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NewsOne month to go: countdown on price publishing rules
Firms also told they can download ‘digital badge’ which will itself become mandatory.
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NewsOver 1,500 lawyers call for further Brexit referendum
Letter signed by 1,500 solicitors, barristers and academics will be delivered to Downing Street.
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NewsJudge throws out claim that firm erred on retainer duty
Court rejects argument that even if issues were not part of retainer, it ‘should have been obvious’ to lawyers from involvement in negotiations that claimant needed to get advice about his rights.
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NewsGauke eyes charity boost for access to justice
The lord chancellor has acknowledged that advice agencies are helped funded by pro bono cost orders and donations.
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NewsMoJ denies £1.1bn overspend amid fresh budget woes
National Audit Office report suggests the department would fail to meet a target to reduce its spending by £500m by 2019-20.
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NewsMacfarlanes includes partners to expose 75% gender pay gulf
Macfarlanes has become the second City heavyweight to publish gender pay gap data for 2018, joining a growing band of firms which have bowed to pressure to include partner earnings. The disparity is stark in consequence, which the firm partly attributes to a female-heavy secretarial pool and the fact ...
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NewsGovernment targets law firm 'facilitators' profiting from dirty money
Minister will set out plans for new multi-agency national economic crime centre.
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NewsJustice Week: funding cuts 'way out of step'
Bar Council report shows that government expenditure has grown between 2008 and 2018.
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NewsGauke targets Hain over parliamentary privilege
Lord chancellor stresses the importance of respecting the rule of law.
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NewsCriminal justice system 'really creaking', warns outgoing CPS chief
Alison Saunders, who steps down as director of public prosecutions this week, criticised for not speaking out earlier.
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NewsJustice centre stage in week of events
The legal profession’s main representative bodies join hands today to place justice and the rule of law at the centre of public and political debate.
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NewsMoJ was warned about court reform risks in 2016
Management consultants pointed to other countries' less ambitious reforms - which were plagued with problems.
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News‘Unduly lenient’ figures steady, says solicitor general
Robert Buckland QC MP says the number of Crown court cases that result in referral or sentence increase is ‘fairly constant’.
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NewsJudges to get 2% annual pay rise
Lord chancellor David Gauke says the increase is the biggest in a decade.
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NewsLegal Aid Agency 'blocking access to justice for homeless people'
Human rights group Liberty says challenges to public space protection orders should fall within the scope of legal aid.
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NewsPro Bono Week: charity ditches 'legal Latin' to become more accessible
Bar Pro Bono Unit, which was set up in 1996, has a new name and logo for global event.
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Firms rapped over gender pay gap
Conservative MP calls for ‘transparency’ at law firms over gender pay equality.
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