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NewsDriverless cars must work for wheelchair users, says Bar Council
Bar Council also suggests a crackdown on price discrimination in relation to accessible and non-accessible taxis.
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News'No quick fixes': Home Office begins pre-charge bail review
Home secretary Priti Patel says concerns over 2017 reforms due to several complex factors.
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NewsBack in business: Chancery Lane reopens after fire
Law Society announces that Reading Room, Library and 113 Restaurant are open to members.
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News'Antiquated' fraud laws thwarting justice, says SFO director
Lisa Osofsky claims the high evidence threshold in fraud cases is ‘not reflective of today’s world’.
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NewsCrown court sitting days increase 'nowhere near enough' - criminal bar
Government says minimum of 87,000 will ensure justice is served in a timely fashion.
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NewsCPS knew rape ‘ambition’ could have perverse consequences
Admission follows Gazette revelations that 'levels of ambition' for rape, domestic violence and hate crime convictions were in operation between 2016 and 2018.
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NewsRogue surgeon report demands action to ensure compensation
Inquiry finds that only by taking cases to 'sympathetic lawyers' did some patients have their grievances heard.
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NewsFour months on, SDT publishes Beckwith judgment
Solicitors Regulation Authority claimed £343,957 in costs, which tribunal reduced to £200,000.
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NewsDon’t look at grades and universities, social mobility tsar tells firms
Alan Milburn, chair of the Social Mobility Foundation, says legal sector focuses too heavily on 'a small number of selective universities'.
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NewsFalconer: politicians in charge 'hate the lawyers'
Former lord chancellor says politicians and legal aid practitioners must make common cause with Robert Buckland.
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NewsChancery Lane fire: Law Society building closed today
Road closures lifted after weekend fire which devastated some Society offices.
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NewsLSB explores forcing law firms to sign up for comparison sites
Ongoing concern that transparency efforts will not be enough to satisfy competition watchdogs.
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NewsHigh Court orders HMCTS to fund lay advocates
Mr Justice Keehan says it is too much to expect 'extremely busy' public law solicitors to assist parents in public law proceedings.
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NewsNon-lawyer takes the reins at Bar Standards Board
Mark Neale, former director general of the Home Office and HM Treasury, takes up the role today.
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NewsMake injury victims take staggered payments, former justice minister suggests
Lord Faulks says action can be taken to alleviate effects of ‘incredibly generous’ discount rate.
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NewsProbate sub-registries close their doors across England and Wales
Chief executive of HMCTS says further closures will not delay the arrival of grants of probate.
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NewsLand Registry to make announcement on fees
Deputy chief executive says HM Land Registry is open to considering fee rise.
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NewsLaw Society HQ hit by fire but historic parts survive intact
Disaster recovery plans activated as overnight blaze causes evacuation of Chancery Lane during Junior Lawyers Division event.
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NewsQC queries 'do-gooder' diversity approach as bar's privilege laid bare
Member of the BSB said asking white male barristers to report on diversity ‘like asking turkeys to vote for Christmas’.
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NewsUnrepresented homeless litigant granted leniency
Lack of representation and legal aid woes can constitute a good reason for allowing an appeal out of time.