Last 3 months headlines – Page 462
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NewsLegal aid solicitors 'threatened' after Mail on Sunday article
Duncan Lewis says its lawyers are receiving threatening messages for simply trying to do their job.
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NewsGovernment prepares for crackdown on ‘inside job’ pre-pack sales
Administrators of troubled law firms have cited pre-pack deals as a better alternative than intervention.
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NewsUnexplained wealth order victory 'step in the right direction'
Property developer hands over £10m to National Crime Agency.
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NewsFreeths lays off 19 lawyers at end of redundancy talks
Firm warned up to 80 jobs could be lost as a result of the pandemic.
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NewsMental health: Charity begins major study of lawyer wellbeing
LawCare will work alongside academics to document day-to-day life in the law.
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News‘Bitter and destructive’ dispute between barrister and chambers put on hold
Barrister voted out by London set claims he was subject to racial victimisation and harassment.
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NewsBusinesses urged to avoid post-pandemic legal battles
The way companies handle disputes is a 'key part of their environmental, social, and governance responsibilities’, says Lord Neuberger.
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NewsStudents push again for fee refund after lockdown ‘failures’
BPP says it did not breach its contractual obligations.
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NewsGovernment to review Human Rights Act
Lord chancellor Robert Buckland says details of independent probe will be announced in due course.
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NewsJohnson opens new front in war on ‘lefty lawyers’
Criminal justice system 'hamstrung', prime minister tells Conservative Party conference.
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NewsBarristers condemn Middle Temple for hosting Metropolitan Police commissioner
'Black, Brown & Racialised Groups Inns Alliance' says 150 lawyers and law students signed its open letter.
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NewsStricter safeguards needed around private prosecutions, say MPs
Post Office scandal reveals ‘danger of the power to prosecute being misused’, justice committee warns.
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NewsBar Council urges government lawyers to feed back on judicial review
A call for evidence was issued by the Independent Review of Administrative Law last month.
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NewsEmployer not liable for practical joke that backfired
High Court ruling makes clear that employers are not expected to implement a policy dealing with ‘horseplay’.
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NewsFirm mourns ‘extraordinary and unique’ family lawyer
Dawson Cornwell announces that the head of its children department Anne-Marie Hutchinson has died.
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NewsSRA back on trail of firms flouting price transparency rules
Chief executive reveals that temporary halt on disciplinary action during the pandemic has now been lifted.
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NewsG-A-Y owner instructs lawyers to fight 10pm closure rule
Simpson Millar and Kings Chambers leading on nightclub’s judicial review challenge.
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NewsConveyancing guidance on witness-free electronic signatures imminent
HM Land Registry says witnessed e-signatures will remain the norm for at least another couple of years.
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NewsBlackpool courts close after staff member develops Covid symptoms
HM Courts & Tribunals Service says the buildings are being deep cleaned as a precaution.