Last 3 months headlines – Page 250
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NewsFirms go under as PII premiums soar to 20% of turnover
Indemnity insurance becoming particularly expensive for firms reliant on conveyancing work.
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NewsNews focus: Artificial intelligence debuts at the Old Bailey
First use of AI-based technology in Old Bailey murder trial is rightly regarded as a watershed moment, but after many false starts veterans of past ‘hype cycles’ are tempering their expectations.
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NewsNews focus: Bar's watchdog comes under heavy fire
Annual report card marks down bar’s regulator on leadership and enforcement – but barrister representatives counter that the Legal Services Board has fallen victim to mission creep.
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NewsParading your identity politics
ID parades in the days when I had just qualified were nerve-racking.
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News'Pull out all the stops' to retain talent, GCs told
Report on current state of in-house market suggests businesses want to poach experienced lawyers.
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NewsLand Registry updates conveyancers on performance
Latest data shows agency is receiving 2.3 million applications every month.
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NewsHong Kong activist's London lawyers receive rape and death threats
Pro-democracy campaigner Jimmy Lai faces trial on national security charges but legal team says proceedings are trumped up.
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NewsSolicitor serving 12 years in prison struck off
Fraud conviction came three years after prison sentence for contempt.
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News'We owe it to our history': 250-year-old law firm vows to survive Metamorph collapse
Aylesbury-based Parrott & Coales is one of three firms owned by the Metamorph Group which have not been closed down by the SRA.
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NewsBitcoin millionaire to fight contempt charge over judgment 'leak'
Admissibility of 'privileged' material may be questioned in criminal hearing over alleged embargo breach.
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NewsCourt rejects costs budgeting plea on child's clin neg claim
Judge accepts incurred costs are high but says there are too many unknowns to make order.
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NewsGlobal bar led by woman for first time in 20 years
Gender equality one of five themes Almudena Arpón de Mendívil will focus on during her presidency of the International Bar Association.
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News'Underappreciated' associates want to quit - survey
Report suggests firms are in danger of losing talent if they do not offer more attractive reward packages and career paths.
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NewsMembers’ provision halved as claimant firm’s profits slip
Thompsons predicts an upturn in work from unions as economy struggles.
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NewsLAA and Land Registry staff to strike over pay
Trade union members working in the legal sector among 100,000 to take industrial action on 1 February.
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NewsSupreme Court dismisses appeal on community care charges
Judgment finds Glasgow City Council did not discriminate against a disabled individual.
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NewsLaw centre's relief over debt advice funding
Morale plummeted when government-sponsored body embarked on recommissioning exercise.
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NewsBar regulator fails end-of-year inspection - but SRA fares better
Legal Services Board reserves particular criticism for BSB decision to pause Post Office investigation.
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NewsRaab faces judicial review over criminal legal aid fees
Law Society sends pre-action protocol letter telling lord chancellor to rethink 'unlawful and irrational' decision.
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NewsCollapsed firm’s creditors stand to recoup just 0.3% of £21m owed
Latest estimate from McMillan Williams administrators casts gloomy outlook for unsecured creditors.