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NewsBar Conference: We don't accept your constraints, chair tells government
Andrew Langdon QC says treatment of profession ’borders on contempt’.
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NewsLook to Scotland for community sentencing benefits - thinktank
Centre for Justice Innovation says reoffending rates are at an 18-year low across the border.
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Concern for detained Egyptian lawyer
Ibrahim Metwally Hegazy remains in detention after arrest on way to address United Nations - about unlawful detentions.
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News'Conveyancing factories' with inexperienced juniors can delay transactions
Law firm chief executive calls for greater transparency to improve home buying process.
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NewsRegulators can be taken to employment tribunals, Supreme Court rules
Solicitors Regulation Authority supported the General Medical Council in case.
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NewsDeprivation of liberty safeguards scheme 'increasingly unsustainable'
Government's interim response appears to support Law Commission's call to replace 'carousel-like process'.
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NewsNew rules to tackle 'monster' of civil disclosure
Not all cases justify a Rolls-Royce approach, working group behind proposals says.
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NewsInterim statute bills must contain disbursements, court rules
Appeal supports decision that clients must be given adequate information to challenge a law firm’s bill.
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NewsMoJ to fix prisoner voting rights 'anomaly'
Lord chancellor says changes address points raised in 2005 Hirst judgment against total ban.
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NewsSolicitor awarded £70,000 over 'perjury' libel
Judge dismisses part-time volunteer editor’s common-law ‘Reynolds’ defence.
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NewsCourt service centres will deliver 'better bang for the taxpayers' buck'
Birmingham and Stoke-on-Trent sites will handle phone and web enquiries for criminal, civil, family and tribunal cases.
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NewsSolicitors and bar asked to weigh in on 'joint enterprise' debate
University research project seeks experiences of lawyers in cases of murder or serious violence.
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NewsAutomation to take 67,000 legal jobs, Society predicts
Loss will be offset by continuing growth in demand for legal services, according to sector forecast.
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News'Significant cultural shift' required to encourage more solicitor judges
House of Lords constitution committee says progress to increase judicial diversity has been slow.
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NewsGrant bereaved families legal aid for inquest, Hillsborough adviser urges
The Right Revered James Jones says public bodies should stop spending limitless sums for their own representation.
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NewsHigh Court dismisses seven-year legal aid contract fight
Mr Justice Coulson says case is an example of how not to conduct a public procurement challenge.
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NewsCity firm tells of 'copycat' cyber-fraud
Fake business stole pictures of Bates Wells Braithwaite lawyers to ’lend legitimacy’ to scam.
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NewsListed firm buys tax business for deal worth up to £8m
Company says it can increase cross-selling opportunities through landmark deal.
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NewsWomble Bond Dickinson deal becomes reality
Transatlantic tie-up goes live today as another Scottish firm loses name.