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NewsGlobal bar body condemns ‘lefty lawyers’ comments
International Bar Association accuses UK government of attempting to ostracise legal professionals.
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NewsCyber criminals make £2.5m raid on law firms in lockdown
Staff working from home thought to be easier target for fraudsters online.
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NewsSRA tells firms: Check exactly where your client’s money came from
Regulator suggests current checks being made by some firms are not enough.
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NewsBritish Red Cross reveals ‘human cost’ of LASPO on refugee family reunions
Report calls for legal aid to be reinstated to acknowledge complexity of applications and value of early legal advice.
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NewsLegal Choices website records 3m visits in three years
Regulators running site say consumers are increasingly engaging with it.
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NewsPre-recorded evidence now an option across England and Wales
More than 350 victims and witnesses have used the technology since regional rollouts began this year.
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NewsLammy demands answers over judicial race ‘anomalies’
Shadow justice secretary refuses to rule out judicial diversity quotas in speech to bar conference.
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NewsNews focus: Bankers leap to defence of JR
The Faulks review has prompted hundreds of responses, amid anger that not all will be published. Councils and bankers are among advocates of a mechanism that will not be surrendered lightly
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NewsMishcon aims for cutting-edge data science service
Top-30 firm's chief strategy officer says ‘this is what any business, never mind a law firm, should be doing’.
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NewsStudents raise stakes after law school refuses lockdown refunds
Legal educator BPP threatened with being reported to Competition and Markets Authority.
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NewsBAILII gets MoJ lifeline
Most widely used free public online database of court judgments has five-year contract renewed for one year.
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NewsSecond part of legal aid review will begin this year, Buckland pledges
Lord chancellor says he wants to get chair of the criminal legal aid review ‘absolutely right’.
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NewsPresident's guidance for immigration appeals during Covid-19 'unlawful'
Note issued on 23 March stated that appeals should normally be decided on the papers.
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NewsJR has improved consumer rights, Which? tells Faulks review
Any changes to judicial review should relate to extending the window to issue proceedings.
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NewsClaims company takeover talks extended into December
NAHL is in discussions about potential acquisition by wealth manager Frenkel Topping.
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NewsIBA 2020: Litigation funding could create conflicts of interest
'A lot of third-party funders are becoming quite close to law firms,' says ex-president of the Law Society of Ireland.
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NewsNot enough black men doing family legal aid, Westminster inquiry hears
Solicitor says male role models would be helpful for teenagers coming through the justice system.
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NewsIrish rebuff raises new questions
Law Society of Ireland will cease to issue practising certificates to members based outside the republic.
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NewsNew master of the rolls promises civil justice shake-up
Profession ‘needs to be ambitious in terms of digitalisation if it is to retain and enhance its status’, says Sir Geoffrey Vos.
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NewsMcFarlane alarmed by weekend demand for skeleton arguments
Family division president says wellbeing protocols should be revisited.