Last 3 months headlines – Page 224
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NewsPI lawyers warn forcing premature medical reports will backfire
MoJ wants to end ‘two-tier’ system for claimants depending on whether they are represented.
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NewsThe brick wall of judicial conduct decisions
JCIO is not defined as a public authority, freedom of information request reveals.
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NewsCLC intervenes in collapsed conveyancer Alexander Grace Law
Firm is already in administration, but CLC wants to ensure post-completion work gets done.
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NewsSDT slashing budget amid plans to downsize next year
Plans revealed to move to new premises with just two courtrooms compared with the current five.
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NewsSenior City lawyer cross-examined on 'evidence suppression' claim
Former head of employment at Rosenblatt tells tribunal he 'raised his head above the parapet' over evidence suppression fears.
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NewsLegal included in Rolls-Royce job cuts plan
Engineering giant targets a ‘more streamlined and efficient organisation’.
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NewsJudicial diversity champion to join Supreme Court
Lady Justice Simler appointed to UK's highest court following Lord Kitchin's retirement.
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NewsOnline courts adding to delays, solicitors claim
Law Society survey of solicitors who have used three online portals tells of emotional impact on clients.
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NewsPrison crisis 'symptom of wider problems', Society warns
First-time offenders will be punished in the community under prison reforms announced by the justice secretary.
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NewsConsultant ex-solicitor fined almost 14 years after strike-off
Experienced lawyer failed to conduct due diligence on potentially high-risk client.
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NewsEvidence of NDA misuse mounting as regulator plans action
Legal Services Board pledges ‘strengthened’ approach to regulating non-disclosure agreements.
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NewsFormer victims' commissioner returns to role on temporary basis
Baroness Newlove returns to role last held by Vera Baird KC, who stepped down a year ago.
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NewsKenya divided by 'fake' lawyer who kept winning cases
Law Society of Kenya wants ‘masquerader’ Brian Mwenda stopped from representing clients.
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NewsWilko legal costs mount as law firms named as creditors
Shoosmiths and Pinsent Masons are advising on administration of collapsed retail giant.
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NewsRacist word used at City firm's IPO dinner, tribunal hears
Phrase with racist word was spoken by former chief executive of Rosenblatt, employment tribunal in London hears.
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NewsHouse keeping: Law Society’s property law conference
Climate change, upfront information and staff retention in residential conveyancing were among the hot topics at the Law Society’s flagship property law conference
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NewsBarrister jailed for NZ kidnap plot
In 1992, 46-year-old barrister John Burrett had not long opened chambers in Canterbury, Kent.
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Cutlery etiquette baffles Inn interlopers
Treasury solicitor Susanna McGibbon and outgoing Law Society president Lubna Shuja chatted candidly about their careers at an event last Friday attended by more than 200 people. Turns out both had attended Inns of Court ‘dining sessions’ for would-be barristers – and neither knew why there were so many knives ...
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NewsArena gig for Yorkshire hordes
Last week’s Yorkshire Legal Awards at New Dock Hall in Leeds was predictably glam, though never gaudy.