Latest news – Page 258
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NewsAccident victim signed up to CFA within two minutes, transcript shows
National firm Slater and Gordon offers £4,000 refund to sister of late client as gesture of goodwill.
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News'Hillsborough Law' seeks to curb legal spend by public bodies at inquests
Labour mayors Andy Burnham and Steve Rotheram urge government to support new campaign.
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NewsFormer publican makes legal history with abuse of process claim
Local authority will pay Geoffrey Monks ‘substantial’ damages for an ‘abusive’ food safety prosecution more than two decades ago.
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NewsGrowing Yorkshire firm hands ownership over to employee trust
Ison Harrison eschews other merger options to offer staff chance to buy stake in the business.
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NewsUse of secondary legislation ‘dangerous for democracy’, peers warn
A lack of legislative scrutiny is ‘turning parliament into a graveyard of democracy’, the House of Lords hears.
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NewsCounsel’s fee stripped back for claim settled two weeks before trial
Claimant had argued for small reduction on basis of ‘lost opportunity’ to take on other work.
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NewsJoint practitioner group mooted to fight legal aid cuts
Edward Henry QC says Criminal Practitioner Association could wield the 'hard stick' during government negotiations.
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NewsIncrease in judicial retirement age could help diversity, MPs told
Raising the mandatory limit would present ‘a huge opportunity’ for women and late starters, former lord chancellor says.
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NewsFiduciary duty breaches do not need to go to High Court, costs judge rules
‘An argument that a contract should be set aside [does not] of itself’ mean the case ought to be dealt with by the High Court.
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NewsLPC pass rates unaffected by pandemic
Deferrals more than doubled last year, which the SRA says is due to candidates choosing to wait to sit assessments face-to-face.
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NewsTrainee solicitor prepares for Syria trip to help at refugee camps
Manchester-based lawyer gets ready for his second stint volunteering on the ground.
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NewsHMCTS spends £236m on troubled case management system
Figures for implementing Common Platform programme revealed in written parliamentary answer.
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NewsECtHR declares appeal in 'gay cake case' inadmissible
Ruling brings an end to seven-year saga over Belfast bakery’s refusal to bake a cake with the slogan ‘support gay marriage’.
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NewsHigh-profile firm's owners forgo profits to invest in business
Profits increase at Thompsons Solicitors despite 'challenging' pandemic year.
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NewsLawyers furious as judges demand proof of positive Covid tests
Reports emerge that advocates are being told to show they have tested positive if they want a remote hearing.
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NewsDigital evidence in criminal cases can ‘obscure rather than illuminate’ – Sharp
The president of the Queen’s Bench Division warns ‘the scope for evidence that deals with the new technologies to obscure … must also be faced’.
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NewsPartner hires up 26% last year due to ‘legal boom’
But legal recruitment consultancy Edwards Gibson sounds notes of caution over the ongoing ‘associate salary war’.
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NewsMishcon de Reya fined £232,500 over numerous AML failings
Firm agrees to pay one of the biggest ever SRA fines as it prepares to go public.
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NewsClifford Chance’s top earner paid £3.2m last year
Profits at magic circle firm up 4% despite pandemic 'uncertainty', financial statements reveal.
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NewsPart-time judges are working ‘on the cheap’, tribunal rules
Judges who ‘sit up’ in higher courts bring claims alleging that they are unfavourably treated compared with full-time colleagues.