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NewsTribunal orders JAC to disclose candidate material
Solicitor unsuccessful in judicial recruitment process is bringing a claim for race discrimination.
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NewsCity firms unite to boost solicitor-apprenticeship numbers
Initiative led by City of London Law Society officially launched on Social Mobility Day.
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NewsBarrister who asked client for drugs jailed
Henry Hendron admitted to three counts of intentionally encouraging or assisting the commission of an offence.
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NewsProfession cautiously welcomes anti-SLAPP measures
Important task is ‘one for parliament, not for regulators’, bar chief says.
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NewsSRA fines solicitor after second drink-drive conviction
Salisbury practitioner was three times the legal limit and confrontational towards police.
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NewsMutual recognition of qualifications in UK-Swiss deal
Standalone deal will require regulators to consider applications from their opposite numbers.
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NewsClients see little quality difference in regulated lawyers
Unregulated market is small at present but may grow as the economy worsens, SRA research finds.
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NewsLiverpool firm sunk just a year after bowling-alley recruitment drive
High Street Solicitors calls in administrators as clients transfer to Angelus Law under pre-pack deal.
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NewsLead judge backs financial remedies reform
Mr Justice Mostyn says simple rules for determining financial remedies have been overpainted by 'woolly' judicial discretion.
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NewsJudge ends solicitor's libel claim over client's online comment
Appeal finds that the case had made no progress in over three years, with the claimant largely to blame.
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NewsDefendants absent as Ukraine bank sues former owners in London
Scheduled 14-week trial centres on alleged misappropriation of ‘sham’ bank loans and supply agreements totalling almost $2bn.
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NewsEx-Gowling director struck off in landmark sexual misconduct case
Oliver Bretherton abused his seniority in 'fantasy relationship' with teenage colleague.
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NewsNews focus: Holistic vision for online dispute resolution
In outlining his ‘funnel’ plan of online dispute resolution to MPs, Sir Geoffrey Vos envisages a streamlined system whereby only disputes of high value and complexity would reach court.
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NewsGovernment acts on SLAPPs - but only in economic crime
New power to dismiss cases will stamp out ‘brazen abuse of our legal system’, lord chancellor says.
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NewsMoR's online procedure committee to meet this month
Team charged with creating the civil dispute resolution ‘funnel’ to include claimant specialist Brett Dixon.
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News‘No compelling reason’ to disallow backdated claim form, CoA finds
Lord Justice Nugee rules in favour of an investor whose claim form was ‘lost…in the court system’.
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NewsClaimant lawyers accused of ‘exploiting’ insurers to hike costs
Defendant lawyers say they are fighting cases where claim values are artificially inflated.
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NewsGovernment introduces post-GCSE course for legal services
'T level' students will learn about sector-related issues such as regulation and ethics, and do minimum nine-week work placement.
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NewsNews focus: Mesh implant scandal victims search for new lawyer
News that the SRA is intervening into a practitioner who represents women over mesh implants claims has highlighted shortcomings in a redress system where obtaining compensation ‘feels like a battle’.
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NewsBreakdown of medical agency costs 'irrelevant', court finds
New twist in insurer requests to see details of medico-legal company invoices.