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NewsCurbs on automatic legal aid eligibility ‘not a cost-cutting exercise’
Government says welfare benefit changes will increase spending by £14m a year.
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NewsBrexit: ‘common law can't replace mutual recognition deals’
Committee of peers says alternatives to civil justice cooperation deals must be put in place before UK leaves the CJEU.
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NewsPrisons and Courts Bill: reforms will create 'user-friendly' courts, minister insists
Legislation paving the way for online courts set to be approved this afternoon by MPs.
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NewsPrisons and Courts Bill: don’t trivialise law, Bar Council warns
Chairman of the bar Andrew Langdon QC says virtual hearings should not ‘become the norm’.
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NewsReferral fee probe over claims for holiday bugs
Concern that CMCs see cases as a partial saviour following whiplash reforms.
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NewsLeasehold property guide released
A conveyancing trade body is stepping up efforts to highlight concerns over leasehold properties with fresh guidance for consumers. The Conveyancing Association, which has long called for leasehold legislation to be reformed, has designed a guide to administration fees for prospective leaseholders, property owners and those looking to sell. Beth ...
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NewsNews focus: 'Virtual justice' and the IT panacea
By embracing ‘virtual justice’ as a technological panacea, the government is turning to a big IT project to get it out of a policy hole. We have been here before
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NewsKatie Hopkins to appeal
Tabloid columnist Katie Hopkins said she will appeal a High Court order to pay food blogger Jack Monroe damages of £24,000 over two tweets. Mr Justice Warby’s ruling in Jack Monroe v Katie Hopkins was one of the first to define the threshold for ‘serious harm to reputation’ introduced by ...
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NewsEngland and Wales jails more than any other EU country
England and Wales had an incarceration rate of 148.3 per 100,000 of population in September 2015.
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Marine’s conviction
Five judges led by the lord chief justice sitting in the Court Martial Appeal Court ruled that the murder conviction of former Marines sergeant Alexander Blackman was unsafe, substituting a verdict of manslaughter.
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Welsh legal giant emerges
South-west Wales firm JCP Solicitors is to merge with specialist practice Glamorgan Law in a move that is set to create the largest law firm with offices solely in Wales. The new UK top-200 firm will have turnover in excess of £10m.
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NewsMarketing and startup specialist to chair complaints body
Wanda Goldwag named as preferred candidate to chair Office for Legal Complaints.
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NewsStewarts and Enyo merger called off
Firms were in ’early stage discussions’ of combination that would have created £82m practice.
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Government urged to clarify SFO future
Solicitor-general says Roskill model ‘works very well’ but sidesteps questions about potential merger plans.
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NewsNew watchdog to oversee profession's anti-money laundering regime
The Office for Professional Body Anti-Money Laundering Supervision will complement updated draft AML regulations.
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NewsNew lenders in control at Slater and Gordon plan 'solvent restructure'
Firm believes ’debt for equity lender scheme of arrangement’ is in the best interests of stakeholders.
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NewsLawyers’ outrage as Trump takes axe to legal aid funding
Legal Services Corporation still hoping to persuade Congress to secure future.
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News'Panic' over legal aid contract deadline
Law Society says many firms have not received new 2017 crime contracts.
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NewsAttorney general defends article 50 litigation costs
Jeremy Wright tells MPs it was right for Supreme Court to consider constitutionally important matter.
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NewsLawyer fined after sensitive details posted from home computer
Hundreds of documents related to family court proceedings were unwittingly uploaded online.