Headlines – Page 912
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NewsNews focus: revamped TSol tightens belt
The Government Legal Service is abandoning its federal model in favour of centralisation and fees are coming down, according to Treasury Solicitor Jonathan Jones.
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NewsScottish solicitors given ‘gender neutral’ PC option
Move brings the Scottish Law Society into line with bodies such as HM Revenue & Customs, the Department for Work and Pensions and the NHS.
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NewsEconomic slump was a wake-up call for lawyers
Barclays’ head of professional services says firms have learned lessons.
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NewsLaw Society calls for ‘Google tax’ delay
Diverted profits tax, announced in the chancellor’s autumn statement, aims to tackle the problem of multinational companies routing profits into lower-tax jurisdictions.
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NewsMagna Carta on view
Four surviving 1215 copies of Magna Carta were brought together for the first time last week in an event at the British Library.
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NewsCMCs face fees hike to cover cost of regulation
The claims management regulation unit, run by the Ministry of Justice, says fees will increase from £1,400 to £2,000 from April.
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News‘Gratuitously rude’ judge reprimanded in CoA ruling
His Honour Judge Dodds was responsible for ‘unrestrained and immoderate language that had to be deplored’.
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NewsInterveners named as stage set for crucial Coventry case
Judges will decide whether the pre-Jackson costs regime was lawful.
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NewsLower number of City deals – report
City Legal Index figures could indicate slowdown in overall UK economic growth in 2015.
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NewsGrayling kicks joint-enterprise review past election
Lord chancellor says any review is a decision for the next parliament.
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NewsWonga escapes criminal action over letters scandal
The company was ordered to pay £2.6m in compensation last summer to around 45,000 customers.
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NewsGovernment backs liaison scheme for offenders
Diversion and liaison scheme, which seeks to help offenders with mulitiple problems such as mental illness, to go national by 2017.
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NewsMP’s libel costs claim slashed by a third
Judge approves costs budget of £370,000 for Conservative Tim Yeo against Times Newspapers.
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NewsMishcon defeats breach of duty claims
High Court exonerates City firm over money transferred on instructions of client.
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NewsBSB explores alternatives to advocacy quality scheme
Regulator looks at other advocacy checks while uncertainty surrounds controversial QASA.
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NewsGovernment still playing ‘catch up’ on LASPO
PAC chair Margaret Hodge says it is ‘deeply disturbing’ that reforms were not based on evidence.
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NewsIndemnity insurer liable for disbursement loans
AIG to pay out almost £1m after appeal court rules loans to cover disbursements are not exempt from indemnity conditions.
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NewsEqualities minister urges change of culture in law firms
Morgan: ‘Pay women as much as you like, but if they don’t feel comfortable in the working environment, we’ve only fixed half the problem.’
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NewsBritish courts can impose whole-life terms
A life sentence with no hope of release does not amount to ‘inhuman or degrading treatment’.
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NewsMunby bemoans ‘serial failures’ over interpreting
Sir James Munby orders Capita to pay £13k hearing costs after interpreter no-shows have ‘profound effect on proceedings’.