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NewsResidence test ‘unlawful’, rules High Court
The Ministry of Justice says it will appeal the ruling against plans to introduce a 12-month residence test for civil legal aid eligibility.
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NewsGovernment still mulling Land Registry sale
Plan to create a 'service delivery company' shelved after overwhelming opposition in a consultation.
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NewsPublicly funded bar facing post-LASPO exodus
Many family and civil legal aid barristers are ‘actively considering’ their futures, according to a Bar Council survey.
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NewsQuindell’s income doubles in first half
Trading update forecasts 193% rise in adjusted pre-tax profits.
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NewsFormer Cobbetts partner speaks out
Andrew Wright is the failed firm’s biggest individual creditor, and says he was ‘treated very poorly’.
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NewsTop-40 PEP growth into double figures
Results show firms are ‘making concerted effort to become more efficient’.
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NewsNews focus: revised Mitchell guidance
Solicitors welcome ‘commonsense’ guidance on relief from sanction.
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Caplen pledge over access to justice
New Law Society president wants the Society to ‘refocus’ on key areas.
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Solicitor to lead Chancery set
Fiona Fitzgerald is the new chief executive at Radcliffe Chambers, in London’s Lincoln’s Inn.
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NewsS&G’s £500k project pledge
Money will fund projects to improve care for people diagnosed with work-related disease or who have suffered a catastrophic brain or spinal injury.
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Pre-nups on the rise
Irwin Mitchell says the rise reflects a trend for second or third marriages.
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NewsInternational friendly
Networking at a Chancery Lane event before the Law Society’s international marketplace conference.
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Data sharing ‘confusion’
The Law Commission wants the laws on how public bodies share data to be modernised.
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NewsSlater & Gordon offers one million shares to employees
Listed Australian firm Slater & Gordon has unveiled a new employee share scheme available for all UK staff.
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NewsSociety warns against emergency data legislation
The UK is in danger of becoming a ‘surveillance society’, the Law Society has warned.
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News‘Unprecedented’ clinical negligence claims as PI firms migrate
NHS Litigation Authority says new claims have shot up with some firms charging ‘excessive’ costs.
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NewsResidence test for civil aid survives Commons vote
Twelve-month residence test could ‘destroy’ civil legal aid, lawyers warn.
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NewsRecord £1m fine is new blow to Land Registry
Agency penalised for engaging interim finance director off-payroll.