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NewsLinder Myers in ‘advanced talks’ with buyer
Firm successfully applies for extension for time to wrap up deal.
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NewsDirect Line takes referral fee hit but profits soar
£14m loss of income from referring claims overshadowed by huge increase in profit.
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NewsSRA warns of fraudsters diverting calls
The regulator said a number of fraudulent cheques purporting to be from a genuine firm have been cashed at cash converter-type stores.
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NewsGrayling defends JR intervention reforms
Justice secretary wants to prevent cases brought for ‘public relations’ reasons.
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NewsJudge asks attorney general to intervene in VHCCs
Dominic Grieve is ‘considering’ the request to appoint an amicus curiae to deal with legal argument.
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NewsGovernment opts in to expanded EU small claims track
Limit will rise to €10,000 under European Commission proposals.
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NewsBudgeting limit to increase to £10m
Master of the rolls has recommended a new £10m threshold despite strong opposition from Commercial Court judges.
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NewsClaims manager seeks panel expansion
First4Lawyers claims increase in workload following recent marketing drive.
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NewsHMRC sticks to timetable for partnership tax changes
New rules to come in to force in April, despite protests.
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NewsFirms fear fixed-fee pressure, poll finds
The hourly-rate model has come under increased pressure in recent months.
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NewsFamily set blames legal aid cuts for closure
Renaissance will dissolve on 31 March, following a vote by its members, but may return in a different form.
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NewsDPP to ‘ramp up’ criminal asset recovery overseas
Spain and UAE first countries to receive asset recovery advisers.
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NewsCouncils opt for in-house to cope with cuts
Findings based on 60 responses to freedom of information requests show a startling divide in strategies for coping with financial regime.
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NewsDoubts cast over ‘cost-driven’ DPA device
From today, US-style deferred prosecution agreements will become part of the toolkit of the Serious Fraud Office and the Crown Prosecution Service.
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NewsMoJ silent over public defender applications
Ministry insists the recruitment drive is not related to the criminal bar’s boycott of serious cases.
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NewsTSol plans to expand and bring more work in-house
Second stage of shared services programme will be completed by the autumn.
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NewsTurkey crackdown as lawyers accused
Lawyers in Turkey stand accused of plotting to overthrow the government under the guise of investigating a corruption scandal.
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NewsNorth Korea condemned
A hard-hitting report from the UN’s Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) catalogued widespread and systematic abuses, including a lack of due process in the entire criminal justice system. ‘Suspects… are regularly held incommunicado,’ the report said. ‘In the eyes of ...
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QASA appeal bid
Earlier this month the High Court refused permission to appeal its original decision.
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Improve existing EU co-operation, says review
The legal sector wants the EU to focus on improving and simplifying existing civil justice co-operation rather than introducing new measures, according to a ‘balance of competences’ review of the sector published by the government.