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NewsLaw Society appoints committee chairs
They are Sharmila Mehta (Immigration Law Committee), Jenny Beck (Access to Justice Committee) and Amy Bell (Money Laundering Task Force).
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Global study of domestic abuse sentencing
Current sentencing response labelled ‘simply not good enough’.
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NewsSociety ends challenge to legal aid tenders
Ministry of Justice reopens tender process for 527 duty provider contracts after Court of Appeal’s dismissal of challenge from Law Society and practitioner groups.
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NewsGoogle fails in bid to stop privacy actions
Appeal judgment clarifies law on misuse of private information and on damages in absence of pecuniary loss.
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NewsUniversity of Law granted ABS status to offer legal services
Licence allows ULaw to undertake rights of audience, litigation, reserved instrument activities and administration of oaths.
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NewsTrainee minimum wage hope as Society consults
Solicitors Regulation Authority abolished regulatory minimum salary for trainee solicitors last year.
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NewsChicago firm heralds London arrival with ABS first
Practice to start with a small number of US lawyers and seek to recruit locally.
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Bar ponders new limits on ‘cab rank’ rule
Regulator considers excluding solicitors deemed to be a ‘credit risk’.
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NewsDoubts cast on Singapore legal liberalisation
US firm's joint venture may not be replicable, Law Society says.
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NewsSociety outrage at ‘back door’ criminal court fees
Law Society president Andrew Caplen described the new charges - slipped into legislation without debate - as ‘outrageous’ and a threat to fair trials.
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NewsClaim ends after court dismisses late amendment
Judge tells claimant: ‘This is modern-day commercial litigation’.
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NewsDiversity data impact ‘not at level hoped for’ – LSB chair
Legal Services Board also suggests regulators must look again at burden of diversity data collection on law firms and legal services providers.
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NewsNew timetable for criminal legal aid contracts
Tender process for 527 duty provider contracts to resume on Friday.
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NewsLords lambast UK’s ‘unilateralist’ approach to EU treaty opt-in
Government's interpretation of justice opt-in is legally unsustainable, committee reports.
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NewsCourt of Appeal dismisses criminal legal aid challenge
Law Society calls decision to allow tendering reforms to go ahead a ‘devastating blow’ that could leave vulnerable people without legal representation.
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NewsHuman rights rebuke over legal aid reforms
Parliamentary committee says next government must undo harm reforms have caused to children.
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NewsPioneering ABS council names new legal chief
Buckinghamshire and London boroughs of Harrow and Barnet granted alternative business structure licences last year.
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NewsCMC reveals two-thirds of claims enquiries are shelved
Accounts also show National Accident Helpline’s profit before tax fell from £14.7m in 2013 to £12.1m last year.
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NewsMoJ brushes off concerns over fee-paid judges’ pensions
Ministry of Justice says it is committed to ensuring 'no less favourable treatment' for fee-paid judges.