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NewsAI 'has a long way to go' before it threatens interpreters' jobs
Company tasked with providing courtroom services is expanding.
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NewsQASA approaches black hole of no return
Solicitors Regulation Authority yet to officially abandon plans for quality assurance scheme.
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NewsStewarts partners suffer 30% profit drop
Overall profit down 22% while profit per partner down 30%.
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NewsHigh Court: Gauke breached principle of judicial independence
Parole board appointments are too short and too precarious.
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NewsLeaked email was a 'cloak' to lay off lawyer claiming discrimination
Tribunal appeal also rules on privilege relating to overheard conversation in pub.
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NewsLosses and job cuts: PI firm's collapse highlights LASPO survival struggle
Nesbit Law Group's headcount fell from 95 across 13 offices in April 2013 to 24 in four offices just three years later.
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News'Hopelessly ambiguous': US judge rules for London arbitration over Florida
Dispute over location for arbitration in shipping case highlights importance of clarity when drafting contracts.
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NewsMoJ urged to break DBA deadlock in LASPO review
Call comes following concern about the limited take-up of a change meant to increase access to justice.
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NewsCourts to test fast-track entry for lawyers
Government begins pilot scheme allowing accredited professionals to bypass security queues.
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NewsWeightmans profit slips after 'year of investment'
Net profit and profit per partner down 6% despite revenue rise.
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News'It's not fair on you to continue' - judge kills off LiP's epic claim
Court had told claimant in March it would not indulge his unrepresented status.
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NewsModern slavery charges rise by 27% - CPS
However report shows number of convictions only marginally up on last year, and down on 2015/16.
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NewsFirm mergers confirmed in London and Birmingham
Partnerships grow as mid-sized firms bolster their numbers.
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NewsHogan Lovells eyes Birmingham as retention reporting season continues
International firm’s Birmingham office has increased from 10 to 55 employees in four years.
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News focus: 'Lines are being drawn' - EY's message to legal sector
Profession starts to reflect on the emerging threat from Big Four competitors.
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NewsEU court rules against school in photo copyright case
CJEU clarifies that permission must be sought again if re-publishing photograph.
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NewsLitigation funders back twin 'truck cartel' claims
National firm Weightmans, as well barrister sets Matrix Chambers and Kings Chambers, say they have set up one of the largest claims in UK legal history – an ‘opt-out’ class action dispute over alleged anti-competitive behaviour by European truck manufacturers. Claimant UK Trucks Claim (UKTC) has issued proceedings at the ...
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NewsTransparency rules approved as firms prepare to publish prices
Legal Services Board says plans should help promote competition and improve access to justice.
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NewsSRA ignores own advice to pursue order against solicitor
Authorisation officer deemed James Zacharias able to practise without restrictions - but regulator contested it anyway.
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NewsOnline hearings for social security appeals this autumn
Remote online hearings of social security appeals at the First Tier tribunal will begin this autumn in the next phase of courts modernisation, the senior president of tribunals has revealed. In a speech to the Administrative Law Bar Association published by the judiciary today, The Rt Hon Sir Ernest Ryder ...