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NewsWhistleblowing concerns spark interpreter contract change
TheBigWord will remove part of its services agreement with interpreters.
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NewsNews focus: Conduct unbecoming
An International Bar Association survey has laid bare the scale of harassment and bullying in the law. Senior legal sector figures hope the report will be a wake-up call.
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NewsInsurers stump up millions to lock claimant lawyers out of PI sector
Initial cost of the new-look RTA portal is revealed to conference of personal injury lawyers.
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NewsGrowing appetite for digital mortgages - Registry
Land Registry is working with conveyancers who process half of all remortgages in England and Wales.
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NewsWriting on the wall: call for moratorium on court closures
Practitioners hold vigil as images of what has become of former sites are projected onto hoardings.
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NewsJackson backs new clinical negligence liability test to allow more claims
Retired judge says clinical negligence claims should be heard in a tribunal rather than court.
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NewsFailure to offer super exam in Welsh may be unlawful, SRA warned
Regulator says it is ‘actively considering’ Welsh firstin but that no decision has been taken.
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NewsJudge spikes PI claim from 'disabled' victim over fundamental dishonesty
Claimant wanted case to go to full trial, but judge dismisses case after secret footage showed condition was feigned.
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NewsMPs tell Gauke to revisit legal aid for inquests
House of Commons justice select committee says inequality of arms is ‘fundamentally unfair’.
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NewsDefendants pleading guilty online may not be aware of wider consequences, MPs told
Fair Trials says travel, insurance, credit ratings and job opportunities could be adversely affected.
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NewsLegal aid lawyers offered £50 and £100 incentives to test flexible court hours
HM Courts & Tribunals Service says the payments reflect the potential financial burden for firms.
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NewsManchester struggling to cope, say DJs, in brutal verdict on courts reform
Association of District Judges says policy of closing satellite courts needs urgent attention.
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NewsSnooping tribunal subject to judicial review, Supreme Court rules
Majority of justices decide that Investigatory Powers Tribunals decisions can come into the High Court’s purview.
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NewsLitigation funder unveils inaugural recipients of £1m grant awards
Former lord chancellor Lord Falconer says the four recipients’ work sums up the dire state of access to justice.
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NewsDIY wills blamed for wave of probate disputes
Number of High Court clashes over inheritance has risen 62% in two years.
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News'Brexit refugee' solicitors left in limbo as Ireland plays hardball
Dublin says England and Wales solicitors will require an ‘establishment’ and separate insurance in order to practise.
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NewsReleasing suspects under investigation is having 'terrible consequences'
Practitioner group gathering data on how many suspects are being released under investigation following the 28-day time limit for police bail.
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News'Shameful': Bullying and harassment endemic in law, global survey finds
A third of women lawyers have been sexually harassed at work and half have been bullied.
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NewsAppeal throws out Post Office bid to replace judge
Recusal application ’never had any substance and was rightly rejected’, Coulson LJ rules.
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NewsRegional tech firm reports 'exceptional' year
Profits up 22% as Boyes Turner reports revenues exceeding £15m for the first time.