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NewsCapsticks scores 84% for first housing diploma
Course is aimed at housing professionals already working in the sector who are looking to develop their knowledge.
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NewsIBA 2023: Bar chair floats 'ingenious' plan to curb SLAPPs
Those pursuing abusive claims to stifle legitimate criticism and debate should be liable in damages for acting against the public interest, Nick Vineall KC proposes.
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NewsSRA fines firm where client account did not add up
Shortage of £9,300 on the client account was rectified before the SRA finished its inspection and clients suffered no loss.
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News'Tense' exchange as magic circle firm seeks to recover £2m in unpaid fees
Judgment reserved in hearing which focused on the language of the agreement and if defendants are liable for past and future fees.
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NewsIBA 2023: 'Ethical gatekeepers' plan kicked into long grass
Proposed addition to 'client's interests paramount' rule prompts heated debate in Paris.
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NewsIBA 2023: Proportionality 'not an optional extra' says ICC prosecutor
International Criminal Court will investigate 7 October attacks - but will not 'act precipitously', Karim Khan KC says.
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NewsBaker McKenzie reports flat revenue figures again
Firm says it is facing up to challenges of market uncertainties.
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NewsProfitable firm ruined by Covid loans burden, say directors
Administrators’ report plots rapid descent from profitable business to collapse.
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NewsIBA 2023: 40 more years to achieve women's equality
Pace of legal change is slowing, World Bank legal chief tells the International Bar Association.
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NewsFurther courts closed over RAAC safety concerns
Blackpool courts closed after RAAC identified on site found to be defective.
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NewsStruck-off solicitor and unregistered barrister disbarred
Practitioner had failed to inform Bar Standards Board of strike-off over misappropriation of nearly £141,000 from client account.
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NewsRyanair loses in £2m claim over cancelled flight refunds
Incurred and estimated costs for all parties involved reached a sum ‘considerably greater’ than the amount in dispute, judge finds.
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NewsExpert alleges solicitors named him on cases without his consent
Court received email weeks before trial date saying unpaid expert was pulling out.
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NewsIBA 2023: Big law firms ‘uneasy’ about profits as Covid boon fades
Annual law firm management survey also tracks shift away from financial KPIs and trend to appoint more non-lawyer partners.
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NewsIBA 2023: 'Outsource all small claims to artificial intelligence,' world-renowned futurologist urges
Zack Kass says lawyers must prepare quickly for 'the most profound industrial revolution in human history' - or be left behind.
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NewsGive lawyers a role in AI safety regime, Society urges government
Chancery Lane makes artificial intelligence regulation recommendations on eve of Bletchley Park AI safety summit.
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NewsPrivate equity buys control of A&O risk management business
Subscription business will become standalone entity as part of US expansion.
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NewsJuryless trials in rape cases 'will undermine public confidence'
Criminal Bar Association tells Law Commission consultation that myths do not affect jurors' verdicts.
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NewsLaw Society demands talks over potential Axiom Ince levy
Solicitors ‘greatly concerned’ at possible one-off charge to cover massive client losses.
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NewsSeverely fatigued solicitor unfairly sacked over absences
Solicitor could ‘hardly function’ but firm leader said unauthorised absence was gross misconduct.