Last 3 months headlines – Page 430
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NewsNews focus: Plans to extend fixed costs are 'fraught with danger'
Fixed recoverable costs are being expanded – and despite opposition from lawyers who accuse the government of ‘shoe-horning’ cases into a simpler system, the government appears unlikely to budge.
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NewsFirms roll out flexible office return
City firms are taking a different approach to homeworking and office attendance.
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News'Scandalous' SRA delays in investigation of disciplinary cases
Greg Treverton-Jones QC says solicitors can wait years for their cases to conclude.
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NewsMajor rebrand for councils' pioneering ABS
Pathfinder Legal Services is the new name for LGSS Law Ltd, set up by Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire county councils.
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NewsMeans test to be removed for bereaved families in ECF cases
Government stops short of granting automatic legal aid funding at inquests where the state is represented.
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NewsManchester super court opens in battle against the backlog
Extension of existing courtroom will allow for trials with up to 12 defendants.
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NewsCourt adds City firm and ex-partner to hacking conspiracy claim
Dechert and former head of white collar crime strenuously deny wrongdoing in case of Jordanian lawyer.
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NewsDigital divorce portal to become mandatory
Family lawyers will be required to submit applications through MyHMCTS service from next week.
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NewsAutomated decision-making ban could go in GDPR bonfire
'A shared commitment to high standards of data protection is more important than a word-for-word replication of EU law,' government states.
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NewsSolicitor-judge takes government to court over disability struggles
Zorina Nadine Clarkson Palomares tells employment tribunal of 'stress' of trying to secure reasonable adjustments.
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NewsBar sticks to its guns over harsher sexual misconduct sanctions
Inner Temple and Gray’s Inn had said that some of the proposed penalties are ‘disproportionate’.
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NewsBuckland calls for tougher corporate crime laws
The Law Commission is due to produce its paper on corporate criminal liability by early next year.
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NewsMishcon partners vote for stock exchange listing
Firm hinted at potential float in April, saying it could take place in the fourth quarter of 2021. It will be the largest law firm listing yet.
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NewsFirm posts £3.5m annual losses as pandemic hits turnover
Lyons Davidson stays optimistic as impact of lockdown reduces.
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NewsBuilding Safety Bill gives leaseholders 'worthless' legal right
Law Society says cut-off date for taking action against developers over unsafe cladding is insufficient.
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NewsCourt denies relief from sanctions after nine-year delay in application
Claimant had said he could not find a lawyer willing to take on his case during hiatus.
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NewsULaw cashes in on online learning as profits soar
Law school's profit before tax rose by 93% in the year ended 30 November 2020.
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NewsEastEnders remembers the court drama but forgets the realism
Heated debate between parties was more suited to the Queen Vic than the family court.