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NewsSolicitor MEP backs amended money laundering regime
Timothy Kirkhope says the fourth directive is designed to allow member states more proportionality.
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NewsLegal privilege safeguard for lobbyist register
Cabinet Office sets out proposals to ‘guarantee the long-standing confidentiality of such protected material’.
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NewsSlump in tribunal cases prompts review calls
Number of claim receipts in tribunals falls by 71%.
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NewsFee U-turn to lift burden on criminal lawyers
Interim payments for lawyers working on long trials and cracked-trial fees will be introduced from 2 October to help lawyers with cashflow.
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NewsLawyer shortage delaying house sales
Chartered surveyors report that transaction times have lengthened by up to a month since the start of 2014.
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NewsResidence test not unlawful, government insists
Lord chancellor rejects findings of a parliamentary committee that the legal aid residence test for children would lead to breaches of international law.
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NewsParalegal fined for taking client information
Information commissioner warns that taking data when changing jobs is a criminal offence.
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NewsIndustrial deafness not ‘easy money’
The Association of British Insurers accuses PI firms of ‘cashing in’ on claims for industrial deafness.
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NewsMunby allows woman to see 1930 adoption papers
The woman, known as Y, wanted to find out the identity of her paternal grandmother.
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NewsJuncker names new EU justice chief
Czech lawyer and populist politician to take on high-profile role in new commission.
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NewsGrayling did not act improperly over reforms, court told
Mr Justice Burnett reserves judgment in judicial review, indicating it will be given by the end of the month.
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NewsFormer partners fined for ‘orderly wind-down’ failings
A J Bond & Co closed on 29 December but continued to hold client files and monies after that date.
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NewsLabour promises tribunal fee reform
Shadow business secretary says Labour will create a ‘more streamlined and less bureaucratic’ procedure.
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NewsQuindell claims libel victory against US analyst
Damages to be decided in November after Gotham fails to respond to claim served in Delaware.
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NewsRegulator stands firm on £500,000 PII cover plan
SRA chief executive Paul Philip reiterates that his organisation is responding to calls for reform.
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NewsReforms challenge opens with attack on Grayling
HIgh Court hears that lord chancellor became personally involved in 'caricature' consultation.
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NewsSRA puts money laundering in spotlight
The regulator says it will step up efforts to ensure solicitors do not become embroiled in the practice.
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NewsAccess to Justice campaign gets under way
The Law Society has today launched an ‘Access to Justice’ campaign to defend the rule of law in an environment where legal advice is becoming more expensive and difficult to obtain. The campaign’s key goals include raising public awareness of the help still available, and persuading policymakers to make changes ...
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NewsFirst world war tribute
Andrew Caplen, president of the Law Society, lays a wreath at the Ypres grave of one of the first of the 900 solicitors and articled clerks to be killed on active service in the first world war. Cyril Montagu Pope, articled to R.B. Pope of Brighton, was mobilised in August ...
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NewsLand Registry wants solicitor involvement
Registry to take over local land charges database from local authorities.