Last 3 months headlines – Page 891
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Law centres field Brexit concerns from EU citizens
Queries have included asking whether people will have to leave the UK immediately.
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SRA chief laments ‘claims-harvesting’ activities
Suspicion remains that firms continue to flout the spirit – if not the letter – of referral fee ban.
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Barclays hacks back legal panel
Banking giant’s new model will have 140 firms, compared with nearly 400 previously.
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Legal aid contributions decision to face judicial review
Court of Appeal urges ‘meaningful negotiations’ between parties in dispute over a capital contribution order.
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Unregulated legal services providers cheaper and more innovative, says LSB
Super-regulator’s chair says unregulated sector is ‘neither as big nor as problematic’ as some have suggested.
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Leave regulation alone while lawyers deal with Brexit – Society
Law Society chief executive Catherine Dixon tells MPs now is not the time to contemplate sweeping changes to the Legal Services Act.
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Trade union solicitor appointed shadow lord chancellor
Former Thompsons lawyer Richard Burgon named as Labour turmoil claims another shadow justice minister.
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MPs probe role of sharia councils in British law
Select committee inquiry separate from independent review commissioned by Home Office.
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Doing judges a discourtesy
Supreme Court president revealed himself to be only too aware of lawyers attempting to conceal their contempt for the bench.
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SRA warns of scammers offering refunds on subs
Law firms are fighting on several fronts to prevent fraudsters getting hold of their bank details.
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Solicitor becomes Welsh government’s law officer
Labour AM for Pontypridd Mick Antoniw is a former partner of trade union firm Thompsons.
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Labour’s shadow justice leaders quit as Brexit fallout continues
Lord Falconer and Karl Turner MP among a wave of shadow ministers to resign.
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Rage against the machine
Solicitors are less worried about a robot uprising than losing their jobs
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Memory lane
The jury’s award of £34,000 damages in Telly (‘Kojak’) Savalas against the owners of the Daily Mail.
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Parliament debates Land Registry sale
Controversial plans to transfer operations to the private sector will come under parliamentary scrutiny on Thursday.
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Conveyancing form guide published by Law Society
The Law Society has published guidance for revised conveyancing forms for local authority enquiries.
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Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo sentenced for war crimes
Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo has been jailed for 18 years by the International Criminal Court for war crimes and sexual violence.