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NewsNew bill of costs to be compulsory from October 2017
The new bill has been the subject of a voluntary pilot in the Senior Courts Costs Office since October last year.
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NewsFormer Stobart chief acquires second criminal legal aid firm
Trevor Howarth says One Legal has completed acquisition of Guney, Clark & Ryan.
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News‘New breed’ personal injury law firm enters administration
Prolegal Limited now linked with growing London practice keen on acquisitions.
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NewsCourts have become a ‘casino’, Conservative conference hears
MP and former deputy London mayor says defendants do not plead guilty because they know witnesses may not turn up.
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UK judges better paid and more male than Europe norm
Among 47 nations surveyed, the UK was fifth from bottom in the proportion of female professional judges.
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NewsJustice minister makes case for ADR
Mediation and arbitration to be ‘first recourse’ in dispute resolution - Sir Oliver Heald QC
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NewsLitigation funder hires counsel as ABS plans accelerate
Burford Capital making progess toward providing legal services directly.
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NewsBar Council head backs Truss call for greater diversity
Chantal-Aimee Doerries says justice system should ‘reflect society at large’.
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NewsChambers chief vows to defy ‘abhorrent’ foreign workers plan
Home secretary has floated the idea of forcing companies to list their foreign workers – but is it workable?
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NewsChancery Lane event remembers Casement
President of Immigration & Asylum Chamber to speak at event marking 100 years since human rights pioneer’s execution.
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NewsSlater and Gordon report reveals 640 UK jobs cut in a year
Annual report reveals scale of reorganisation of the UK business.
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NewsECHR withdrawal ‘will do little to protect troops’, Grieve warns
Dominic Grieve says temporary derogation from European Convention on Human Rights is not a revolutionary step.
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NewsFirm shut down after owner jailed for child abuse images
Sole practitioner Richard Pietrowski of Guildford sentenced to 20 months.
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NewsLaw firms among worst ‘nest-egg builders’, research shows
Only builders are worse than solicitors, out of small businesses saving for contingencies.
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NewsLiz Truss: ‘we can do better’ on legal diversity
It ‘cannot be right’ that only one out of 12 Supreme Court justices is a woman, lord chancellor tells party conference.
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NewsOnline courts ‘need further thought’, legal year event hears
Proposals have not been fully thought through, technology lawyer says.
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NewsJustice secretary Liz Truss: prison reform ‘urgent’
Lord chancellor calls for new ideas to reduce reoffending and violence against prison staff.
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NewsMay pledges to end ‘industry of vexatious claims’ against forces
Defence secretary Michael Fallon says growing defence budget will be spent on equipment rather than lawyers’ fees.
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NewsOpen thread: May on ECHR withdrawal
The prime minister is today expected to announce plans to withdraw temporarily from parts of the European Convention on Human Rights. Let us know your thoughts.
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News£2m litigation funding costs can be recovered
Judge says principle of recovering ‘other costs’ should extend to costs of obtaining third-party legal funding.