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National firm owed duty of care to helpline caller, Court of Appeal told
Holidaymaker claims that, after receiving general advice from Irwin Mitchell’s legal advice helpline, she was owed common law duty of care.
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Bitcoin 'identity' trial to go ahead despite surprise offer to settle
Hearing over a claim to be the digital currency’s creator is expected to attract worldwide interest.
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Cider taste test judge rules for budget brand in trade mark case
High Court says Aldi’s cloudy lemon cider does not infringe Somerset-based cider company Thatchers’ IP rights.
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Judge will sit alone after jury tampering in fraud trial
‘Jury tampering did not find its reward in an otherwise fair trial being stopped’, lady chief justice rules.
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SRA chiefs set to be grilled over Axiom Ince supervision
Legal Services Board says it will demand all documents relating to SRA activity in the lead-up to intervention.
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Endangered lawyers: 17 countries of concern in 2023
Latest intervention tracker shows Law Society took 40 actions last year.
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Social justice initiative to fund qualifying work experience
Access to Justice Foundation has partnered with Social Welfare Solicitors Qualification Fund to boost talent pipeline.
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‘Law is not a game’: Judge urges LiPs to find a lawyer
Couple acting for themselves ignore court orders and quote Latin maxims in correspondence.
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CPS breached data rules with unencrypted case file
Staff member copied historical child abuse case file onto USB device to pass onto colleague dealing with case, Information Commissioner’s Office found.
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Post Office lawyers feared ‘PR storm’ if prosecutions halted
Public inquiry also hears that Post Office investigator was told in 2008 that Horizon was faulty.
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Banned vexatious litigant fails in latest attempt to reopen seven-year-old case
Judge rules that applications by 'Deuda' are the work of Paul Millinder, jailed in his absence for contempt.
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State immunity 'irrelevant' in $124m arbitration award, High Court finds
Case centered on a $124m arbitration award plus a further $1 in ‘moral damages and costs’ against Zimbabwe over land.
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Liverpool firm shut over suspected dishonesty of veteran boss
Abensons Law Limited was founded in 1974 and practised in private client law.
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Plight of Iranian lawyers 'extremely dire'
Lawyers continue to face systematic persecution in Iran, an international coalition has warned on eve of annual awareness day.
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Property lawyers handling 40% fewer cases as market reverts to mean
Post-pandemic housebuying ‘frenzy’ generated a spike in transactions, but the average firm’s caseload is now on a par with 2019.
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Bench Book refresh: racism chapter 'tighter and full of practical guidance'
Judiciary declines to confirm if revised version will contain 'problematic' sentences brought to bench book editors' attention.
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Solicitor handed record £13,836 SRA fine for drink-drive offence
Regulator continues to use new powers to link financial penalties to solicitors’ income.
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Tonic for IP lawyers as M&S gin battle heads to Court of Appeal
Appeal judges will hear the supermarkets’ arguments over a festive gin-based liqueur.
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Barrister Robert Courts sworn in as solicitor general
Witney and West Oxfordshire MP appointed to attorney general's office during December mini-reshuffle.
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Prison lawyers reveal shocking struggles to see their clients
Solicitor says report provides a 'small snapshot' of the widespread serious delays and lack of appropriate facilities.