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NewsIBA Rome: ICC prosecutor dismisses ‘machiavellian’ US attacks
Dr Fatou Bensouda vows not to be deflected from a prospective investigation into allegations of war crimes by US personnel.
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NewsImmigration appeals timetable 'riding roughshod' over rights
Law Society says 25 days is not sufficient time for solicitors to prepare an effective case for detainees.
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NewsIBA Rome: Bullying and sexual harassment rife in law – but victims don’t report it
Half of all women lawyers have been bullied at work and one in three has been sexually harassed, international survey reveals.
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News'Thoroughly dishonest' solicitor jailed for contempt
Law firm founder lied repeatedly after medical report inflated claimant’s injuries.
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NewsParents breach court order after 'advice' from McKenzie friend
Case reported as judicial working group still silent on proposals to regulate growing industry.
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NewsSRA flexes muscles as four banned from profession
Breaches of confidentiality and forging a colleague’s signature among the misconduct reported.
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NewsLand Registry: help us make conveyancing cheaper
Commitments and customer expectations outlined in charter.
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NewsListed firm armed with £50m starts acquisition spree
Knights buys Leicester firm and brings on board its 59 fee earners.
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NewsIBA Rome: World’s first civil legal aid blueprint launched
International principles stress that legal aid generates significant social and economic benefits.
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NewsBlavo & Co director won't be called to give evidence, High Court told
John Blavo will not appear in court in relation to the lord chancellor's bid to recoup £22m.
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News'Mindful' City giants agree to improve workplace wellbeing
Firms pledge to adhere to principles including respect for rest periods and improved communication.
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NewsIBA Rome: Ken Clarke calls for action to tackle corporate excess
Many multinationals are ‘self-perpetuating oligarchies determining their own rewards’, former justice secretary tells global lawyers.
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News'Analogue decision in digital age': Google group claimant vows to appeal
High Court refuses representative action on behalf of 4.4 million smartphone users.
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NewsPwC under spotlight over audit of litigation funder
Juridica said it intended to appoint administrators last month.
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NewsIBA Rome: Ex-commission president Prodi dismisses second Brexit referendum hopes
Former head of European Commission expects compromise that will safeguard free trade - after 'painful and difficult' process.
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NewsStartup raises £400,000 to tackle property fraud
Zoopla founder backs Thirdfort, a venture to verify identites of buyers and hold monies in escrow.
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NewsIBA Rome: Populist 'new world order' threatens rule of law, global bars hear
International Bar Association president tells lawyers: 'Look after the rule of law and it will look after you'.
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NewsPatient details in Blavo & Co files 'pretty much identical', court told
Former partner quizzed on the third day of a High Court hearing into 'second largest mental health firm', which was shut down in 2015.
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NewsFamily chief tells lawyers: 'The justice system won't collapse - you will'
Sir Andrew McFarlane says wellbeing is at the top of his agenda as president of the family division.
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NewsCivil contracts fiasco not all our fault, says LAA chief
Shaun McNally tells practitioners that there are lessons to be learned about what went wrong.