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NewsDivorce order set aside after ‘procedurally unfair’ mistakes
Court of Appeal says husband in final hearing was not given protections he was entitled to.
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NewsLaw firm sees off negligence claim over settlement payout
Leathes Prior found to have provided ‘very good service in difficult circumstances’ to aggrieved businessman.
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NewsRegulator urged to rethink bar training reforms
Bar Council says multiple training options will create confusion and increase compliance costs.
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NewsMillennial lawyers won’t be wedded to firms in future
Futurologist says future lawyers will move from project to project rather than hold out for partnership.
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NewsMoJ not minded to regulate third-party litigation funding
Justice minister says market is still in its early stages of development.
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NewsSRA preparing rules on forcing law firms to publish prices
Competition watchdog has said the legal sector must be compelled to be more transparent.
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NewsTribunal fees blocking high-heels discrimination claims, MPs say
MPs call for affordable mechanism for bringing test cases before employment tribunals.
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NewsSociety report: solicitors ready for ‘automation revolution’
Landmark Law Society study considers how firms should embrace technologies that were 'unimaginable even a decade ago’.
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China focus of 2017 ‘endangered lawyer’ protest
Harassment and suppression are the lot of lawyers who take up cases with human rights implications.
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NewsABS bought out of administration to save 215 jobs
National firm DWF announces acquisition of Triton Global.
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KWM administrators reveal contact with SRA
Administrators blame partner departures for collapse of King & Wood Mallesons’ European arm.
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Employment specialists warn against online tribunals
Online system should not be compulsory, Employment Lawyers Association says.
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NewsBrexit: don’t expect a deal, says Conservative veteran
Peter Lilley MP tells event hosted by City firm Hogan Lovells that EU may want to hurt the UK.
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NewsMoJ: employment tribunal fees review ‘imminent’
Justice minister Sir Oliver Heald highlights difference of opinion among MPs on whether fees should be abolished.
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NewsAsons keeps quiet over rental income
Rightmove advertisement suggests Bolton law firm may pocket rental income from refurbished building.
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News‘Unjustified threats’ protection comes a step closer
Law will protect lawyers who act on behalf of clients in IP infringement cases.
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NewsCity warns of ‘perverse’ effects of extending fixed costs
Committee sets out opposition to extending the scheme as Jackson’s call for evidence nears end.
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NewsTruss seeks to head off attacks on judiciary after Brexit ruling
Supreme Court justices 'people of integrity and impartiality', lord chancellor says.
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NewsCompetition for housing legal aid 'could result in race to the bottom'
Government outlines price competition approach for civil legal aid contract work from April 2018.
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NewsWeightmans and Ward Hadaway in merger talks
Top 100 firms in ‘early stage talks’ about tieup that would create £130m firm.