Latest news – Page 303
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NewsThree Nightingale courts to close next month
Makeshift courts in Birmingham, Chester and Lancaster will shut within weeks.
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NewsFamily lawyers expect to work from home post-Covid - survey
Practitioners encouraged to take advantage of opportunity to radically rethink working practices.
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NewsStatutory inquiry announced for sub-postmaster scandal
Minister offers assurances that victims' legal costs will be paid back, but questions remain.
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NewsPre-sentence reports piloted for offenders with complex needs
Pilot prompted by steep decline in pre-sentence reports being requested by judges.
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NewsLoughborough in line for new ‘super-court’
Question mark still hangs over the future of 12 Nightingale courts with licences that expire next month.
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NewsLinklaters to face hearing over sexual harassment claim
The employment tribunal will next month hear a case against the magic circle firm and a named male respondent.
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NewsJudge hopes medical experts can continue to attend remotely
Mr Justice David Williams tells family law conference Covid-related change should become permanent.
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NewsCourt retains freezing order against ex-client over unpaid fees
Judge finds 'real risk' that assets could be dissipated while solicitors wait on payment.
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NewsBan proposed on phoenix CMCs cashing in on past failures
In one case, a banned director’s wife claimed £5m from a firm that had been led by her husband.
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NewsFrustration with disclosure pilot shows no sign of easing
Most lawyers report that the business and property courts scheme has made litigation more adversarial.
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News‘Litigation extravaganza’: MoR denounces six-year jurisdiction saga
Claim concerning an alleged oil trading fraud has yet to reach its substantive phase despite multiple hearings.
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NewsScotland's legal aid solicitors boycott courts over Covid-19 support
Scottish Solicitors Bar Association says further action 'will not be ruled out' if government dispute not resolved.
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NewsMagic circle accelerates technology drive
Disruption caused by Covid-19 has increased demand for digital legal products, says Clifford Chance.
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NewsLitigant stopped after ‘absurdly far-fetched’ claims against 10 judges
Court issues restraint order against litigant who failed to show any evidence to back up claims.
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NewsBlue-tick visionary Vos’ civil justice push
Master of the rolls sets out details of his proposed ‘cohesive online funnel’ for civil, family and tribunals cases.
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NewsLeO complaints delay now 14 months
New head of the Legal Complaints Service Paul McFadden makes fresh pledge to tackle delays.
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NewsConman jailed for posing as CMC to sell fake claims to solicitors
Using a pseudonym and different bank accounts, Londoner made £26,000 in referral fees alone.
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NewsAdvisory panel to prepare housing market for commonhold
Law Society among members of Commonhold Council that will advise government.
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NewsCourt cracks down on ‘Traveller injunctions’
Judgment will cause ‘widespread concern' among local authorities trying to prohibit the unauthorised occupation of land, lawyers claim.
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NewsThree in 10 Covid prosecutions wrongly charged
Crown Prosecution Service says errors typically involved wrong iterations of rules that frequently changed.