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NewsFixed fee firms are doing work more cheaply, regulator reveals
Legal Services Board survey also points to surge in services being offered remotely.
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NewsPro bono lawyer helped Windrush claimant secure £295,000
Landmark research reveals the value of legal representation and prompts fresh calls for claimants to receive legal aid.
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NewsSolicitors to pay wasted costs for claim brought against wrong defendants
Costs master says firm acted improperly in continuing asbestos exposure claims with no realistic prospect of success.
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NewsOverheated courtroom made trial unfair, litigant in person argues
Non-practising barrister fails in appeal against county court’s ruling in claim of breaches of the Equality Act and Human Rights Act.
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News‘Treat children as children’: Casey calls for rape law change
Baroness Casey’s review into so-called grooming gangs says a ‘nuance in the law’ is leading to exploitation of children.
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NewsIn-house solicitors urged to record reasons for non-reporting to regulator
Regulator’s interest in non-financial misconduct raises new and difficult questions for in-house community.
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NewsKnights reveals dozens of redundancies from latest acquisition
Firm says that some staff whose jobs were put at risk at Birkett Long have been retained.
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NewsSRA hits another firm with £64,000 fine in AML blitz
No evidence of harm done but regulator says breaches lasted for almost six years.
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News'Figurehead' class representative to pay £3m costs
Amazon and Apple to receive interim costs following competition tribunal's rejection of proposed class representative.
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NewsBlow to credit hire operators in landmark costs ruling
Significant ruling impacts RTA credit hire sector as Anexo Group and others face liability under non-party cost orders.
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NewsIn depth: Bindmans claims 'industry first' with social justice fund
Bindmans will divert 10% of its business client fees to a social justice fund to support access to justice for vulnerable people. So how will it work – and could other firms follow suit?
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NewsLaw Centres Network embarks on 'highly ambitious' data drive
Five-year programme designed to help law centres leverage data to fight injustice.
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NewsDiversity champion for legal sector in King’s Honours list
Relatively small number of solicitors recognised in the latest awards.
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NewsHigh Court blow for private schools and parents challenging VAT on fees
Judges say parents have the option of not paying VAT by sending their children to state school.
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NewsIn depth: Reeves spares justice – but no quick fix
The chancellor’s Spending Review pledged more cash for the criminal courts, the CPS and the probation service. Justice has been a ‘cinderella’ department for years, so is this finally changing?
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NewsSRA fines going unpaid, new figures suggest
Unpaid fines total over £1m, prompting regulatory specialist to call for discounts for prompt payment.
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NewsSolicitor advocates call for brand refresh
Dwindling numbers are making use of their higher rights to appear in court and their specialist association has been disbanded.
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NewsLaw graduate bringing meritless claims against SRA ordered to stop
Prolific litigant lost most claims - but received ‘nuisance value payments’ from two law firms.
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NewsFunder to challenge Mastercard damages distribution plan
Application for judicial review says Competition Appeal Tribunal erred in law in approving £200m settlement.
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NewsAI will kill billable hour, says lawtech founder
Canadian entrepreneur also warns of relying on ‘dangerous liar’ generative tool for legal work.