘failure to prevent’
Sir Brian Leveson and Lisa Osofsky tell peers all-encompassing act would be in the public interest and help a ‘hamstrung’ SFO
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NewsCourt of Protection opens door to robes at hearings
Mr Justice Hayden stressed the importance of transparency
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NewsNews focus: Is the Royal Courts of Justice still fit for purpose?
The Royal Courts of Justice is one of London’s iconic sights but its outdated facilities cost millions to maintain. More needs to be done to turn this Gothic showpiece into a legal hub for the modern age
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NewsCourt security guard who told female lawyer 'spread your legs' is suspended
Court service says officer used 'unintentionally inappropriate language' to female barrister.
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NewsGovernment pledges extra £8m in legal aid fee climbdown
Law Society welcomes changes it called for - but urges ministers to restart talks on solicitor fees.