Latest news – Page 331
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NewsTraining contracts favour 'sharp-elbowed' grads with 'insider knowledge'
'It’s easy and trite to say access is about merit', Solicitors Regulation Authority SQE conference hears.
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NewsCity firm fights negligence claim over breast implant litigation
Judge refuses to strike out professional negligence claim against insurance specialist BLM.
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News'Error of law' helpline for those affected by immigration appeals ruling
JCWI worried that people affected by High Court judgment are unaware of their rights.
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NewsLaw Commission seeks to reform 'fragmented' tribunals system in Wales
Proposals support Commission on Justice in Wales vision for devolved tribunals.
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NewsSupreme Court refers 'disobedient' barrister to AG over embargo breach
Tim Crosland says he leaked Heathrow third runway judgment 'as an act of civil disobedience'.
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NewsClaims giant takeover talks extended again as trading improves
Listed outfit NAHL hails ‘steady recovery’ as discussions with suitor Frenkel Topping continue.
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NewsSociety ‘extremely concerned’ by BAME prosecution ratio
Chancery Lane says SRA needs to understand and fix the issues behind disproportionate representation.
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NewsJudge recuses herself over hockey club connection
District judge's son and party in family case were members of the same club and followed each other on social media.
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News‘Rigorous and demanding’: SRA defends multiple-choice SQE
The first stage of the solicitor ‘super-exam’ will consist of questions with a single best answer.
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NewsNo business interruption decision from Supreme Court until next year
Supreme Court heard urgent test case between FCA and insurance companies in mid-November.
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NewsBar instructs lawyers to fight Covid-19 operating hours plan
Heavyweight firm representing the Criminal Bar Association has also written to the Equality and Human Rights Commission.
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NewsCommercial chambers to pay for criminal pupillages
Eight commercial chambers have signed up to a Bar Council scheme to support criminal sets in the wake of the pandemic.
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NewsKeep neighbour disputes out of court, urges master
Judge suggests that 'fallings-out' between neighbours will be ‘less painful’ when resolved away from court.
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NewsBig firm reveals 23% pay gap between white and BAME staff
BAME lawyers earn 22% less than white colleagues on average, according to annual pay report.
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NewsNine Nightingale courtrooms to open in new year
New venues take the total number of Nightingale courtrooms to 40, government says.
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NewsCriminal legal aid: MoJ proposes pre-charge engagement fee
Profession has until 25 January to respond to latest consultation on criminal legal aid.
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NewsCourt security seized 83,000 weapons in last three years
Thousands of knives and two firearms were brought onto HMCTS estate in 2019/20.
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NewsSRA reveals £1m shortfall on five most expensive prosecutions
Regulator claimed more than £100,000 costs but was awarded far less by the tribunal.
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NewsClifford Chance reverses pandemic pay cuts for NQs
Solicitors who qualify at Clifford Chance can now earn £100,000, up from £94,500.
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NewsBAILII grants access to judgments for mass AI analysis
Breakthrough agreement with Oxford University could pave the way for more data-sharing.