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NewsNigel Evans rues backing for legal aid cuts
Cleared deputy speaker has called for the CPS to reimburse his defence costs.
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NewsTop 100 to cut shrinking practice areas
Public sector and personal injury are in the sights of finance directors.
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NewsFirst hearing not a case management conference, says High Court
Claimant’s attempt to apply Mitchell to a directions hearing is dismissed.
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NewsNational mediation initiative gets under way
New hubs established ahead of compulsory information and assessment meetings.
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NewsMore law firms face unrated PII threat
Survey results come weeks before the SRA decides whether to ban unrated insurers from the market after a glut of collapses in recent years.
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NewsDuncan Lewis in recruitment push
UK’s largest legal aid firm is looking to recruit in the wake of collapsed providers that have left an ‘advice desert’ in Birmingham.
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NewsMoJ heralds ‘Wi-Fi era’
Bromley Magistrates’ Court is the first magistrates’ court in London and one of the first in the country to be equipped with video presentation technology.
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NewsLegal aid ruling saves ‘rape victim’ from court trauma
The client’s public funding was withdrawn after she enrolled on a university course.
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Promotions point to progress on gender equality
Female promotions at DAC Beachcroft and Linklaters increased significantly since last year.
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NewsLawyers set for mammoth festival
The International Festival for Business will run for six weeks in Liverpool in June and July.
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Bench diversity move
Applicants to the bench who are female and from under-represented ethnic groups could be chosen ahead of white men of equal merit.
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Firms rebuked over compliance failure
Three more firms have been rebuked for not having compliance officers in place by the start of 2013.
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Legal friendship across the pond
Manchester Law Society has signed a friendship agreement with the Philadelphia Bar to form and develop a working relationship.
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Wigan law firms merge
Long-standing Wigan firms Alker & Ball and Healds Solicitors are to merge.
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Litigation funding injection
Calunius Capital has announced a fresh injection of £50m into its legal investment fund.
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Asbestos evidence call
Select committee calls for written evidence on the government’s decision to bring mesothelioma claims under LASPO arrangements.
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LSB pledges to cut costs
The Legal Services Board has said it will reduce its budget by £150,000 in the 2014/15 year.
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NewsFury at MP’s ‘solicitor from hell’ question to prime minister
North-west firm posts online statement following House of Commons question.
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NewsMinister grants legal aid for Brixton riot inquest
The family of shooting victim Cherry Groce has been given exceptional funding to be represented at the inquest into her 2011 death.