Last 3 months headlines – Page 272
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News'Closed-door' court process criticised after Everard vigil prosecutions dropped
Crown Prosecution Service says legal test for prosecuting people who attended vigil for Sarah Everard was not met.
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NewsDamning Gerrard ruling sent to SRA
Mr Justice Waksman says he is ‘not sending [the ruling] in relation to Dechert as a firm’.
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NewsCourt of Appeal to consider crypto ‘duty of care’
Issue is 'of considerable importance', Lady Justice Andrews rules in litigation involving bitcoin entrepreneur Dr Craig Wright.
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NewsStarmer fails to back bar strike
Robert Rinder grills Labour leader on ITV’s Good Morning Britain.
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NewsPossession figures suggest 'significant wave of homelessness' looms
Latest quarterly figures published by Ministry of Justice show number of mortgage and landlord claims continuing to rise.
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NewsMills & Reeve staff share £2.4m bonus pool after ‘strong’ results
National firm saw turnover increase by 5.5% to a record £131.2m last year.
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NewsSDT strikes off fewer solicitors as case costs increase
Tribunal also considered moving out of London, annual report reveals.
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NewsMagistrates' court staff vote to strike over Common Platform
PCS union warns of ‘significant, targeted and sustained industrial action’.
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NewsFirm predicts 1,000 clients may join gender identity clinic claim
Clinic set to close after criticism over quality controls for new treatments.
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NewsEarning her Spurs: Meet the woman who combined law with top-flight football
Chloe Morgan built a successful legal career while keeping goal at the highest level of the women's game.
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NewsLawtech chief signals new direction with funding boost
Next phase of LawtechUK initiative will focus on access to justice with £4m from MoJ.
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NewsCrown court backlog edges up further
Figures published by HM Courts & Tribunals Service show outstanding cases rising for third consecutive month.
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News‘Get-rich-quick’ scheme: ‘egregious’ Axiom fraud left investors with nothing
Timothy Schools, 61, branded ‘utterly dishonest man’ by Judge Martin Beddoe today.
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NewsAn actor’s insecurity
It’s the early 1960s and Michael Simmons has moved the City firm he acquired from Jonathan Sumption’s father to new premises in Blackfriars. The champagne corks pop but rapid growth also brings its headaches.
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NewsUS law firm profits hit by soaring wage costs as deals dip
Overheads are surging after falling to record lows at the height of the pandemic.
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NewsNew firm on a roll with parliament appointment
Boutique practice Bexley Beaumont is one of a select number of firms who are approved parliamentary agents.
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News‘Utterly dishonest’ Axiom fund solicitor jailed for fraud
Timothy Schools, 61, sentenced at Southwark Crown Court to 14 years in prison.
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NewsReforms of judicial discipline 'don't go far enough'
Support network for judges bemoans lack of independent review and anti-bullying code.
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NewsFirm raids rival for first ever ‘director of transformation’
Karen Peskett-Hall has been involved with bringing innovation to legal sector for more than a decade.
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NewsRights culture 'causing confusion and distress', says attorney general
Suella Braverman warns against 'the gold-plating of the protected characteristic of gender reassignment'.