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NewsShadow AG replaced by barrister
Former employment solicitor Catherine McKinnel replaced by Karl Turner.
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Law Society appoints lead for governance review
Dr Nicola Nicholls LVO is a former private equity executive.
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NewsPay deterring best from High Court bench, MoJ warns
The government recommends a 3% increase in pay for High Court judges to avoid a ‘significant impact’ on the administration of justice.
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NewsAsylum solicitors ‘deliberately obfuscating costs’
SRA to review sector after research part-funded by Hawaiian billionaire finds evidence of malpractice.
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NewsWe won’t intervene over insurance prices, admits Treasury
Whiplash reforms based on insurers’ pledge to pass on savings of £50 a policy.
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NewsReed Smith cuts 45 lawyer jobs in restructure
Job losses follow a review of the firm’s staffing model to help it remain competitive.
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NewsStudent’s ‘robot lawyer’ to make compensation claims
Stanford undergraduate says people are being exploited by those processing simple claims.
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NewsSRA takes central exam plan on the road
The regulator will hold events around the country to give students and solicitors more of a say on its proposals.
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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.