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NewsAutumn statement: tax relief for employee legal support
Solicitors welcome change but say other reforms will have a greater impact for employees.
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NewsAutumn statement: ‘stealth tax’ places £40 premium cut in doubt
Insurers furious about another increase in IPT – and are already suggesting whiplash pledges could be affected.
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NewsSocial worker ‘left court bundle on car roof’
Information Commissioner’s Office says some of the personal data relating to 27 people was sensitive.
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NewsGuilty: Bradford solicitors convicted of legal aid fraud
Three set up sham company to claim inflated disbursements from Legal Aid Agency.
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NewsAutumn statement: U-turn on Land Registry
For the second time in two years, government abandons plans to sell off Land Registry.
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NewsMoJ’s whiplash reform blunder ‘could open door to judicial review’
Personal injury reform proposals are based on old data, which experts say could expose the plans to a legal challenge.
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NewsDigital skills gap blocking in-house progress – international firm
International firm Eversheds says technology has become an important part of a broader support package for GCs.
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NewsTribunal reserves judgment on judges’ pensions
Judge Stuart Williams says he will take no longer than necessary to reach a decision.
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NewsMoJ finds rule breaches in marketing for sickness claims
Claims Management Regulator says clients must have given consent to be contacted.
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NewsJudges should get a role in legal regulation, LCJ suggests
Lord chief justice addresses advocacy standards, court fees and judicial pensions in parliamentary appearance.
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NewsJudge rules on £55m oil dispute after one-day hearing
Case is first to be decided under the ‘shorter trials scheme’.
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NewsBolton firm handed £300k of taxpayers’ cash faced £300k tax demand
HMRC disputed ‘profit extractions’ by Asons Solicitors ahead of local authority’s controversial decision to hand the PI firm a grant.
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NewsJudges’ pensions: ‘no one complaining about the change itself’
Tribunal hearing hears closing submissions in case brought by 210 judges.
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NewsConviction ‘safe’ despite Crown disclosure failure – appeal court
Court of Appeal rules information received by the police from confidential sources should have been disclosed – but failure was not in bad faith.
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NewsMale and white Supreme Court aims to open up
News comes as Lord Neuberger announces his retirement with more to follow.
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NewsFreshfields ‘moving to Bishopsgate’
Magic circle firm set to abandon Fleet Street and move east, according to reports.
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NewsChecks needed on clients’ human rights records
Geneva: client acceptance procedures must be reviewed by law firms seeking credit for being human rights compliant, an influential business group has concluded.
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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.