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NewsSRA loses appeal against £75k tribunal costs order
High Court finds Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal was entitled to make order over ‘flawed’ proceedings.
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NewsFormer Post Office GC ‘won’t co-operate’ with public inquiry
Inquiry told that former general counsel lives abroad and is declining to appear.
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NewsIn depth: MPs hear pleas to mandate upfront information in house sales
Mandating upfront information would ‘revolutionise’ the home buying and selling process, MPs hear. Sharing up to 300 pieces of information would provide more certainty that the transaction is going ahead.
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NewsCybersecurity support bolstered as chambers suffers suspected attack
Disaster recovery, business continuity and device management added to questionnaire by professional bodies following feedback.
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NewsGuidance for solicitors on supporting disabled workers
Many law firm technologies ’present barriers to accessibility’, Law Society says.
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NewsDrop CILEX plan and focus on your core duties, Society chief tells SRA
Chancery Lane chief executive says council members would need to approve changes to allow regulatory takeover.
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NewsOperation Early Dawn a 'compliance nightmare'
Solicitors warn of dire impact as plan to ease prison overcrowding is activated.
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News'Cows kill more pedestrians': Solicitors split on dangerous cycling offences
Amendment to Criminal Justice Bill a ‘distraction’ from ‘shameful statistics’ on road deaths, alleges Leigh Day's PI chief. But 'Mr Loophole' is in favour.
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NewsFirms to face new demands to raze 'wall of silence' on complaints
LSB says there needs to be ‘step-change improvement’ in complaint handling to ensure firms deal with them effectively, efficiently and fairly.
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NewsLeigh Day denies negligence over healthcare claim
Woman treated in the UAE, who alleges she lost her chance to claim amid uncertainty over which law applies, is seeking millions in damages.
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NewsJustice secretary expects ‘prompt’ action on Post Office lawyers
Alex Chalk suggests that disciplinary action should follow if disclosure failings are proved.
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NewsLimitation period set to remain in child sexual abuse claims
MoJ rejects inquiry's recommendation that three-year restriction be abolished - but wants to reverse burden of proof.
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NewsSC’s liability judgment a ‘get out of jail free card for company directors’
Judgment erects 'barrier to bringing claims against directors of counterfeiting companies and other IP infringers'.
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NewsRestrictions imposed on legal assistant over missing client funds
Solicitors Regulation Authority bars former legal assistant from working in the profession.
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NewsUS firm raids rival for hires to mark UK entry
Key hires made from White & Case for US business aiming to be European leader.
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NewsJunior lawyers threaten to escalate SQE results fiasco to LSB
Junior Lawyers Division expects to see changes implemented ahead of next exam sitting and says £250 'goodwill payment' not enough.
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NewsLetters roundup: 10 May 2024
Holding insurers to account and the Bar watchdog's performance: your letters to the editor.
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NewsFirm takes profit hit to pay £4.5m in staff bonuses
Revenue grew at Gateley plc after particularly strong trading in the first three months of this year.
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News'Operation Early Dawn': lawyers fear emergency measure could cause court chaos
Some defendants will remain in police cells instead of being taken to court.
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NewsCosts judge questions law firm’s £2.5m bill in family dispute
Level of costs 'perhaps more appropriate to heavy and high-level commercial litigation'.