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NewsVexatious LiP made himself ‘bomb-proof’ from £200k unpaid costs orders
Serial litigant’s latest claim against a liquidator found to be an abuse of process and struck out.
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News'Enough is enough': Patel's message to deportation disruptors
Government says home secretary was talking in 'broad terms about a range of groups'.
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News‘Cash cow’ mining company accuses City firm of inflating bills
ENRC claims former Dechert partner Neil Gerrard had to justify his $3m salary by needlessly expanding his investigation.
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News'Safe space': judge highlights benefit of office returns
Family law conference discusses impact of working from home for junior lawyers.
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NewsSRA votes to keep online exams after lockdown
Feedback on remote proctoring has been positive despite one-off issues, says regulator.
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NewsRemote hearings ‘fragmented’, say civil court users
Civil court users have criticised the use of remote hearings as ‘fragmented’ and inconsistent, calling for improvements as the pandemic abates.
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NewsBar chief vexed by super-regulator’s mission creep
The Bar Council has suggested that the Legal Services Board is exceeding its remit, citing the super-regulator’s ‘surprising’ plans to reshape the justice sector.
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NewsFirms finalise office return plans
Top City firms are cautiously preparing to fully reopen their offices next month, with desk-booking apps, flexible working pilots and weekly team meetings.
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NewsActivist Scottish lawyers lobby for legal aid support
An activist group of lawyers has emerged in Scotland seeking to pile pressure on Holyrood to provide urgent support to legal aid solicitors.
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NewsEducate don't legislate to resolve JR concerns, says former LCJ
Crossbench peer Lord Woolf says drastic action is being considered due to 'lack of understanding'.
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NewsFirm targets lawyers in 'poison' breast implant scandal
Edwin Coe LLP claims that thousands of women were denied compensation in PIP implant case.
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NewsENRC pursues Dechert in Commercial Court
Four-month hearing involving mining company, international firm and Serious Fraud Office opens on Monday.
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NewsFinalists for prestigious legal aid awards revealed
Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year winners will be announced during a live broadcast on 6 July.
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NewsAppeal dismissed despite ‘inexcusable’ 34-month wait for ruling
Trial ended in January 2017 but parties had to wait until November 2019 for a judgment.
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NewsLinklaters loses 45 secretaries and PAs
Magic circle firm offered voluntary redundancy to all of its London secretaries earlier this year.
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NewsDon’t close the SIF in this tough insurance market, SRA urged
Law Society and Legal Services Consumer Panel join hands in call for alternative arrangements to be made.
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NewsCovid will boost our acquisitions, says listed firm Knights
Trading update predicts revenue will exceed £100m for the year ended 30 April 2021.
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NewsFirm ordered to pay £800,000 after property blunder
Claimant was not informed that part of his £2.14m property had been retained by the seller.
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News'Constitutional plumbing': Buckland defends Judicial Review Bill
Lord chancellor tells Robert Peston he will be proposing incremental change.
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NewsSRA chair appointed for a further three-year term
Anna Bradley reflects on ‘step change’ in the profession but says there is more work to do.