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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.
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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.