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NewsCouncil chiefs under fire over ‘emergency’ grant to solicitors firm
Bolton Council’s leader and chief executive both face questions after secret meeting approved ‘emergency’ funding of £300,000 to personal injury outfit Asons Solicitors.
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NewsInterpreter CEO bullish over performance target
Larry Gould told the Gazette that thebigword, which has recruited 4,300 linguists to help provide language services to the Ministry of Justice, will invest heavily.
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NewsSolicitor appointed as deputy High Court judge
Peter Marquand is head of the clinical law department at healthcare and commercial firm Capsticks.
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NewsNews focus: my McKenzie friend nightmare
One man’s experience of being ‘dragged through the mud’ by a McKenzie friend highlights why this ‘grey area in the law’ is troubling the legal profession.
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Russia Law Week seeks to build bridges
Law Society and Bar Council event discussed legal developments in Russia and the impact on the wider profession.
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NewsUS senator Jeff Sessions nominated attorney general by Trump
Alabama senator was previously denied role as federal judge after allegations of racist remarks.
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NewsFunders on hook for indemnity costs in Excalibur
'By funding, the funder takes a risk,' CoA rules in Iraqi Kurdistan oilfields case.
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NewsLitigants to pay £15k costs after ignoring letters from other side
Defendants accused Mishcon de Reya of being ‘unduly aggressive’ but judge rejected that claim.
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Cryogenics case not a precedent
Ruling in Re JS (Disposal of Body) resolves dispute between parents of dying 14-year-old, judge says.
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E&W must learn from Scotland over ‘unfair’ county court judgments – MP
New mechanism should be created to prevent unfair credit rulings, MPs hear.
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Greater public awareness drives rise in sexual offences prosecutions
Ministry of Justice says more people are being sentenced and for longer.
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NewsInsurance fraudster who duped law firm facing £37,000 fine
Claims handler added friends and family members to genuine claims.
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NewsInsurers to pocket £200m a year from PI reforms
Details of government’s impact assessment are released along with whiplash consultation.
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News‘Substantial confusion’ over contingency fund – Law Society
Joint working group on contingency legal aid fund says initial findings show that funding low-value cases would be problematic.
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Bond Dickinson backtracks on Brexit pay freeze
Law firm says it will continue its pay reviews as normal.
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NewsPersonal injury proposals at a glance
Consultation asks for views on much wider transformation of the sector than first imagined.
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NewsTop CMC: whiplash reforms give us chance to be ‘more proactive’
National Accident Helpline tells stock exchange it will change its business model.
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NewsFury over Gove’s call for practice curbs on ‘second-class’ solicitor-advocates
Solicitors have reacted angrily to an 'ill-judged, ill-informed and incorrect' attack on solicitor-advocates by Michael Gove. Speaking last night, the former lord chancellor called for restrictions on the rights of audience of solicitor-advocates in order to ‘restore the criminal bar to health’. Claiming barristers provide a ‘better service’, he suggested ...
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NewsCourt of Appeal grants leeway on fixed costs application
Claimants hail result in landmark Qader case which dropped out of RTA protocol.