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NewsFlexible courts could bankrupt solicitor firms - Law Society
Compensating solicitors for working overtime could doom firms operating on ‘zero profit margins’, Chancery Lane warns.
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Solicitors spared after filing costs budget late
Judge decides delay did not affect progress of litigation.
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NewsConsumer champion: SRA must justify cuts in public protection
Legal Services Consumer Panel praises intention but urges caution about watering down safeguards.
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NewsAdmiral bemoans discount rate - but hikes dividend as profits rise
Insurer accused of talking up legal costs to scare motorists.
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NewsThe wait is over: LAA announces civil tender timetable
Relief over start date but government to press ahead with controversial plans for housing possession court duty schemes.
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NewsTop litigation firm takes on just one of four trainees
Stewarts Law recently posted bumper profits but trainee retention has dipped to a record low.
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NewsWoodsford funds litigation boutique
Litigation funder teams up with US firm Lewis Baach Kaufmann Middlemiss.
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NewsBan for legal assistant who stole from vulnerable clients
Dianne Spragg was sentenced to 30 months in January last year.
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NewsGrenfell Inquiry: terms of reference 'won't satisfy government's legal obligations'
London firm representing some of the victims says broader social questions such as the availability of legal aid should also be considered.
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NewsI would never sign a power of attorney - retired judge
Denzil Lush, former Court of Protection judge, has accused the MoJ of a misguided ‘crusade’.
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NewsEmployment 'first': time limit extended after fees ruled unlawful
One of first cases to be affected by Supreme Court’s landmark ruling on employment tribunal fees.
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NewsPioneering price comparison site Law Superstore taken over
Property website reallymoving has acquired the law’s ’equivalent to Compare The Market’ - amid revelations of difficulties in getting solicitors to sign up.
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NewsFisher Meredith name disappears on £9m London merger
Acquisition of Fisher Meredith by Bishop & Sewell begin combined operation today.
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NewsAppeal to proceed in £14bn landmark Mastercard action
Quinn Emanuel says it has identified 'manifest errors' in Competition Appeal Tribunal ruling.
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NewsCourt examines 'tension' in rules on budgeting costs
Practicalities of detailed assessment of budgeted cases outlined.
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NewsTen-minute rule: Law firm's billing 'unusual', costs judge declares
Ten-minute units ‘uncommon’ in contentious work, with clients unlikely to recover such fees in full.
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NewsDPP raps 'inaccurate' press reports of rape prosecutions
Alison Saunders says media coverage should not hinder sensible public debate.
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NewsHoliday firm pays sickness compo after bailiff threat
Claimant lawyers say tour operators must meet their obligations after holiday giant Thomsons blames an administrative error for payment delay.
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NewsBlame game begins as Google Translate stands in for court interpreter
Barrister on hand to download translate app after defendant unable to communicate with court.
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NewsTrainee retention roundup: Freshfields drops one in three amid generally high rates
Firms post generally positive retention scores, though US firm lags behind.