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NewsRayner's stamp duty statement prompts conveyancing warning
Deputy prime minister and housing secretary says she relied on 'incorrect' advice when she underpaid stamp duty land tax on her flat purchase in Hove.
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NewsQuestioning judges' integrity is dangerous, Mahmood tells peers
Lord chancellor says recent political and media attacks on judges threaten their safety and undermine public confidence.
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NewsNew victims’ commissioner appointed
Claire Waxman will replace Baroness Newlove who was appointed on an interim basis.
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NewsJunior suspended over single alteration to email
Regulator accepts inexperienced solicitor acted in panic and haste.
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NewsAdministrators to probe payments by collapsing Liverpool firm
Insolvency experts consider applying for repayment of monies handed to third parties before 2024 closure.
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NewsSociety will make it harder for solicitors to trigger SGMs
Two special general meetings have been convened in the past 15 years - both of them costly and controversial.
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NewsMahmood defends sentencing veto
Lord chancellor asked at House of Lords Constitution Committee about row with Sentencing Council.
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NewsYorkshire spree: Long-established firms snapped up in merger deals
Flint Bishop and Sills & Betteridge make inroads into white rose legal market.
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NewsJudiciary silent on justice secretary's sentencing veto
Judiciary declines to comment on new power that will enable justice secretary to veto Sentencing Council guidelines.
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NewsTribunal throws out Mishcon de Reya 'whistleblower' claim
Singapore-based lawyer’s claim dismissed after judge rules employment tribunal did not have jurisidiction.
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NewsDisability rights solicitor struck off over hidden property assets
Tribunal says lawyer was dishonest and motivated by financial gain.
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NewsMore time over appeal granted following ‘honest mistake’
Employment Appeal Tribunal judge grants extension, finding ‘we all make mistakes from time to time’.
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NewsAxiom Ince accountants fined for negligence
‘Red flag’ was a ‘missed opportunity’ for the SRA, says campaigning lawyer Dan Neidle.
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NewsTwo thirds of lawyers using AI - though confidence lags
Nearly half of practitioners are still relying on 'general AI' rather than tools designed for legal sector.
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NewsOmbudsman's case fee compromise eases solicitors' concerns
Complaints handler accepted its initial proposals had not been welcomed by profession.
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NewsLord chancellor grants herself veto on sentencing policy
Sentencing Council will no longer be able to issue guidelines without justice secretary and lady chief justice's approval.
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NewsCAT refuses claim ‘riven with potential conflicts’
'Central problem is that the class is, in a manner of speaking, suing itself,' judges observe.
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NewsSolicitor struck off for stealing £85,000 from vulnerable clients
Swindon solicitor who was jailed for two years misappropriated cash through ATM withdrawals and bank transfers to her own account.
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NewsECHR withdrawal 'would not imperil Good Friday agreement'
Public debate about human rights law reform 'has been distorted', thinktank Policy Exchange claims.
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NewsGateley adds IP boutique in £9m deal
Acquisition of Groom Wilkes & Wright LLP is Gateley’s 15th in the 10 years since firm's listing.