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NewsSlaughter allowed to keep £2m costs in liquidation case
The Court of Appeal rules that legal fees agreed by an adminstrator cannot not be challenged by liquidators of the company.
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NewsCity police turn to private lawyers to help fight fraud
Law firms will be deployed to help recover assets through civil litigation.
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NewsSRA rebukes judges investigated for viewing pornography
Outcomes agreed with solicitors named by Judicial Conduct Investigations Office.
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News‘Largest ever’ legal needs survey – findings
Formal legal advice obtained for less than a third of issues, according to research conducted for the Law Society and Legal Services Board.
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News‘Legalizer’ to chair Michael Gove’s criminal justice council
When he scrapped dual contracting in January, the lord chancellor pledged to establish a new advisory council of solicitors and barristers to tackle waste and ‘abuses’ in legal aid provision.
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NewsPC fee represents ‘poor value’ – LSB report
Research shows lack of awareness of what practising certificate fee pays for.
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NewsMPs attack Linklaters and Olswang for role in BHS sale
Top law firms accused of failing to alert client that buyer of the retail giant had twice been declared bankrupt.
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NewsNew judgment ‘kills’ unbundled legal services
Chancery Lane calls for statutory protection after ruling framed with reference to unbundled services ‘sends a signal that people should be very cautious about accepting limited retainers’.
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NewsSRA bans ‘solicitor’ who lied to senior judges
Mohammed Kabba of Kidlington, Oxfordshire, had been jailed for 16 months for attempting to pervert the course of justice.
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NewsLegal Services Consumer Panel warns over ‘regulator shopping’
Panel says flexibility could lead to loopholes.
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NewsDispute over £4,000 repair bill racks up £300,000 in costs
‘Disproportionate’ a ‘wholly inadequate’ adjective to describe costs incurred in dispute, judge says.
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NewsBriggs LJ: online court limit ‘may have to start at £10k’
Civil courts reformer appears at London policy event with Jackson LJ, who is standing firm on fixed costs.
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NewsJacobs takes helm at Linklaters
M&A specialist elected as senior partner after 26 years at magic circle firm.
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NewsTony Guise hearing adjourned
Prominent City solicitor had been due to appear at Redhill Magistrates' Court.
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NewsLand Registry: competition watchdog warns against sale
Government’s proposal could create monopoly with incentive to abuse its position, Competition & Markets Authority says.
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NewsConveyancing boost from stamp duty reforms
Rush to complete transactions prior to government introducing higher rates for additional properties.
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NewsLeigh Day ‘paid £75,000 in prohibited referral fees’ – SRA
Regulator publishes details of charges against two solicitors relating to claims against British soldiers in Iraq.
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NewsSolicitors sceptical as specialist court idea gets new lease of life
‘Problem-solving’ courts are back on the agenda but some solicitors are sceptical after past experience.
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News‘Handful’ of legal firms using .law web domain
The new ‘top level domain’ was one of a batch made available by the web’s governing body last autumn.
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Bar chief hails public access ‘opportunity’
Chantal-Aimée Doerries QC said that while public access has increased competition, it also has brought new work to solicitors.