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NewsMental health trusts spent £4m on representation at inquests
Foundation says Legal Aid Agency paid £117,968 to bereaved families of relatives in contact with mental health services.
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NewsBarristers demand self-reporting waiver for harassment cases
Practitioners feel they cannot discuss issues because they fear an official report will be made, the Association of Women Barristers says.
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NewsUniversity of Law defies Hong Kong unrest with campus opening
Vice chancellor says university has 'ambitious goals of raising the bar in Hong Kong’s provision of quality education’.
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NewsFreshfields partner groped 'exceptionally drunk' colleague, tribunal hears
'Person A' tells Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal she woke up to find herself partially clothed in bed.
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NewsJudges go online to explain their modern mission
Free five-week course in partnership with King’s College London aims to boost confidence in the judiciary.
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NewsBarrister convicted of tax evasion disbarred
The barrister’s conviction was ‘entirely incompatible’ with the ethical standards of the profession, the BSB said.
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NewsTories to ditch plans to scrap shorter prison sentences
'Punishment and rehabilitation are not opposites,' justice secretary will tell party conference.
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News‘Judges aren’t shrinking violets’ - SG relaxed about criticism
Michael Ellis QC also suggests the UK legal sector will benefit from leaving the European Union.
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NewsFTSE 100 companies face fewer legal disputes
The number of High Court cases involving FTSE 100 businesses has fallen by 33% since last year.
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NewsFreshfields misconduct case adjourned
Ryan Beckwith is facing charges over his conduct towards a female junior colleague.
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NewsA&O reports widening gender pay gap
The gender pay gap for UK partners and employees at the magic circle firm increased slightly over the past year.
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News'Novel and peculiar': Johnson's verdict on prorogation ruling
Prime minister moots US-style vetting process for justices.
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NewsCity firms ‘bribing’ NQs to tolerate ‘broken culture’
Legal outsourcing business CEO says junior lawyers are being induced to work in a ‘dysfunctional environment’.
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NewsZero interest: capped costs pilot flops
Scheme applies to cases valued up to £250,000 going through business and property courts. But as yet there are no takers.
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NewsFurious BAILII demands meeting with MoJ over reusing judgments
Charity behind go-to source of case law says it was not consulted about request to reuse judgments published on its website.
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NewsSolicitors facing hefty losses on Thomas Cook sickness claims
Claimants also face long wait to see if they will recover any compensation from liquidation.
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NewsNeuberger: expert witness 'primers' will cut costs
The former president of the Supreme Court tells conference that expert views change from generation to generation.
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NewsLiverpool FC fails to register ‘Liverpool’ trade mark
Club had sought to follow rivals by clamping down on rogue businesses selling unauthorised merchandise.
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NewsIBA 2019: ‘Enthusiastic amateurs’ wanted to protect lawyers at risk
'We are all human rights lawyers,' Law Society president tells conference.
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NewsIBA 2019: Lawyers must stand against populism
Democracy is on the retreat for one-third of the world's population, global bar hears.