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News‘You use it, you pay for it’: Conveyancers change how they fund ombudsman
Two practices subject to most complaints set to pay an extra £28,000 between them.
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NewsCPS fails in Supreme Court bid to recover confiscated £1.5m
Confiscation orders do not give the CPS 'any form of priority over any other claims to those assets', Lord Stephens rules.
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NewsJR bill ‘not terribly dangerous’, says Labour ex-home secretary
Lord Blunkett said there were occasions of ‘slight overstepping’ by the judiciary in judicial reviews.
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NewsFifteenth time lucky: advice clinic's legal aid struggle revealed
Solicitor tells Pro Bono Week event that free advice relies on fully funded legal aid sector.
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News‘Grossly unhelpful’ expert ordered to pay £50k wasted costs
Recorder finds dentist showed ‘flagrant disregard’ for his duty to the court in negligence claim.
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NewsHundreds hunt for new jobs as another claims firm goes under
Administrators move in to handle affairs of Pure Business Group Limited, Pure Legal Limited and seven other entities.
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NewsJudge warns LiP over ‘hopeless mess’ pleadings
Mr Justice Martin Spencer tells a litigant in person to seek help to present his case ‘in a coherent fashion’.
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NewsSolicitor loses latest bid for financial support from parents
Faiz Siddiqui previously lost a claim against Oxford University for missing out on a first.
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NewsLondon judges hear Trinidad death penalty appeal
Mandatory death penalty for murder is unconstitutional, Judicial Committee of the Privy Council was told today.
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NewsMidlands firm embraces employee ownership
Former chief executive will sell her stake in the firm to a trust owned by staff.
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NewsScottish legal aid row escalates after solicitor 'removed from court building'
Public war of words breaks out between bar association and Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service.
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NewsNew call for lawyers to be probed in Post Office inquiry
Team of academic experts say role of legal advisers is crucial for understanding how scandal happened.
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News30 minutes free: LAA tackles immigration detainee discrepancy
Solicitor who successfully challenged absence of equal provision says change does not go far enough.
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NewsProcurement opens for new judgments database
National Archives seeking to secure decisions of senior courts for the nation.
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NewsClaim against HSBC over 15-year-old trading time barred
ECU Group claimed the bank’s traders improperly used knowledge of foreign exchange orders between 2004 and 2006.
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NewsEx-Dechert partner settles 'spying' claim
Neil Gerrard sued Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation over alleged ‘unlawful covert surveillance’.
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NewsFour partners set to make £1.3m apiece after selling firm
Fast-expanding listed firm Knights makes move into the north east with Stockton-on-Tees acquisition.
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News‘Nihilistic litigation’: Divorce judge laments costs of mammoth case
Costs of proceedings now outstrip the assets of both parties, court hears.
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NewsLeading PI firm sitting on cash pile on hunt for acquisitions
PI firm reports record turnover and caseload, though pre-tax profits slide.
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NewsBudget boost to drive Land Registry’s digital push
HM Treasury’s budget Red Book reveals that body’s spending will rise by 19.7% in cash terms over next three years.