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NewsRevealed: Stricken SSB avoided court fees by understating claims
Abuse of process ruling also finds that firm knew of concerns about expert witness in cavity wall claims.
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NewsLSB proposes 14% rise in its annual budget
Oversight regulator will ask lawyers to pay almost £30 each a year for its work.
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NewsNational firm hit with SRA’s fourth-largest fine over AML compliance
Ashfords agrees £101,357 penalty despite regulator's admission that no money laundering or financial crime took place.
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NewsPost Office lawyer was told case against jailed woman was flawed
Mother of two was jailed but inquiry hears that investigator had doubts about prosecution.
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NewsJudge overrules tribunal’s decision to slash SRA costs
Tribunal was in error when it slashed SRA’s claim for £22,800, High Court rules.
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NewsCourt of Appeal throws out ‘unfounded’ jurisdiction appeal over Brazil dam collapse
Lord Justice Coulson and Lady Justice Elisabeth Laing said the application in the ongoing court saga had no real prospect of success
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NewsRegulate litigation funding, say 88% of London litigators
Litigation bellwether also reveals that the impact of PACCAR is expected to be minimal - and that firms are not losing work overseas.
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NewsCredit hire boom powers firm’s 62% profit surge
Winn Group offers one-stop shop for claims process - including personal injury.
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NewsFraudster convicted in 2013 ordered to pay further £250,000
Serious Fraud Office discovered a tennis club asset in ongoing proceeds of crime investigation into property dealer.
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NewsMPs to examine causes of probate delays
Justice committee says time is right to examine why service is struggling so badly.
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NewsConveyancing assistant barred over secret commissions
Employee also offered clients a discount on costs if they paid him in cash.
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NewsSisters see success after taking on their late mother’s firm
Andrea and Charlotte Fogg said there was no question of letting Liverpool firm close down.
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NewsSRA 'was warned' SSB Group posed regulatory risk
Creditor asked the Solicitors Regulation Authority to investigate more than six months ago, the Gazette has learned.
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NewsUK to sign Hague 19 'as soon as practicable'
Law Society welcomes announcement - but says this should not stop efforts to accede to the wider-ranging Lugano Convention.
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NewsPermission to appeal denied in high-profile defamation claim
Judges said they would provide reasoning for their decision ‘shortly’ following the half-day hearing of Amersi v Leslie and anor appeal application.
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NewsJustice faces new round of spending cuts
Office for Budget Responsibility outlines swingeing impact of Treasury spending assumptions on unprotected departments.
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NewsNigeria oil pollution claim survives constitutional challenge
Counsel ‘is not a Nigerian law expert and neither am I’, judge observes in claim against oil giant.
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NewsLitigation friend ordered to pay £42,000 for ‘wholly inadequate’ performance
Although the litigation friend had been unwell, this did not ‘adequately excuse or explain his conduct’, judge says.
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NewsFrozen out: Hunt 'ignored' legal sector in autumn statement
Justice budget frozen and full expensing tax benefit not extended to all businesses.