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NewsEven insurers back PI reform delay, as opponents hope for full-scale retreat
Law Society leads calls for the government to rethink the content - and not just the timetable - of whiplash changes.
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NewsLawyers 'key' to accessing rights, McFarlane tells LALYs
Incoming family division president honoured at Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year Awards ceremony in London last night.
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NewsLegal executives get green light to set up ABSs
CILEx members have stated their interest in operating independently of law firms.
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Ince lays off 32 in London shake up
Decision follows consultation by maritime specialist last month.
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NewsHigh Court showdown over legal aid fees begins
Counsel for the Law Society says Crown court reforms amount to as much as a 37% fee cut for some cases.
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NewsCity firm slammed for ‘shameful’ berating of dead oligarch’s family
Aeroflot case has been discontined but Pinsent Mason’s behaviour called into question.
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NewsFirst listed firm posts strong profit growth
Gateley profits rise by 12%, with earnings per share also on the up.
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NewsSolicitors 'lost clients and suffered unmitigated damage' supporting bar boycott
Criminal Law Solicitors' Association vice-chair says unity over legal aid fee cuts helped to achieve the impossible.
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NewsMoJ confirms whiplash reforms delayed to April 2020
Response to committee report includes update on timetable for the Civil Liability Bill.
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NewsBan for ‘unauthorised’ public access barrister
Nesa Ostadsaffar was not registered as a public access barrister, tribunal finds.
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NewsSFO arrest warrant as ENRC privilege ruling awaited
Three-day battle over privilege concluded earlier this month.
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News'Potentially damaging' skills shortage costing firms extra £230m
Firms urged to embrace apprenticeships after business barometer highlights workforce struggles.
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NewsAttorney general must explain CPS disclosure failings
Shami Chakrabarti says the findings by CPS inspectors 'amounts to a national scandal'.
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NewsEx-Society president spearheads scheme to provide 'virtual' help to vulnerable
The Jeanie Project is hoping to raise £7,500 to pilot scheme with food banks and community groups.
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NewsTrump visit spurs 'anti-establishment' protest by law firm chief
Solicitor Mary Monson has hired an open-top bus to highlight Britain's diversity and inclusivity.
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NewsCall for 'urgent legal reform' as clin neg damages soar 50%
Clinical negligence litigation has fallen to its lowest level ever - but damages payments rocketed by £549m last year.
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NewsLinklaters' flat PEP lags magic circle peers
Firms profit grew marginally amid soaring profits across the City.
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NewsOpen justice under threat for economic crime, warns damning report
Open justice is under threat in economic crime due to the way court lists operate, the difficulty of obtaining court documents and the number of hearings now being conducted in private, an anti-corruption non-government organisation (NGO) warns today. A report by Corruption Watch says the lack of transparency in the ...