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NewsKatie Hopkins to appeal
Tabloid columnist Katie Hopkins said she will appeal a High Court order to pay food blogger Jack Monroe damages of £24,000 over two tweets. Mr Justice Warby’s ruling in Jack Monroe v Katie Hopkins was one of the first to define the threshold for ‘serious harm to reputation’ introduced by ...
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NewsEngland and Wales jails more than any other EU country
England and Wales had an incarceration rate of 148.3 per 100,000 of population in September 2015.
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Marine’s conviction
Five judges led by the lord chief justice sitting in the Court Martial Appeal Court ruled that the murder conviction of former Marines sergeant Alexander Blackman was unsafe, substituting a verdict of manslaughter.
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Welsh legal giant emerges
South-west Wales firm JCP Solicitors is to merge with specialist practice Glamorgan Law in a move that is set to create the largest law firm with offices solely in Wales. The new UK top-200 firm will have turnover in excess of £10m.
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NewsMarketing and startup specialist to chair complaints body
Wanda Goldwag named as preferred candidate to chair Office for Legal Complaints.
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NewsStewarts and Enyo merger called off
Firms were in ’early stage discussions’ of combination that would have created £82m practice.
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Government urged to clarify SFO future
Solicitor-general says Roskill model ‘works very well’ but sidesteps questions about potential merger plans.
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NewsNew watchdog to oversee profession's anti-money laundering regime
The Office for Professional Body Anti-Money Laundering Supervision will complement updated draft AML regulations.
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NewsNew lenders in control at Slater and Gordon plan 'solvent restructure'
Firm believes ’debt for equity lender scheme of arrangement’ is in the best interests of stakeholders.
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NewsLawyers’ outrage as Trump takes axe to legal aid funding
Legal Services Corporation still hoping to persuade Congress to secure future.
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News'Panic' over legal aid contract deadline
Law Society says many firms have not received new 2017 crime contracts.
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NewsAttorney general defends article 50 litigation costs
Jeremy Wright tells MPs it was right for Supreme Court to consider constitutionally important matter.
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NewsLawyer fined after sensitive details posted from home computer
Hundreds of documents related to family court proceedings were unwittingly uploaded online.
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NewsMergers faced greater scrutiny in 2016, magic circle firm reports
Clifford Chance says EU in particular has clamped down on M&A activity.
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NewsConsolidator Metamorph snaps up Hampshire firm’s private client team
Bernard Chill & Axtell had been seeking to grow but is now subject to a takeover.
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NewsFirm paid £333k to fraudster who hijacked client’s email
London practice says it has changed procedures and increased training since 2015 transaction.
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NewsInsurers rejoice as Court of Appeal clarifies credit hire rates
Judge backs principle that basic hire rate is calculated by reference to the lowest reasonable rate.
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NewsTwo firms under investigation over potential MedCo rule breaches
Organisation urging medics with suspicions to report them to Solicitors Regulation Authority.
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NewsRigidity will kill point of EU repeal bill, lawyers warn parliament
Benefits of the Great Repeal Bill will fail unless the government can devise ways to take account of developments in EU law.
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Cut compensation for injured to fill national insurance void, insurers urge chancellor
Association of British Insurers says another u-turn - on the discount rate - will help to chancellor balance the books after today’s retreat on national insurance contributions.