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NewsSpending block raises spectre of £171m courts funding gap
Government under pressure to deliver funding for courts upgrade - but under more pressure for NHS.
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NewsFieldfisher rebuts speculation about likely flotation
Reports suggested firm was 'poised' to make IPO announcement, but international firm dismisses this.
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NewsUS firms continue to ramp up pay
Host of firms now paying £143,000 - the equivalent of $190,000 - to UK lawyers.
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NewsDetained Iranian lawyer charged with 'collusion with client'
Nasrin Sotoudeh represented women facing jail sentences for protesting against mandatory headscarf law.
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NewsBritain can lead lawtech revolution, says minister
Law Society backs latest initiative to nurture technology start-up businesses.
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NewsAsons liquidators take legal advice over SRA's £100k intervention deal
Insolvency handlers want greater access to funds that will plug creditors’ £25m black hole.
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NewsTaylor Wessing partners enjoy 20% profit boost
Firm’s UK arm posts strong profits in ‘best year yet’.
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NewsCash for crash scam run out of single garage nets 158 prosecutions
Investigators conclude years of enquiries into suspect accidents behind claims.
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General sentencing guidance captures 'rarely seen' offences
Sentencing Council says latest guideline will help magistrates unable to refer to Court of Appeal judgments.
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NewsRecords disclosure challenge reaches the Supreme Court
Human rights organisation Liberty says its client has been unable to move forward with her life due to minor offences committed in 1999.
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NewsGive us your hard figures, LASPO review team urges
Ministry of Justice says it receives 'largely anecdotal' evidence about impact of legal aid cuts.
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NewsStem cell appeal unites legal profession
Family of solicitors organises nationwide campaign to save five-year-old girl with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia.
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NewsBarrister aims for £10m payday as claims business joins listing rush
Anexo Group, formed from credit hire and legal services businesses, aims to raise £25m from initial public offering.
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NewsLaw enforcers struggle with electronic evidence challenges
Interrogation of director of public prosecutions Alison Saunders highlighted the justice system’s failure to adapt to the digital era.
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NewsPimlico: solicitors split on future of ‘gig economy’
Supreme Court ruled that plumber should be considered a ‘worker’ and entitled to rights such as holiday pay, but judges are accused of ‘bottling’ the chance to ‘modernise’ employment law.
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NewsRoyal Mail GC: data demonstrates your value
Hard data can help a general counsel (GC) demonstrate their legal team’s value to a business as well as cut its costs, Royal Mail’s GC told the Law Society’s flagship conference for in-house lawyers last week. Maaike de Bie In conversation with Stephen Denyer, the Society’s ...
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NewsProfession keeps on growing as women form the majority
Ninety-five years after the profession admitted Carrie Morrison, women have overtaken men as a majority of practising solicitors.
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NewsMcFarlane LJ echoes Munby over family justice ‘disaster’
A national board set up to improve the performance of the family justice system and chaired by government ministers had not met for 17 months until recently, the president-designate of the family division has revealed. For this crucial co-ordinating body not to be functioning at a time of crisis ‘is ...
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NewsCoA awards £60k damages against 'unscrupulous' fake firm fraudsters
Lawyers say decision resolves decades of uncertainty around the application of exemplary damages.