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NewsFamilies of 1974 bombings victims turn to crowdfunding after legal aid denied
Campaign group still fighting for justice as 43rd anniversary of Birmingham terror attacks approaches.
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News'Suffocating' stamp duty threatens conveyancing demand
Academic research suggests homeowners are unwilling to move in order to avoid paying land tax twice.
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NewsSRA allays fears on SQE work experience sign-off
Regulator responds to concerns over the quality of assessment in the new route into the profession.
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NewsBrexit: don't go down one-way street, family lawyers warn
Practitioner groups say lack of reciprocal agreement will create unfair outcomes for families.
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News'Change your attitude': judge threatens litigators with 'draconian' costs penalties
Fixing hearings around the diaries of busy counsel is ’a clear case of the tail wagging the dog’, says Mr Justice Fraser.
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Paradise Papers: legal firms 'ignore the law with impunity', Margaret Hodge tells parliament
The former chair of the public accounts committee called an emergency debate on the Paradise Papers scandal.
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NewsLegal Aid Agency to review 14-hour rule to tackle 'ghost' solicitors
Law Society and practitioner groups say Crown court advocacy should count towards contract requirement.
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NewsLegacy body urges rethink on electronic wills
Institute of Legacy Management says proposals regarding electronic wills may need ‘whole new consultation’.
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NewsLegal comparison site enters market with £1m crowdfunding
Site launched as Legal Services Board again endorses shopping around for best prices.
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NewsLitigation funder backs £100m trucking cartel claim
Collyer Bristow to represent claimants who fell foul of trucking cartel.
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NewsLeigh Day seeking £5m in defence costs over SRA's failed Iraq prosecution
Firm applies for order to make the SRA liable for 60% of costs, accusing the regulator of 'ploughing ahead like a rudderless oil tanker'.
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NewsBarrister has toy car confiscated over 'weapon' fears
Criminal Bar Association chief attacks illogical court lists and ‘insulting’ behaviour of staff.
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NewsBarristers best placed for ‘gig economy’ shift, says young bar chief
Tech-savvy barristers are ideally placed to take advantage of the so-called ‘gig economy’.
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NewsSir Henry Brooke's legal aid rallying cry
Standing ovation as renowned chair hits out at recent cuts.
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NewsNews focus: Don't blow a fuse over online civil court
Wary of previous IT fiascos, Whitehall has adopted an agile approach to building the online civil court envisaged by Lord Justice Briggs as part of a £1bn reform programme
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News‘End anguish over estate benefits’, says solicitor
Unmanageable government requests cause misery for the bereaved.
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NewsEuropean law firms set for Brexit 'sponsorship' to take on English giants?
Indigenous firms will provide specialist services to counter impact of City firms.
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NewsOne in four set to quit as pay lags inflation
Pay is failing to keep up with inflation in almost every sector of the profession and a quarter of legal professionals plan to quit, according to an annual market bellwether.
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NewsSolicitor jailed for 10 years for eco-investment tax scam
Rodney Whiston-Dew ’simply motivated by a desire to become extremely rich and to evade tax’.