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NewsCompetition expert to chair consumer panel
Sarah Chambers is a former chief executive of Postcomm and non-executive director of Competition & Markets Authority.
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NewsCivil Liability Bill: Whiplash damages and definition revealed
Details also confirmed for potential 20% damages uplift in exceptional circumstances.
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NewsRape cases at risk over suspected mishandling of forensic examinations
Metropolitan Police directorate of professional standards is investigating allegations.
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NewsSRA waiver lets in unregulated market 'through the back door'
Unauthorised human resources consultancy allowed to offer legal services through authorised solicitors.
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NewsRosenblatt chief: firms need to talk profits, not billing
Latest practice to float on stock market says £43m warchest will be spent on acquisitions and funding litigation.
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NewsLeigh Day kicks off universities claim with pre-action letter
Firm is second to bring claim under for breach of contract over lost teaching hours.
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NewsHundreds sign immigration legal aid petition
Government urged to provide funding to people forced to prove their status.
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NewsBar Council sounds data protection bill privilege warning
New regime will make it more difficult for lawyers to advise and defend their clients, says Bar chief.
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NewsExperts call for poorest to keep physical access to court
Civil Justice Council backs reform but says it must not come at a cost to vulnerable court users.
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NewsNews focus: patent court's Brexit paradox
Simplifying Europe’s complex patent law landscape has taken many years of negotiation, but UK government rhetoric on sovereignty appears to contradict the final agreement.
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NewsCalls grow to restore immigration legal aid
Calls for immigration legal aid to be restored are growing, amid concerns about the quality of privately funded advice.
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NewsIn-house braced for cybersecurity surge
In-house lawyers expect to play a greater role in cybersecurity as GDPR comes into play.
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NewsRight to choose
Rival protests took place outside the Royal Courts of Justice last week before a legal challenge over the law on assisted dying. Retired lecturer Noel Conway, 68, who has motor neurone disease, is seeking the right to choose when his life should end with medical help. Conway’s campaign was supported ...
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NewsPublic given full access to make online divorce applications
Justice minister Lucy Frazer says the online system will cut waste and speed up services.
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NewsCommission begins work on 'not fit for purpose' surrogacy laws
Law commissions for England and Wales, and Scotland, secure £150,000 government funding.
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NewsParole Board must become a fully fledged court, ex-chief declares
Professor Nick Hardwick says the public body must be separated from the Ministry of Justice.
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NewsMoJ backtracks on tribunal fee refund alerts
Government has begun writing to people affected after previously dismissing the idea following last year's landmark Supreme Court defeat.
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NewsLeeds legal stalwart expands down south
Bristol office will be Emsleys’ first outside West Yorkshire.
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NewsSolicitor tells court: This place is too busy to shut
Cambridge lawyer makes impassioned speech after client told to wait another six months for trial. ‘Powers that be are nowhere to be seen,’ she says.
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NewsSimmons hires from top Dublin firms for Ireland move
Post-Brexit, Ireland will be ‘strategic domicile’, says leading firm.