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NewsOmbudsman proposes to slash time limit for complaints
New plan for cutting the backlog would also allow cases to be dismissed without an investigation.
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News'Step in right direction': Freshfields solicitor appointed to highest bench in Bahrain
Amani Khalifa hopes her new role will inspire next generation of women lawyers.
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NewsHungary and Poland’s rule of law case dismissed by CJEU
Compliance with the EU’s values ‘is a condition for the enjoyment of all the rights’ deriving from membership.
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NewsMatrix offers ‘unreserved apology’ for breaching judgment embargo
Sir Geoffrey Vos warns that ‘in future those who break embargoes can expect to find themselves the subject of contempt proceedings’.
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NewsHigher SRA fining powers would increase risk of miscarriages of justice – SDT
SDT says there is a risk that wrongdoing will be 'swept under the carpet' if more cases dealt with in-house.
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NewsMoJ lays bare full extent of court closures
List of courts and tribunals closed since 2010 published as minister details judicial drive to clear backlog.
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NewsSuspect under investigation has reasonable expectation of privacy, SC confirms
Supreme Court dismisses appeal over publication of information about investigation into allegations of corruption, bribery and fraud.
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News'Negligible' £240 per firm could save indemnity fund - Society
Chancery Lane and consumer watchdog say SRA should 'think again' on SIF closure plan.
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NewsCriminal barristers to be balloted on legal aid action
Dominic Raab signalled last week that he would not rush response on reforms.
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NewsRosenblatt parent's litigation funder in £20m deal with investor
RBG Holdings says the arrangement will ‘support our move away from our current model of selling participation rights in cases to investors’.
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NewsGood Law Project does not have ‘carte blanche’ to bring JRs, High Court says
Group cannot draft objectives so ‘just about any conceivable public law error by any public authority falls within its remit’.
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NewsLitigation funding giant forecasts hefty loss
Burford Capital blames court delays for slow case resolutions but reveals strong pipeline of new business.
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NewsCriminal barristers welcome remote hearings guidance
Lord chief justice says Crown court hearings should be remote ‘where it is lawful and in the interests of justice to do so’.
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NewsTech entrepreneur puts £1.3m into case-preparation software
Mike Washburn says he was inspired by his own paper-heavy experience with solicitors.
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NewsS and G upbeat despite sharp rise in pre-tax losses
National firm points to ‘resilient’ performance amid pandemic and predicts recovery in 2022.
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NewsNew SDT leader vows to broaden diversity of members
Incoming president of the tribunal is head of global dispute resolution at BNP Paribas.
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NewsCourts service picks new chief from within the tent
Long-serving Ministry of Justice official Nick Goodwin will take over from acting chief executive Kevin Sadler next month.
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NewsLawyers in ‘Wagatha Christie’ libel case criticised by judge
Mrs Justice Steyn says messages sent by the claimant to her agent ‘ought to have been disclosed’.
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NewsNQ salary war rumbles on amid ‘sticking plaster’ warning
Squire Patton Boggs ups NQ pay to £95,000 but DWF’s chief executive says ‘offering more and more money to young people is only a sticking plaster’.
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NewsCriminal bar awaits decision on legal aid ballot
Practitioner group tells the Gazette ‘the ball remains in the MoJ’s court’, but government says no response before end of March.