Last 3 months headlines – Page 673
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NewsID and escrow start-up fights conveyancing fraud
Digital property platform Thirdfort due to begin trials with an estate agent this autumn.
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NewsPrime slot snub leaves Burgon on the fringes
Shadow justice secretary Richard Burgon misses out on star billing at Labour conference.
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NewsIdentity politics in the courtroom
Client dons a ginger wig to ‘test’ a witness’s identification.
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NewsLegal aid: Low income defendants 'forced into poverty'
Law Society warns that defendants who have to pay a proportion of legal costs are struggling to maintain a decent standard of living.
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NewsGive shoppers instant price estimate, conveyancers told
Licensed conveyancers will have to publish cost and service information on their websites from December.
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NewsFirms join university's legal tech initiative
Manchester consortium aims to look at impact of technology on the legal sector.
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NewsOut-of-time appeals allowed after judgments sent to wrong addresses
Claimants had missed the 42-day deadline to make a challenge, but courts opts to exercise its discretion.
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NewsPunish guilty barristers more quickly, says bar regulator
Some tribunal cases are taking two years or more to conclude, BSB says.
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News'Beset by austerity': Ryder condemns justice underfunding
Senior president of tribunals echoes stinging remarks from a Supreme Court judge.
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NewsFirm hire: Kidd joins family team
Derbyshire firm Banner Jones has expanded its Family Law team with the appointment of solicitor Adam Kidd to its Chesterfield office. Adam Kidd and Kelly Parks Adam Kidd and Kelly Parks, Banner Jones Kidd joins the team having completed his LPC at the University of Law in ...
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NewsTurkey: Professional bodies submit concerns to UN
Dire position deteriorating as threats to lawyers are incorporated into law.
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NewsSFO director rings changes with management shake-up
Lisa Osofsky announces two new roles will be created as well a secondee joining from US firm.
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NewsLondon firm latest to line up trucks cartel claim
Edwin Coe says it has agreed a ‘no win, no fee’ deal with litigation funder.
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NewsDadds-Ince merger to create largest listed firm
Acquisition would create £114m turnover business with 14 offices.
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NewsFirm hire: DWF appoints new catastrophic injury lawyer partner
Partner Owen Rees has been appointed to DWF’s Catastrophic Injury Team where he will join the Practice Group board to lead organic growth within the business’s Leeds office and nationally.
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NewsTop-200 firm in Hertfordshire merger
Taylor Rose TTKW announces combination with Hertfordshire based Breeze & Wyles Solicitors.
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News£7m win for Chinese company in first 'persons unknown' freezing order
China Molybdenum Company succesfully applied for freezing order against unidentified individuals.
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NewsLabour conference: civil servants should not be deciding people's liberty
Shadow attorney general Shami Chakrabarti says judicial functions should be delegated only to staff with a minimum level of qualifications.
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NewsCity lawyers offer help to avoid Brexit data impasse
Protection of free movement of data first priority for City of London Law Society group.