Last 3 months headlines – Page 824
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Bolton law firm hit by wasted costs orders
Asons Solicitors has been embroiled in controversy since it emerged that it had received a £300,000 grant from Bolton Council.
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NewsSolicitor escapes jail after headbutting LiP inside Rolls Building
Philip Saunders was caught on CCTV causing actual bodily harm to Mohammad Reza Ghadami.
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News£24,000 damages for Katie Hopkins Twitter libels in ‘serious harm’ test
Media list judge rules that tweets by ‘rent-a-gob’ columnist Katie Hopkins ‘had tendency to cause harm’ to food writer Jack Monroe.
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Legal ‘Siri’ gives insurance customers instant access to support
‘Grace’ is described as a ‘learning-driven’ app designed for business customers and powered by IBM Watson technology.
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NewsMunby: ‘judges should not have to justify themselves’
Family Division president defends importance of an independent judiciary.
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NewsFreshfields denies rowing back on Vancouver office
Magic circle firm says it is 'continuing to investigate’ a number of options.
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NewsLegal services market shrinks for the first time since financial crisis – report
Turnover declined by 5.2% in 2016, with the bar the hardest hit, according to research by consultancy IRN.
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NewsClaims farmer fined £270k for making 22m unwanted calls
Consent was treated as 'an administrative box-ticking exercise', information watchdog rules.
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NewsSolicitors stressed by recorder competition glitches
Judicial Appointments Commission says some candidates had concerns about second stage of recorder competition.
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NewsJudge calls for feedback on adoption orders
Lord Justice McFarlane highlights lack of system for keeping judges informed of the outcome of their decisions.
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NewsFee cut proposals ‘based on contentious claim’
Latest government statistics on expenditure due to be published six days after LGFS consultation closes.
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NewsLitigation funder offers lending package for court fees
Two-year-old firm says it can reduce firms’ dependence on overdraft borrowing.
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NewsWomen’s Day: Truss attacks ‘presenteeism’
Gender equality in the legal profession will not be achieved without a fundamental change in the way law firms work, justice secretary Liz Truss told a women lawyers’ network.
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NewsBest places to study law revealed
Oxford and Cambridge top the pile in the UK, while London also scores highly.
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NewsGovernment’s probate plans under fire from Tory backbench
Jacob Rees-Mogg MP says government should not introduce ‘stealth taxes’.
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NewsLawyers deny PI discount rate ‘conspiracy’ to hike fees
APIL backs Truss decision on compensation as chancellor Philip Hammond warns of potential costs to the NHS.
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NewsOfficial secrets reform gets more time
Law Commission extends secrets law consultation after press furore.
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NewsMills & Reeve snaps up Maxwell Winward to create £93m firm
Combined practice will have headcount of nearly 1,000, including more than 100 partners.
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NewsBudget 2017: penalties for ‘enablers’ of tax schemes will go ahead
New measures to tackle non-compliance come in to force in July, chancellor announces in final spring budget.
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NewsSRA closes board meetings to public
Ban on attendance comes as the regulator prepares to make major decisions affecting the legal profession.