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NewsWithout malice: Solicitor fails with damages claim over prosecutions
High Court rules CPS lawyer acted honestly in 11-year investigation of Swansea solicitor eventually cleared of fraud.
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NewsMacfarlanes' top dog draws nearly £4m
City firm posts documents showing profit increase of 24% in year ending 30 April.
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NewsGovernment embarks on wider criminal legal aid review
Justice minister Lucy Frazer says she wants criminal defence to remain a sustainable career.
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NewsLaw Commission seeks to jump-start commonhold demand
Professor Nick Hopkins hails once-in-a-generation opportunity to rethink property ownership.
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NewsSRA plans U-turn on revealing costs of Leigh Day case
But regulator still refusing to publish full details of correspondence with the Ministry of Defence.
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ULaw to open ‘tech hub’ in Nottingham
Campus will focus on legal tech though university makes no reference to SQE prep.
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Shares in key justice outsourcer slump amid rescue talks
Shares in outsourcer Interserve, the biggest provider of probation services in England and Wales, collapsed this morning after the company revealed it is in rescue talks. Interserve, which has debts of £500m, is planning a debt for equity swap which will dilute existing stakes. In early trading the shares fell ...
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NewsECJ clears UK revocation of Article 50
EU’s top court finds that Court of Session case ‘raises a genuine issue’.
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NewsNews focus: Short-circuiting justice?
International Forum on Online Courts slays myth of ‘idealised version’ of the justice system but not everyone agrees that ‘unique quality of digital’ can improve both fairness and efficiency
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NewsNews focus: What you may have missed
Edited highlights from lawgazette.co.uk over the holiday period
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NewsRow over mystery funder in billion-pound oligarch fishing battle
Application for costs security demands either £2.7m or identity of funder to be revealed.
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NewsMoJ plans for discount rate change with call for evidence
Summer 2019 has previously been suggested as target date for determining new rate.
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NewsCourt shows no mercy to late filer who took 'eye off the ball'
Judge enforces strong penalty for non-compliance caused by solicitor being away on business.
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NewsLord chancellor warned for second time over probate 'tax'
Parliament’s committee on statutory instruments suggests justice secretary is acting ultra vires.
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NewsPupil barristers to get up to 50% more under new minimum salary
Bar regulator confirms new mandatory minimum wage rules will come into force in September.
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NewsWhite & Case women paid 65% less than men
City firms appear to be listening to calls to include partners in annual pay gap reporting.
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NewsComplaints about judges behaving badly increase 17% in a year
The JCIO removed 11 magistrates, two judges, four tribunal judges and two coroners in 2017/18.
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NewsCQS revamp to include on-site visits
Change to the Law Society kitemark scheme are being made following feedback from members.
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NewsSFO under fire for 'fundamental misunderstanding' in Tesco trial
Fraud charges against former directors at the supermarket have been thrown out.
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NewsGovernment-commissioned review recommends legal aid for bereaved families
Independent report says families of those who died in state detention should receive non-means-tested public funding.