Last 3 months headlines – Page 908
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DPP warning over post-Brexit criminal justice cooperation
Alison Saunders praises benefits of European arrest warrant to House of Lords select committee.
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NewsExpert witnesses ‘chasing’ solicitors for late payment
Survey shows room for improvement in relationship between solicitors and experts.
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NewsBarrister who dodged more than £270,000 in tax disbarred
Michael Roberts was previously jailed for failing to declare earnings or pay tax.
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NewsMoJ rules out homicide law review
'Very little demand' from public for two-tier murder offence, justice minister Oliver Heald says.
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NewsLaw firm M&A deals continue apace
Gordon Dadds merges with Platt & Associates, while Switalskis Solicitors is acquiring the clinical negligence and serious injury departments from hlw Keeble Hawson.
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NewsGovernment seeks views on press legal costs regime
Culture secretary says time is right to consider ‘incentive’ provisions of Crime and Courts Act.
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SRA extends support to youth court challenges
Regulator says it wants to help solicitors achieve the ‘consistently high standards children and young people deserve’.
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NewsBaker & McKenzie rolls out agile working
Firm will offer flexible working for all members and staff.
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NewsWhistleblowing judge told she was not an MoJ employee
District judge complained about working conditions but tribunal said she did not work under contract.
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Legal cannibals: law firms fuelling rise in negligence claims
Research finds High Court seeing more professional negligence claims against solicitors.
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NewsVaz survives bid to block him from justice committee
MPs vote overwhelmingly to approve Leicester East MP’s appointment.
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NewsLegal privilege safeguard strengthened in snooping bill
Law Society welcomes last-minute amendments to Investigatory Powers Bill.
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‘Most Muslim women don’t want sharia courts shut’
Muslim women’s group warns that critics who want sharia councils closed immediately have ‘anti-faith agendas’.
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NewsThree-fold rise in legal employers paying ‘real living wage’
Solicitor firms have been at the forefront of private sector efforts to establish sustainable minimum pay rates that reflect the cost of living.
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NewsRBS group claim to press ahead, despite FCA finding 'no wrongdoing'
Businesses claim they were pushed into bankruptcy by RBS’s Global Restructuring Group.
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NewsSociety warns London courts closure puts public at risk
Response urges goverment to pause before adding to closures.
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NewsBarrister disbarred for attacking Jews and ‘blacks’ on Twitter
Ian Millard posted string of ‘seriously offensive’ tweets.
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NewsJudicial fast-track would boost diversity
Scheme would be just one of many entry points, stresses top solicitor judge.
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NewsRow brews over holiday illness claims
The Association of British Travel Agents blamed ‘aggressive sales practices of some claims management companies’.
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NewsNews focus: International Criminal Court
With the withdrawal of three African countries, is the future of the International Criminal Court in doubt?