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NewsLawyers and MPs round on ‘absurd’ JR reforms
Widespread alarm over the government’s revised plans to change the rules on granting permission for judicial review.
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NewsCriminal legal aid information ‘not perfect but sufficient’ – MoJ
Lord chancellor's defence of crime duty tender process to be heard in the High Court on Monday.
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NewsCab rank rule still a ‘cardinal principle’ – minister
Faulks accepts fees have fallen in real terms and remain ‘extremely modest’.
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NewsMoJ confirms new levy charge for court claims
Government introduces new levy but drops plans for divorce fee increase and higher commercial case fees.
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NewsJudge shaves £100k off ‘disproportionate’ costs bill
Firm claimed costs on an indemnity basis of more than £200,000, which included charge for 111 partner hours.
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NewsTTIP talks expose 'dark arts' of corporate lawyers
EU-US trade deal ’flouts contract law and common law’ and will ‘undermine UK courts’, say MPs.
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NewsGovernment raises threshold for bankruptcy petitions
Solicitor groups and insolvency practitioners had both called for an increase in the limit, which has not been changed since 1986.
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NewsMore ‘respect and dignity’ for mental health patients
Department of Health published revised code of practice for the Mental Health Act.
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NewsJudges' fury at 'Dickensian litigation' over 'toxic' dispute
Court of Appeal judges use boundary dispute to rage against cost and time of case.
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NewsGrayling's legal aid reforms 'irrational', Law Society argues
Judicial review of crime duty tender process began today.
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NewsLegal execs' regulator sets sights on solicitor firms
‘Several’ law firms regulated by the SRA are interested in switching to ILEX Professional Standards.
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NewsAG considers unduly lenient sentence scope after teacher case
‘It’s important the public can challenge what they believe to be exceptionally low sentences’
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NewsJames Caan investment firm doubles profits
Turnover also increased significantly, up from £9.4m in 2012/13 to £12.4m last year.
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NewsSRA warning after increase in misuse of client account
Spate of reports at the end of last year prompts new warning notice.
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NewsGrayling secures MPs' backing for JR reforms
Late concessions win vote despite opposition from leading Conservative lawyers.
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NewsSaudi lawyer given five more years in jail for sedition
Court says Walid Abu al-Khair 'refused to show remorse'.
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NewsSRA outlines response to Al-Sweady concerns
Regulator 'will be urgently concluding existing strands of investigation and reviewing the other concerns raised in the ministerial statement’.
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NewsLitigation funder triples investments
Burford also announces the acquisition of London-based judgment enforcement firm Focus Intelligence.