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NewsFormer SRA director calls on Philip or Bradley to go
If the chair and/or chief executive will not quit, the non-executive directors should resign, respected sector figure says.
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NewsLegislation laid to double time limit for employment claims
MPs told current three-month limit is discriminating against women in particular.
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NewsSolicitor wins appeal against SRA’s harsh rebuke
SRA spends £16,000 unsuccessfully defending adjudicator’s decision over letter to former client.
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NewsCourt denies claimant anonymity after family appeared in media
Lessons for personal injury lawyers in advising clients how to deal with the media.
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NewsIn depth: Why disillusioned junior lawyers give up law
More newly qualifieds are calling mental health charity LawCare, citing stress and job dissatisfaction. The Gazette spoke to junior lawyers who are contemplating a career change or have already stepped away.
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NewsMagistrate's 'Taliban' remark leads to formal warning
Office holder remarked that drugs had to keep people in Pakistan subdued 'or they’d be off joining the Taliban'.
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News'You are not saving money by cutting sitting days,' LCJ tells MPs
Cases ready to be heard are being taken out of lists, salaried judges are not sitting and fee-paid judges are having their bookings cancelled.
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NewsJudge warns divorcing couple of financial ruin
Couple incurred costs of £40,000 in a month disputing bills and holiday payment.
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NewsFull cost of Axiom Ince investigation revealed for the first time
Final cost of LSB probe comes in much higher than initially estimated.
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NewsWarning over lord chancellor's 'above-inflation legal aid fee increase'
Law firm hints at further legal action if new rates fail to resolve crisis in immigration and asylum legal aid sector.
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NewsAnother blow to SRA as tribunal dismisses historical charges
For the third time this year, the regulator has failed with a prosecution relating to alleged breaches of accounts rules or money laundering regulations.
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NewsOnline legal advice business in court over unpaid wages
Digital legal service platform, set up by barrister Clive Rich, did not contest the former employee’s claim.
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NewsData drive to reveal 'hidden costs' of legal aid work
Practitioner groups wants to show government the current legal aid scheme is unnecessarily complex and bureaucratic.
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NewsAG's guidance to government lawyers 'unconstitutional', thinktank argues
Revised 'legal risk guidelines' would give attorney general a veto over a wide range of policy decisions, claims Policy Exchange paper.
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NewsLocal authority leaders fight SEND tribunal changes
Appeals have exploded from 3,000 to 18,000 in a decade, with waiting times of almost a year.
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NewsListed law firm founder seeks boardroom clearout
Ian Rosenblatt seeks replacement of three executives to revitalise ailing listed firm.
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NewsOnline deputyship applications mandatory from next week
The one in 10 lawyers still applying on paper warned of potential costs penalties.
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NewsJudiciary risks ‘debasement’ without more solicitors, warns lady chief justice
Nearly a third of litigators say the job damages their mental health, London event also hears.
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NewsIn focus: Budget blues for law centres and small firms
After Rachel Reeves’ budget announcement of a rise in employers’ national insurance, cash-strapped law centres and small firms are agonising over how to absorb thousands in extra staff costs.
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NewsSports law firm settles debt dispute
Manchester firm acting in data misuse claims says ‘honouring well-earned reputation is most important thing’.