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NewsBar regulator seeks QC re-accreditation scheme
BSB suggests Queen’s Counsel Appointments body best placed to run quality assurance scheme.
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NewsConveyancing portal Veyo reports registration surge
Almost half of conveyancing practices have signed up to the online system.
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NewsNew powers for relatives of missing people
Ministry of Justice announces legislation that will allow families to take charge of property and financial assets.
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NewsLawyers query exclusion from insurance fraud taskforce
Whiplash claims in the spotlight as former justice secretary Jack Straw suggests referral fee ban is failing.
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News‘Arrange family court open days’ – judiciary
Working group publishes recommendations on modernisation reform in the Family Court and Family Division.
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NewsPolitically correct judges on ‘expansionist binge’, says thinktank
Barrister says critics of human rights laws should take aim at domestic judges rather than Strasbourg.
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NewsTory government would review Islamic law
Pledge among a raft of measures to combat extremism outlined by the home secretary.
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NewsOmbudsman complaint limit rises from six to 12 months
Scheme rules on cut-off to be aligned with new EU directive on alternative dispute resolution.
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NewsSolicitor devastated by £100k intervention
Andrew Williams was wrongly suspected of impropriety due to an association with another solicitor who was under SRA investigation.
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NewsEx-CCBE chief raps client money proposal
LSB ‘imprisoned’ by the Legal Services Act 2007 in seeking to strip powers from professions deemed to have been ‘naughty’, says Jonathan Goldsmith.
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NewsLegal Aid Agency sets itself digital deadline
LAA claims nearly two-thirds of transactions at the agency are already completed and processed digitally.
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NewsProperty dispute service saves clients court fees
Firm responds swiftly to civil court fee increases with the creation of a new out-of-court service.
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NewsFirms could shut Russia offices as sanctions bite
International firms face numerous challenges arising from EU/US response to Russia’s annexation of Crimea.
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Crown advocates struggling – report
HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate said themes highlighted for improvement in a 2012 review remain.
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NewsReaching for the Skype
A City firm has said it hopes to expand an innovative pro bono scheme which connects staff to clients via Skype.
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NewsLaw Society appoints committee chairs
The Law Society has appointed three new committee chairs.
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Bank gets new Branch
Sonya Branch will join the Bank of England from the Competition and Markets Authority.
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NewsSupreme Court upholds benefit cap
The appellants had argued that the £500 a week family cap breached Article 14 of the European Convention on Human Rights.
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Manifesto for legal aid
The Legal Aid Practitioners Group has called on the next government to create an independent organisation to review rates of pay for legal aid cases.
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Law university offers foundation course
University of Law establishes a one-year foundation programme for international students wishing to progress to undergraduate study.