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Land Registry's property 'chatbot adviser' fuels P45 fears
Digital chief suggests solicitors should consider hiring technologists to safeguard their future.
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SRA urged to scrap plans for solicitors in unregulated firms
Rules are currently being drafted by the SRA - but the Law Society says there is still time to back down.
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Independent body to tackle administrative justice 'Cinderella'
Reform and human rights group to host secretariat of new Administrative Justice Council.
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Coca-Cola continues fight against EU trade mark
General Court says Syrian company could have ‘hypothetical advantage’ from white script on red background.
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Judge sounds contempt warning for solicitors on dishonest claimants
High Court case over RTA fraud ponders question of consequences for what is described as ‘false verification’.
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Legal regulation review 'not realistic' amid Brexit, concedes oversight body
Super-regulator vows to 'make the most of the current framework', conceding that an overhaul of the 2007 Legal Services Act won't happen for at least three years.
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High Court criticises BSB for pursuing tougher sentence against barrister
Bar regulator wanted to increase severity of Lincoln Crawford’s disciplinary sanction.
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BLM confirms redundancies as operations move north
Firm cuts 13 lawyers and eight support staff following consultation earlier this year.
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Slater and Gordon UK separation vote a 'good day for our business'
Firm in upbeat mood after 'vote for mercy' decision to relinquish hold of business to lenders.
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Taylor review on hold as government stalls on reform
Response to review of modern employment practices now expected next year.
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MPs to examine potential impact of small claims increase
Claimant sector will be heartened by announcement that reforms likely to come under greater scrutiny.
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Shopping around on price is no panacea for clients, Society warns SRA
Chancery Lane says proposals for publishing fees are counter-productive and unnecessary.
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US bar deploys veterans and baseball cards against legal cuts
American Bar Association predicted trouble when Donald Trump became president.
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Cash-strapped costs firm killed off by Jackson part two
Just Costs Limited had struggled to adapt to changing market created by previous Jackson reforms, administrator's proposals reveal.
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'Tremendous victory' for PI claimants over transferred claim
Court of Appeal rules that success fee is recoverable under pre-Jackson reforms rules.
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Simmons & Simmons defeats 'hopeless and abusive' claim
Silver circle law firm succeeds in call for summary judgment in High Court dispute.
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Crumbling courts: £5m available to fix lifts and leaks, says lord chief
Fund to be spent on ‘minor but irritating’ faults by end of financial year, new head of judiciary reveals.
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SRA shuts down Manchester firm over dishonesty suspicion
Managing partner also made subject to intervention from the regulator.
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IP professionals could lose 'millions' without EEA membership
Business case prepared by Chartered Insitute of Trade Mark Attorneys calls on government to ensure UK remains in European Economic Area.