Last 3 months headlines – Page 298
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NewsSmall firms still upbeat as post-lockdown boom subsides
Business confidence returns to pre-pandemic levels, report by LexisNexis finds.
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NewsJudge blasts ‘wasteful’ lawyers who filed 6,000-page bundles
Mr Justice Andrew Baker laments a ‘failure’ to focus on what was sensibly required to do justice.
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NewsNews focus: Liability of lawyers comes under scrutiny
As a high-profile tax dispute regarding film distribution schemes rumbles on, the Court of Appeal could yet be asked to give guidance on a lawyer’s duty of care.
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NewsIvy Williams’ centenary draws elite crowd
There was quite the collection of legal heavyweights at the Royal Courts of Justice on Thursday evening to celebrate the centenary of Ivy Williams becoming the first woman to be called to the English bar.
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NewsMoJ denies new pilot scheme removes right to a trial
Judges will resolve cases without consent of both parties before case progresses to a hearing.
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NewsLand Registry admits limits of property reference numbers
Agency hails benefit of UPRNs in speeding up conveyancing process but says relationship between titles and addresses is complex.
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NewsBar watchdog ‘must do better’ on investigations, DG admits
Mark Neale says regulator must speed up ‘agonising’ investigations into barristers.
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NewsMeans test timetable 'could be brought forward' due to inflation
Ministry of Justice chief says income and capital thresholds could be reviewed sooner but annual uprating unlikely.
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NewsLitigation funder sets aside £6m for client redress
Novitas Loans, a subsidiary of merchant banking group Close Brothers, announced last year it would stop all new lending to legal services customers.
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NewsLegal services boom continues despite sanctions
Sector’s turnover surged 19% in March alone, ONS data shows.
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NewsNews focus: Client 'sniff test' - London International Disputes Week
Following their hasty retreat from Moscow, law firms at London International Disputes Week learned about the growing importance of the client ‘sniff test’. And about their lawyers’ mental health.
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NewsIn the swim – at last
Michael Simmons continues reminiscing about life as an (aspiring) solicitor in the 1950s.
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NewsSolicitor sent to the gallows
On 31 May 1922 Major Herbert RowseArmstrong became the only solicitor tobe hanged for murder. He may well havepoisoned his bullying wife Kathleen, but didhe have a fair trial?
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NewsJudge finds ex-managing partner was ‘not truthful’ in tribunal claim
Solicitor absent through illness for almost three years tried to argue he was excluded by fellow partners.
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NewsHFW moving to new ‘sustainable’ London offices
International firm hails new offices in capital’s ‘most sustainable tall office tower’.
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News'We will sue the pants off them': outrage over LAA announcement
Several practitioners worried they will lose out on much-needed work when new crime contracts commence.
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NewsSolicitors lose appeal over £2m invoice charged through DBA
Court dismisses firm’s appeal after it claimed a right to client’s shares preserved in litigation.
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NewsFilm scheme negligence case could yet reach Court of Appeal
Andrew Thornhill QC fought off a professional negligence case in March.
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NewsWAGs go Wilde as Vardy v Rooney kicks off
The national press descends on the Royal Courts of Justice for the ‘Wagatha Christie’ libel trial.