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Video-link plan aims to speed up justice
Holding court hearings by video could speed up justice and make the system more accessible.
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NewsCourt staff suspended over warrant errors
Michael Gove tells MPs that dozens of community penalty breach warrants were processed incorrectly.
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NewsMoJ probes new ways of raising cash from offenders
Review of financial impositions follows abolition of criminal courts charge in December.
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NewsLegal aid firm told to repay £800,000
High Court backs lord chancellor's claim to recoup payments on account.
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NewsProbate fees soar to £20k to fund courts
MoJ accused of 'stealing money from grannies' properties' with 129-fold rise in maximum fee.
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NewsHead of closed firm convicted of VAT fraud
Caroline Joseph, formerly of London firm Hanover Property Lawyers, given a suspended prison sentence.
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NewsCPS appoints solicitor as chief executive
Nick Folland previously helped to reform The Co-operative Group.
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NewsDLA Piper global co-chair to step down
Sir Nigel Knowles will also retire as senior partner after almost 40 years at the firm.
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NewsA&O elects Dejonghe as senior partner
Wim Dejonghe succeeds David Morley who is retiring at the end of April.
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NewsCourt rules domestic violence legal aid time limit invalid
Rule requiring two-year time limit for providing some forms of evidence declared invalid.
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NewsNew OPG guidance on client accounts
Management of deputyship funds should be done with the client’s best interests in mind, the Office of the Public Guardian stresses.
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NewsJoint enterprise principle ‘wrongly interpreted’ – Supreme Court
Lawyers welcome Supreme Court ruling that could allow many convicted of murder under the doctrine to appeal their convictions.
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NewsLawyers press for cohabitation law update after court battle
A woman has won the battle to stop her deceased partner's share of home passing to his estranged wife.
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NewsHead of chambers quits 3 Stone Buildings amid merger speculation
Developments come just five months after 11 Stone Buildings closed.
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NewsTraining shakeup could block ‘best talent’ – Society
Chancery Lane has heavily criticised SRA proposals for a new solicitor ‘super-exam’.
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NewsLandmark ruling on predictive coding in disclosure
Judgment could create a new standard for automating document review process.
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NewsICAEW revives campaign on legal professional privilege
Chartered accountancy body claims LPP ‘seriously distorts the market’ for tax and other advice – but the Law Society has hit back.
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NewsMoJ to assess impact of small claims hike
Frank Field MP asked the lord chancellor about the impact the plan could have on access to justice.
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NewsPEP rises 2.7% at Hogan Lovells
The firm attributed a modest rise in turnover to a weaker euro and pound.
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NewsLeO should reintroduce ‘free cases’, says Society
Chancery Lane warns that the impact of case fees on small practitioners can be ‘considerable’.