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Headlines – Page 20
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NewsNew twist in 'pathological litigation' between solicitors
Appeal judges find it ‘cannot be necessary in the interests of justice’ to allow firm to reopen appeal.
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NewsLaw group’s redundant workers awarded £570k by tribunal
Payments to 70 former Metamorph will be guaranteed after redundancies wrongly handled.
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NewsMesh victims say adversarial claims system creates a 'lottery'
Patient safety commissioner recommends collaborative redress scheme with limited legal costs involved.
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NewsCovid legislation allowing video-witnessed wills lapses
Law Society says future digital wills process must contain appropriate safeguards against the risk of fraud and undue influence.
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NewsOld Bailey evacuated after fire breaks out
Around 25 firefighters sent to the scene as lawyers left the premises, which remain closed.
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NewsPopular Conservatives: Rees-Mogg attacks Lady Hale and calls for neutering of Supreme Court
Former Supreme Court president ‘flouted the constitution’ by voting against Rwanda Bill, says Tory MP.
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NewsEmployee-owned firm hands staff a £4,000 bonus
Yorkshire firm converted to employee ownership two years ago and is already reporting financial benefits.
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NewsFirms line up to promote solicitor apprenticeship schemes
Legal sector aims to bust myths around alternative route into profession.
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News'Your research on regulating legal executives is flawed,' Law Society tells SRA
Chancery Lane also warns that the Law Society's governing council will be required to vote in favour of the switch.
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NewsManager paid herself £1,450 for office tea and coffee
Employee of more than 30 years was trusted to handle firm’s expenses.
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NewsListing 'in the ether' could cut backlog, says LCJ
Baroness Carr states importance of ‘learning best practice’ from other jurisdictions.
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NewsLandmark sentencing guidance highlights racial disparities
Judges will be told Black and Asian offenders receive longer sentences for blackmail, kidnap and false imprisonment.
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NewsEmotional dysregulation alert in bitcoin identity trial
Computer scientist who claims to be 'Satoshi Nakamoto' began giving evidence today.
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News'Disruptor' legal group targets mergers after PE investment
Equity investors attracted by a model that takes on the traditional legal services industry.
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NewsAxiom Ince chief's property company is wound up
Creditor petitioned for winding up order against Axiom DWFM Properties.
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NewsSolicitors appointed to Civil Justice Council
New members will serve as part of the advisory body for three years.
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NewsEx-managing partner to pay limited costs in employment tribunal claim
Regional employment judge finds no unreasonable conduct in settlement dicussions but could not go behind previous tribunal’s findings.
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News‘Appalling lack of professionalism’: Post Office lawyers slammed at inquiry
Representatives of sub-postmasters give apparently damning accounts of the conduct of lawyers.
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NewsFuture of compensation fund in question as SRA begins consumer review
Bolstering or maintaining consumer protections might not be in the public interest, chief executive says.
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News'Satoshi identity' hearing draws a worldwide audience
Some 400 people have received permission to watch hybrid Rolls Building proceedings remotely, judge reveals.