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NewsSolicitor acted in court for 12 years without being formally qualified
Akindele Ogun sued the SRA after it banned him from exercising higher rights of audience.
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NewsCity watchdog confirms in-house accountability exclusion
Heads of legal will not be included in senior managers regime after privilege concerns were raised.
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NewsMining company opens second front against SFO
ENRC claims the former prime minister of Kazakhstan leaked confidential and legally privileged information to the prosecuting authority.
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NewsSupreme Court poised for verdict on access to documents
Justices will give their ruling on case where both sides have challenged Court of Appeal.
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NewsLitigants can opt out of digital justice any time, says minister
Government sees off Labour’s proposed amendments to online courts legislation going through parliament.
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NewsScotland’s law firms suffer profit slump
‘Fierce competition’ blamed in a market which has transformed over the last decade.
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NewsFrazer takes a step up at Ministry of Justice
Barrister takes on the prisons and probation portfolio following Robert Buckland's elevation to lord chancellor.
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NewsCourt rejects appeal against judgment delivered after 18 months
Trial judge found to have caused ‘regrettable’ delay, but no error in law.
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NewsGordon Dadds profits soar - but owners swallow £14m Ince acquisition hit
Financial results for fast-expanding listed business reveal sudden growth in 2019.
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NewsMoJ accelerates work on 'pressing' criminal legal aid concerns
Evidence needed on issues such as unused material by end of September.
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NewsProfits fall at Stewarts for second year in a row
Net profit has fallen by 13% and PEP is down 16%.
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NewsSFO drops hefty proportion of cases
The prosecuting authority closed 14 investigations without charge this year, compared with three last year.
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NewsBuckland is lord chancellor and justice secretary
Barrister replaces David Gauke in Boris Johnson's cabinet.
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NewsLSB seeks to settle independence issue with revised rules
Final internal governance rules are published following period of consultation.
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NewsNew-breed ABS Cubism Law goes into administration
Business goes under after 13 years and with debts stacking up.
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NewsCalifornia poised for long-awaited embrace of non-lawyers
California would be the biggest US state to relax restrictions and liberalise the market.
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NewsReed to succeed Hale at Supreme Court
Scottish judge takes over in January, prime minister announces.
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NewsRetention rate high at Linklaters
The firm joins Slaughter and May in posting a rise in trainee retentions.
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NewsGlobal firm enters ‘legal engineering’ market with buyout
Simmons & Simmons acquires London and Cambridge pioneer Wavelength.