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NewsStudy shows improvement in legal diversity
Law Society president Robert Bourns said social mobility is gradually improving.
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NewsThe bar: ‘change or get left behind’
The young bar is debt-ridden and stressed out while senior barristers are nervously contemplating digital justice.
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NewsProfits hit at top 100 firms – survey
PwC says situation is likely to be exacerbated following EU referendum vote in favour of Brexit.
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NewsSolicitor fined over £2m SDLT avoidance scheme
Kelly Buckle-Fleming acted in transactions where there was a ‘significant risk of conflict’.
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NewsMoJ concession on ‘borderline’ legal aid cases
Funding may be granted for certain cases with a 45%-50% prospect of success – but still no review date for LASPO.
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NewsPosthumous pardons for gay men ‘not enough’
Society welcomes move but LGBT committee criticises lack of formal apology.
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NewsMagic circle firm pilots video game to test wannabe trainees
Clifford Chance says game will test decision-making abilities of applicants.
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NewsLaw Society Excellence Awards winners announced
Army’s highest-ranking woman ever is Gazette Personality of the Year 2016.
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NewsTravel agents bid to crack down on ‘unsubstantiated’ holiday illness claims
ABTA is now collating evidence to present to the Ministry of Justice in a lobbying mission to bring greater regulation.
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NewsSRA armed with data in preparation for new PII battle
Regulator says 98% of indemnity insurance claims analysed settled for less than £580,000.
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NewsManchester firms continue growth after financial surge
Clear Law and Express Solicitors adapting to personal injury reforms.
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NewsPM ‘hopeful’ over legal aid for Birmingham pub bombings victims’ families
Labour MP Andy Burnham asked Theresa May to intervene ahead of a fresh inquest.
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NewsFirms will not be forced to publish prices at this stage: SRA
Regulator wants practices to consider what pricing information they could publish on their own websites and in SRA’s digital register.
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NewsMandatory child abuse reporting ‘not the right solution’, Society warns
Chancery Lane says family courts will struggle with increased caseload.
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NewsCourt staff lament service decline as cuts bite
More than two-thirds of HMCTS employees surveyed by the TUC said the last round of court closures had a negative impact.
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NewsHigh Court rejects attempt to end case over ‘wrong’ court fee payment
Claim thrown out in case surrounding alleged incorrect court fees.
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NewsVos to head Chancery Division
Sir Geoffrey Vos succeeds Sir Terence Etherton, who has become master of the rolls.
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News‘There was no money’: MoJ called in consultants to help control spending
Permanent secretary indicates to MPs that fee hikes affected case volumes, amid suggestions that SMEs have been priced out of the courts.
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NewsCourt closures set for completion by September 2017
Ministry of Justice expecting to raise £41m from disposal of 86 courts and tribunals.
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NewsMagistrates need support strategy, MPs tell MoJ
CPD for magistrates? Justice committee calls for an ‘overarching strategy’ for magistracy.