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NewsBarristers prepare to walk out over legal aid fees
Hundreds of barristers have voted to participate in 'days of action' as well as to refuse returned cases and new instructions.
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NewsAxiom trial: fund ‘set up to fill black hole’
Solicitor denies charge of dishonestly funnelling nearly £20m of investors’ money from a legal financing fund.
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NewsCriminal legal aid fees will increase 'by end of September'
Justice minister James Cartlidge tells Gazette statutory legislation will hopefully be laid before 21 July.
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NewsTV judge calls for social media responses to government attacks
Rob Rinder says statements should be ready as soon as it appears lawyers are being scapegoated.
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NewsAssange vows to appeal as Patel approves extradition
The Wikileaks founder, 50, faces US trial over the publication of leaked military documents a decade ago.
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NewsFirm that refused to mediate was 'unreasonable', court rules
But High Court says repeated mediation refusal was only one facet of conduct issues.
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NewsTribunal member given formal advice after nodding off during hearing
Judicial conduct body says it took into account member’s exemplary 25-year record.
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NewsAlgorithm opt-out under scrutiny in data protection reform
Data Reform Bill will increase fines for nuisance calls and cut down on ‘user consent’ pop-ups, government says.
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NewsNews focus: Strasbourg in the crosshairs
After the European Court of Human Rights grounded a plane set to transport asylum seekers to Rwanda, lawyers are debating what this means for the future of the European Convention.
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News'No fault' evictions to be abolished under renter reforms
Government proposes to abolish section 21 notices and introduce new grounds for possession.
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NewsBarrister who was rude to trial judge suspended
Counsel at one point told judge: ‘Don’t try to make me sound like an idiot’, tribunal hears.
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NewsApple faces £768m collective action for ‘throttling’ iPhones
Technology giant allegedly concealed ‘power management tool’ in updates to reduce iPhone performance.
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NewsFirm was right to sack ‘rude and aggressive’ employee
Call handler had been summarily dismissed and went on to rant about colleagues on Instagram.
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NewsHMCTS figures confirm divorce 'bulge'
Nearly 13,000 couples filed for divorce in first few weeks after 'no-fault' regime came into force.
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NewsStrasbourg's Rwanda ruling divides public law specialists
European Court of Human Rights granted urgent interim measure shortly before plane was due to take off.
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NewsHistoric name disappears as RadcliffesLeBrasseur swallowed by merger
Bosses say deal to combine firms will increase quality and range of services on offer.
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News'Comprehensive strategy' needed to replace flawed courts reform
Modernisation will fail unless the 'knowledge gap' is tackled first, thinktank concludes.
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NewsRail appeal would make collective proceedings ‘unworkable’, court hears
Lawyers for class representative in £93m claim say appellants are trying to ‘strangle the emerging regime at birth’.
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NewsJudiciary snubs trade union's request for council seat
GMB tells lord chief justice its branch for judicial members should be treated the same as other representative groups.
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NewsHMCTS spends £404m on agency staff in five years
Executive body estimates £88.7m spend on 2,332 agency staff in 2021/22.