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NewsFemale talent drain still a problem for profession - Rafferty LJ
Vice-chair of the Judicial Appointments Commission highlights the challenge of retaining diversity.
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NewsJudge throws out claim that firm erred on retainer duty
Court rejects argument that even if issues were not part of retainer, it ‘should have been obvious’ to lawyers from involvement in negotiations that claimant needed to get advice about his rights.
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NewsWW1: At the eleventh hour of the eleventh day
To mark the centenary of the end of the first world war, we look back on how the profession reacted to the armistice and commemorated the 910 solicitors and clerks who died on active service.
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NewsGauke eyes charity boost for access to justice
The lord chancellor has acknowledged that advice agencies are helped funded by pro bono cost orders and donations.
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NewsDefendants pay heavy price for refusing to discuss costs
Judge says defendants could have addressed their concerns about costs by engaging the Part 36 process.
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NewsNeill tells government: no shame in admitting we went too far on legal aid
Politicians make impassioned pleas during three-hour Westminster Hall debate.
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NewsLiP's late email 'not sufficient' to justify adjournment
Appeal court backs judge’s decision not to accede to litigant in person’s request.
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NewsMoJ denies £1.1bn overspend amid fresh budget woes
National Audit Office report suggests the department would fail to meet a target to reduce its spending by £500m by 2019-20.
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NewsFirms helped with publishing prices as transparency deadline looms
Law Society practice note offers guidance for how firms can be compliant.
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NewsMacfarlanes includes partners to expose 75% gender pay gulf
Macfarlanes has become the second City heavyweight to publish gender pay gap data for 2018, joining a growing band of firms which have bowed to pressure to include partner earnings. The disparity is stark in consequence, which the firm partly attributes to a female-heavy secretarial pool and the fact ...
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NewsCourt hearing into 'imposition of Chinese law' in Hong Kong concludes
Chinese law takes precedence in rail station within special administrative region.
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NewsGovernment targets law firm 'facilitators' profiting from dirty money
Minister will set out plans for new multi-agency national economic crime centre.
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NewsJury is out over China's new commercial court, say lawyers
Lawyers say announcement of new Chinese court is positive but may not fend off critics just yet.
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NewsJustice Week: funding cuts 'way out of step'
Bar Council report shows that government expenditure has grown between 2008 and 2018.
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Hong Kong awaits good practice rules for third party funding
External litigation funding now permissable but profession awaits rules governing good conduct.
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NewsSQE: Society sets out the 'known unknowns'
Chancery Lane pools all the information known about the new 'super-exam' into one document.
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NewsPakistan judges praised for courage in overturning death sentence
Supreme Court defies threats of violence in ruling blasphemy case not proven beyond reasonable doubt.
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NewsHong Kong 'cherishes' foreign firms despite potential clampdown
Justice secretary Teresa Cheng says Hong Kong wants to continue to attract foreign firms.
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NewsGauke targets Hain over parliamentary privilege
Lord chancellor stresses the importance of respecting the rule of law.