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NewsMinisters forge ahead with October date for fixed clin neg fees
With a consultation likely to last at least six weeks, the start date leaves ministers with a tight schedule to make changes.
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NewsEuropean court privacy ruling does not permit snooping, say experts
Contrary to press reports, the European Court of Human Rights ruling on an employer’s right to read staff emails does not alter UK law.
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NewsECHR not binding over legal costs appeal, rules judge
Newspaper group says if the court were to make costs order against it, it would be acting incompatibly with right to freedom of expression.
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NewsChakrabarti steps down as Liberty director
Shami Chakrabarti joined human rights group as in-house counsel in 2001.
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NewsLegal Ombudsman cuts spending after caseload falls again
The spending level for 2016/17 will be almost 30% lower than the £16.7m spent in 2012/13.
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NewsTributes pour in for ‘universally loved’ family solicitor
Wendy Kemp, head of the family department at Exeter firm Crosse & Crosse, dies aged 63.
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NewsLegal aid portal ‘has not been hacked’ – MoJ
Criminal legal aid solicitors have been unable to access duty solicitor call centre website.
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NewsJudges’ morale sinks as justice becomes ‘unaffordable’ – LCJ
Annual report says civil justice now ‘unaffordable to most’, while reiterating concerns about litigants in person and poor state of IT.
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NewsAntitrust watchdog to probe legal services
Competition and Markets Authority to examine ‘long-standing concerns’.
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NewsCPS letters to victims ‘lack empathy’
HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate says use of template paragraphs comes at a cost.
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NewsLaw Commission proposes fitness-to-participate update
Current test, dating from 1836 ‘misunderstood and inconsistently applied’ law reformers say.
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NewsMerger sees demise of Matthew Arnold & Baldwin
Veale Wasbrough Vizards announces acquisition of ‘significant part’ of commercial firm.
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NewsFirst4Lawyers: we’re recovering from ‘tumultuous change’ in PI market
Profit before tax fell from £2.626m to £2.2m in the course of the 2014/15 financial year.
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NewsBriggs review: online court needed to cut out lawyers
Interim report says online dispute resolution would remove ‘disproportionate cost of using lawyers’.
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NewsSentences for data thieves ‘not tough enough’
Information commissioner says courts have limited options.
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NewsLegal aid billing issues ‘unresolved’
Association of Costs Lawyers says one of 23 issues it raised with the Legal Aid Agency has been properly addressed.
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NewsTalent-spotting is top practice priority
Recruitment, retention and succession planning are the most urgent issues for law firms in 2016, according to a survey.
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NewsDecision postponed on proposal for new October bill of costs
Civil Procedure Rule Committee says recommendations of costs experts will require more time to analyse.
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NewsLaw firm business pioneer dies aged 56
Cheshire firm Aaron & Partners announces the sudden death of its chief executive Andy Duxbury.
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NewsJoshua Rozenberg among solicitors made honorary silk
Gazette columnist and Law Society council member among those honoured.