Last 3 months headlines – Page 825
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NewsDon't reject legal aid application with 'tick-box' letter, judge says
Legal Aid Agency told to determine application in case involving three-month-old without delay.
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NewsCosts judge rejects £10k ATE challenge based on 'hindsight'
Irwin Mitchell had sought to recover after-the-event insurance premium after settling clinical negligence claim.
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NewsMind your language, SRA warns solicitors
Regulator posts 2,300-word notice on electronic communications after ‘increase in reports of solicitors falling below the standards expected of them’.
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NewsMedco members warned about 'unacceptable behaviour' to auditors
Unfounded complaints behind made about inspectors looking over suitability of medical reporting organisations.
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NewsBar claims surge of interest in direct access
Barristers’ representative body says people are increasingly going direct to barristers and bypassing solicitors.
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NewsFake lawyer jailed for eight years after £92,000 fraud
Michael Cremin’s name appeared on legitimate chambers website, but he was a con man.
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NewsLiberty among line-up to host social welfare trainees
The Legal Education Foundation is funding 15 posts as part of Justice First Fellowship Scheme.
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NewsArbitration panel proposed for post-Brexit dispute resolution
Latest Brexit position paper will propose ways to end 'direct jurisdiction’ of European court after 2019.
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NewsBarrister-solicitor divide to blame for lack of diversity, says Lady Hale
Incoming president of the Supreme Court says the lower ranks of the judiciary should be nurtured - and promoted.
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NewsHogan Lovells takes on four in five trainees
Firm matches last year’s score by holding onto 80% of its trainee cohort.
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NewsGovernment invests £80k to improve court waiting rooms
Model rooms will provide a template for courts nationwide, HM Courts & Tribunals Service says.
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News28 Olswang partners left before ‘super merger’
Companies House filings reveal over a quarter of partners departed in run up to merger being finalised.
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NewsCivil partnership fight heads to Supreme Court
Solicitor representing couple says development is a significant achievement.
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NewsIP police get £3m boost
Police Intellectual Property Crime unit will survive for a further two years.
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NewsBrexit: Government wants continuing judicial relationship
New civil judicial cooperation framework will be 'aspect of the deep and special partnership with the EU'.
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NewsLaw centre hails growing support for levy on corporate firms
Greater Manchester Law Centre says it is having constructive discussions with the mayor's office.
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NewsSolicitor among five High Court appointments
Peter Lane, admitted in 1985, was the first in his family to go to university.
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NewsBLM to cut more roles as profits continue to fall
Insurance litigation firm reveals 29 staff could lose their jobs as it relocates part of business from Southampton to Manchester and Liverpool.
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NewsSRA rebukes third solicitor for Christmas party conduct
Yorkshire practitioner also found to have made inappropriate comments to colleagues.
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NewsLinklaters quit as Barclays adviser over ‘unlawful’ loan fears
Court documents allege the magic circle firm had concerns over where Qatari money would end up.